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.

With a pot of 41,000 in the middle on board 7♣ 2♣ 3♠ A♠ , Jiego Erquiaga made a bet of 25,000, and called 33,000 more following a check jam from Jeon Kihoon on the big blind.

Jeon Kihoon 7♦ 7♠

Jiego Erquiaga T♣ 9♣

Erquiaga on the lookout for a third club, found none on river 3♥ , improving Kihoon further to a full house for the double up.

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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With a pot of 44,000 in the middle across board 6♣ T♦ K♥ J♥ 3♠ , three way action was checked to Janno Alvarez on the button, who gunned for a final 22,500. Jiego Erquiaga called from the big blind with a pair of jacks J♠ 7♠ , and secured the pot after Alvarez showed T♥ 9♥ .

Following an open and two calls, Jiego Erquiaga squeezed to 22,000 on the big blind, and called for the rest after initial raiser Manuel Geronimo shoved all-in for 60,000.

In for a flip, board 8♣ 8♠ Q♥ 7♠ 5♠ landed Geronimo's way, earning him a full double up along with another run at the trophy.