Warm-up (12,500 PHP)

Sergei Korzhenko opened to 11,000, called by Martin Gonzales behind. Christopher Pasion on the small blind, sent out a three bet to 35,000, pushing Korzhenko to pad it further to 61,000. Gonzalez raised all-in, and Pasion flicked in his last 6,000. Korzhenko on the other hand, opted out, costing him a third of his stack.

Pasion at risk over a flip, landed a boat on board 6♦ 5♣ A♥ A♦ 6♠ to scoop the triple up while Gonzales claimed the side pot, cutting his losses by half.

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

Sergei Korzhenko opened 8,500 utg+1 and was called by Christopher Pasion on the button. Action on board 8♥ Q♠ 4♦ 6♥ T♣ was checked all the way down to the river, where Korzhenko bet 15,000. Pasion made the call, and mucked after Korzhenko flipped over two pair 8♠ 6♠ .

Sergei Korzhenko opened on the cutoff, and called off Alari Kunnapuu's all-in for 48,000 total.

A 50 big blind race, Korzhenko locked in the boost, having landed top pair on board 8♣ 5♣ T♠ K♦ 3♠ , while Kunnapuu headed for the rails.