Warm-up (12,500 PHP)

Christian Lortie opened 12,000 utg, called by Jiego Erquiaga on the button. David Erquiaga on the small blind, squeezed to 60,000, and convinced both opponents to give it up with action right on bubble time.

A button vs big blind battle brewed a pot of 87,000 even before flop 3♦ 4♠ 2♣ landed on the felt. Christian Lortie led out 30,000 and was called by David Erquiaga behind. On turn 6♥ , Lortie check folded after being faced with a 60,000 bet from his opponent.

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.

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David Erquiaga opened on the hijack and was met with a 33,000 three bet from Christian Lortie on the button. Erquiaga responded with a raise to 90,000, enough to convince Lortie to give it up.