Warm-up (12,500 PHP)

A blind vs blind battle saw 30,000 in the middle across board 8♥ T♠ 4♣ T♥ Q♣ . Ashley Patterson checked to Joseph Talamayan, prompting him to bet 8,000. Patterson decided to raise to 40,000, only to book the loss with 2♥ 2♠ as Talamayan made the call with trip tens T♦ 6♣ .

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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Joseph Talamayan opened 10,000 on the cutoff, called by player on the small blind. Yonghwa Jung on the big blind, squeezed to 29,000, and saw Talamayan make it 100,000 to go. Both opponents were left unable to continue, earning Talamayan the boost.

Joseph Talamayan opened 7,000 on the cutoff and was joined by both players on the blinds onto flop A♥ J♠ 6♣ . Talamayan continued for 9,000, check called only by Seonghun Jeong. Both checked turn A♠ through to river 5♥ , where Jeong led 25,000. Talamayan surrendered, leaving Jeong to pick up the pot.

With already 22,000 in the middle, Yang Kyeongho pushed his last 47,000 in on the small blind, and saw Joseph Talamayan reshove right behind. Initial raiser Eunji Chu opted out, leaving the two to showdown.

Yang in trouble, found no help on board 9♣ 2♣ J♣ A♦ 3♦ , eliminating him entirely.