Main Event (45,000 PHP)

Up against an open and two calls, Chih Kai Chen on the big blind raised the stakes to 6,600 and only pushed one out of the action.

Chen continued for another 6,000 on flop J♦ 9♥ 7♠ and followed with an all-in for 16,800 on turn 4♥ . Initial raiser Moses Saquing called down both streets with mid pair T♣ 9♣ , and booked the loss against Chen's K♥ K♣ as river A♠ left him behind.

Smashing turnout so far with 166 entries already in the books by today's first break. That number has already exceeded yesterday's turnout and is expected to further increase as the day winds down.

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Moses Saquing opened 700 on the cutoff, called by Ko Okubo on the button along with Kyungsun Jung on the big blind.

Saquing continued for 700 on flop 9♣ 9♦ 7♣ , and was met with a raise to 1,800 from Okubo behind. Jung cold called and Saquing completed, revealing turn 5♥ .

All three checked to river 2♠ , where Saquing gunned for a final 6,500. While Okubo folded, Jung check raised to 16,000. Saquing flicked in the rest and shipped the win with T♥ 9♥ after his kicker ran in play against Jung's 9♠ 6♦ .