Warm-up (12,500 PHP)

With 29 players left holding onto their seats, that means only five more eliminations are due before the day wraps up, with 24 survivors advancing onto Day 2. A total of 43 players are geared to cut a share of the PHP 3,019,610 (~USD 51,690) prize pool, 19 already qualified from today's initial flight.

Chip Counts

Andrei Vavilonskii opened 3,000 utg and was joined by both players on the blinds - Ashley Patterson and Jaegill Choi, onto flop K♥ 8♦ 7♠ . Vavilonskii continued for 3,500, check called by both to turn 5♠ . Action checked round to river 3♦ , where Choi led 7,500.

Patterson called him down with J♦ J♠ , and shipped the pot as Choi revealed pair of eights A♠ 8♣ .