Main Event (18,500 PHP)

With the prize pool at the end of Day 1C’s registration at PhP14,812,521 (~US$263,780), Day 1D is underway and later it will be determined how much the final payouts will be as Day 1C’s 396 is the most of the three qualifiers thus far and brought in 59 new players that are already ITM and moving on to Day 2.

Unlike the previous Day 1s, however, Canada’s Niroshan Loganathan was a steady force after picking up the chip lead before the midway mark of the competition and despite several upheavals—mostly from the Filipino layers—he was able to build on it and coast until the end.

Loganathan was believed to have burst the bubble when he busted Filipino Alexis Lim. But it proved to be the penultimate elimination as the bubble was burst not long after when Singapore’s Thomas Po called the shove of Filipino short-stack Mark Anthony Chua who went all-in with A♠ T♠ and was behind all the way against Po’s A♠ J♦ as the board blanked out ensuring the final 59 who will be moving on.

The Canadian finished hostilities with 679,000 in chips while being pursued by three Filipinos in Kevin Mateo in second with 485,000, Richard Marquez in third with 451,000 and Mark Solsona with 441,000. Fifth place was held by Taiwan’s Lin Yu Hsien for 408,000.

A total of 140 now comprise those seeing action in Day 2 which takes place tomorrow (June 15) still at 12:00NN (UCT+8).

Day 1D is still ongoing.

With only 21,000 left in his stack, Mark Anthony Chua of the Philippines commits his remaining stack to the pot from UTG and it folds all the way to Singapore’s Thomas Po in the SB who makes the call.

Chua turns over A♠ T♠ while Po shows one better with A♠ J♦ .

The subsequent runout goes: 7x 8x 9x 3x 8x as Po wins with higher hole cards and officially bursts the Day 1C bubble as the remaining 59 players all trudge on to Day 2 of the Main Event.

Chip leader Niroshan Loganathan of Canada opens from the +1 position for 17,000 and it gets folded around to the BB where the Philippines’ Alexis Lim goes all-in for his last 146,000. Loganathan makes the call.

Lim tables K♣ J♣ which are live cards to Loganathan’s A♠ Q♠ .

The flop quickly reduces the Filipino’s chances: 9♠ 2♠ Q♣ as now only a King can extend his stay. The turn card is the 8♠ and the river is the 5♠ .

Lim is out in 61st place as Day 1C is now officially on the bubble.

From the +1 position, Atsushi Teramoto of Japan goes all-in for his last 64,000 and it folds all the way to the BB where Taiwan’s Chen Chun Yuan calls.

Teramoto unveils K♦ K♥ while Chen has one over-card with A♠ Q♣ .

The flop instantly put the hand almost out of reach in favor of the Japanese player: 7♦ K♣ 5♥ and has his Taiwanese opponent drawing dead on the turn when the 8♦ comes off. The river card is the J♥ to end matters.

Teramoto still has a pulse and could still make it through.

The action is folded to the HJ where the Philippines’ William Ysmael raises it up to 12,000 as right beside him on the CO, a short-stacked Kento Chogo of Japan goes for it all with his remaining stack of 37,000. It folds back to Ysmael who makes the call.

Chogo flips over A♣ T♣ whilw the Filipino is dominated as he shows A♦ 3♥ .

The first four community cards favor the Japanese player: 5♦ 7♥ J♥ 4♦ (a redraw to a gutshot appears) but the river card is the 3♣ as Ysmael connects for the lowest pair but it’s enough to eliminate Chogo and keep his fledgling hopes alive for advancement to Day 2.

Raising from the +2 position, Anton del Rosario of the United States make it 12,000 to go and is called on the D by Filipino Christopher de Lara and the BB.

The flop comes K♥ 8♥ J♥ as the BB and del Rosario check. De Lara takes over the betting lead for 15,000 as the BB folds. Del Rosario then check-raises all-in and is called by de Lara for his last 118,000.

Del Rosario tables 4♥ 3♥ for a flopped flush while de Lara is not drawing dead as he shows K♠ J♣ for top two pairs.

The turn card brings in the K♦ to give de Lara the lead permanently with a full house and if that wasn’t enough, the river card is the J♠ .

De Lara rejoins the big stack conversation.

Sho Shimada of Japan raises it to 16,000 from the +1 position and gets a call from the D. In the SB, The Philippines’ Czar Ian Marcos 3-bets all-in for his last 48,000. Shimada calls and the player in the D folds.

Marcos shows Q♦ Q♠ while Shimada turns over A♦ K♥ .

The runout goes 9♠ 4♣ 9♦ 7♣ T♥ as Shimada misses everything and allows the Filipino to lean on his ladies for the double up.

In an ongoing hand with already 60,000 in the pot and a flop reading 3♥ 2♥ Q♥ , Ajay Abrol of India moves all-in from UTG for his last 68,000 and is covered by the Philippines’ Isabelo Braza who makes the call.

Abrol tables A♣ 5♥ for a gutshot and a baby flush draw while Braza shows A♦ Q♣ for top pair-top kicker.

The turn card is the J♣ but then the river produces the 7♥ to give the Indian the connection on the flush and the double against his Filipino opponent.

The action folds to the HJ where Thailand’s Burimas Rattamontree raises it to 10,000 and gets a call from Noel Llamedo of the Philippines from the CO. However, Taiwan’s Lin Yu Hsien declares he is all-in from the D and it folds back to Rattamontree who also goes all-in. Llamedo gets out of the way.

Lin shows 9♦ 9♣ while the Thai player has A♠ K♣ .

The flop goes J♠ T♠ 7♠ and offers a multitude of out suddenly for Rattamontree. The turn is the 3♥ and the river is the 3♣ to have Lin sidestep all possible landmines en route to a much needed double-up that has him chilling with the big stacks of Day 1C.

Rattamontree is down to less than ten BBs.

Going all-in preflop are Kento Chogo of Japan who covers Korea’s Lee Dong Seok who is in it for his last 89,000.

Lee tables A♣ K♠ from the BB while Chogo shows K♣ K♦ .

The flop is 8♦ Q♣ Q♥ but the turn is the T♦ and the river is the J♠ to give the Korean a backdoor straight and has him enjoying a new lease on his tournament life with a very fortunate double up.

Ermito Sorio, Jr. of the Philippines takes the plunge with his remaining stack of 24,000 committed to the pot from the +1 position and it folds to the D where Korea’s Kim Kunwoo makes the call. In the SB, Nuerzhigit Zhapbarkhan of Kazakhstan also goes all-in for his last 57,000. Kim calls that as well.

Sorio turns over 6♠ 6♦ while Zhapbarkhan shows K♥ T♠ . Kim has A♣ 7♣ .

The runout goes 2♥ 4♥ 5♦ 2♣ Q♣ as Sorio triples up by having his sixes hold and Zhapbarkhan gets knocked out by Kim’s Ace-high.

The Philippines’ Kim Enriquez open from UTG for 10,000 and right beside him in the +1 position, Suguru Yonezawa 3-bets it to 26,000. It folds all the way back to the Filipino who makes the call.

The flop is 6♥ Q♠ 2♥ as Enriquez checks. Yonezawa continues for 20,000 and gets called. The turn is the J♥ as Enriquez checks again. This time, the Japanese player goes all-in for his remaining stack of 118,000. Enriquez tanks awhile and eventually folds showing the Q♥ . Yonezawa gives Enriquez some peace of mind by showing A♥ A♦ .

The win by Yonezawa ties their stacks.

Philippines' Aaron Cuason limps in from the HJ and gets the CO to call. Folded to the SB, Jannodin Riga of the Philippines raises it 12,000 as it gets 3-bet by chip leader Niroshan Loganathan of Canada in the BB to 26,000. Cuason 4-bet shoves his last 45,000 as the CO folds and Riga 5-bet shoves for his last 121,000. Loganathan opts to step aside.

Cuason tables J♠ J♦ and is unfortunate that he runs into Riga’s K♥ K♠ .

The flop puts the matter beyond doubt: K♣ K♦ 7♣ as the Filipino gets quads and has his Filipino opponent drawing dead. The last two community cards are the 3♦ and the 6♥ as Cuason becomes the latest Day 1C casualty.

After a series of raises, it is all-in preflop for Filipino Ermito Sorio, Jr. and Korea’s Kim Kunwoo who is at risk for his last 132,000.

Sorio shows A♣ K♥ while Kim has Q♥ Q♦ .

The flop goes 3♣ T♦ Q♣ to give the Korean an insurmountable edge with top set as the last two community cards are the K♣ and the T♣ as Kim’s full house all but wipes out his Filipino foe.

Stanislav Song of Kazakhstan opens from the +1 position for 9,000 and the action folds all the way to the SB where big stack Mark Solsona of the Philippines re-raises it to 22,000. Back to Song, he makes the call.

The flop comes Q♥ A♥ T♣ as Solsona continues for 20,000. Song calls. The turn card is the A♥ as the Filipino fires anew, this time for 50,000. Song raises all-in and gets the snap call from Solsona.

The Kazakh turns over A♣ J♣ for trips on the turn while Solsona flips over Q♣ Q♦ for a full house on the turn. Needing an Ace or a Jack on the river, neither arrive as the 9♥ shows up.

The axing of Song has Solsona among the biggest stacks of Day 1C.

India’s Parikshit Jain is down to his last 1,000 chip and throws it in to the pot from the +1 position as it folds to the SB where Jonathan Looi of Malaysia raises it to 10,000. In the BB, another Indian in Ridesh Sejpal goes all-in for his remaining stack of 37,000. Looi calls.

Jain tables 9♦ 8♥ and is live against Sejpal’s A♠ K♥ which dominates Looi’s A♣ T♠ .

The flop fortifies Sejpal’s lead: K♠ 2♠ 9♣ and the last two community cards are the 3♠ (to have Looi drawing dead) and the 4♣ to eliminate Jain. Sejpal keeps himself in contention with the double up.

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Yoshiki Miura of Japan raises it from the +1 position to 7,000 and it folds to the D where Korea’s Choi Sungdong 3-bets it to 16,000. It folds back to Miura who calls.

The flop goes 9♣ 6♥ T♥ as Miura checks. Choi fires again, this time for all of his chips worth 47,500. Miura cannot call and releases his hand into the muck.

Filipino-American Anton de Rosario opens the action from the +1 position for 7,000 and gets calls from fellow Filipino Christopher de Lara in the HJ and Kang Jungtae of Korea in the SB.

The flop goes 6♠ 5♠ 8♠ as Kang checks and del Rosario continues on the monochrome board for 8,000 to which both of his opponents call. The turn is the 3♦ as now Kang leads out for 20,000. Del Rosario folds but de Lara stays interested. It is now Heads-Up to the river which brings in the 5♥ as Kang makes a smallish bet of 8,000 and gets raised to 45,000 by the Filipino. Kang makes the call.

De Lara tables 5♦ 3♣ for a backdoor full house as Kang mucks his hand.

The win has de Lara hanging with the big stacks.

Korea’s Baek Youngseok has the action folded to him in the LJ and he raises it to 6,000. The blinds call.

The flop is 9♦ J♠ 8♥ as the blinds check. Baek CBets for 13,000 and gets called by Chen Chun Yuan of Taiwan in the SB. The BB folds. It is Heads-Up to the turn where the J♣ arrives. This time, both players slow down and check. The river is the 3♣ and no further action ensues.

The Korean tables K♣ K♦ while Chen shows Q♣ J♦ for trips on the turn that proceeded with caution, as did Baek with his Cowboys.

From UTG, Germany’s Finn Ove Penderak makes a raise to 5,000 and right beside him in the +1 position, Chua Feng Ji of Singapore 3-bets it to 11,000. It folds back to Penderak who 4-bet shoves his last 51,500. Chua calls.

Penderak turns over A♣ K♥ and is delighted to see he dominates Chua’s Ace-Queen.

The runout goes A♠ 9♦ 3♠ 3♦ J♦ for a double up for the German as Chua’s stack goes down the barely playable category.

Two Filipinos lock horns as Anton del Rosario opens from the +1 position for 6,000 and it folds all the way to the BB where Noel Llamedo makes the defense.

The flop comes K♥ 9♣ J♣ as Llamedo checks. Del Rosario continues for 6,000 and is called. The turn card is the A♦ and this time, both players check. The river is the 7♣ as now Llamedo leads out for 22,000. Del Rosario lashes back with a raise of 52,000 as Llamedo opts to let it go.

The action folds to the D where the Philippines’ Jose Cheung raises it up to 5,500 and it gets to the BB of Hsiao Tsui-Han and she declares she is all-in for her remaining stack of 29,000. Cheung makes the call.

Hsiao tables A♦ 6♠ and is ahead of the Filipino’s A♣ 4♣ but many chop outs abound.

The flop instantly puts Cheung ahead: K♣ 4♠ 7♥ and the last two community cards are the 5♥ (for an open-ended straight redraw) and the 4♦ to give Cheung trips and oust the lady player from Taiwan.

From UTG, the Philippines’ Edison Yu opens for 5,000 and gets two callers before Singapore’s James Senhui Wang 3-bets it to 22,000 from the D. It folds back to YU who makes the call. The other previous callers steer clear.

The flop comes 4♥ 5♣ 4♠ as the Filipino goes all-in for his last 55,000. Wang makes the snap call.

Yu turns over 8♦ 8♥ while Wang shows Q♣ Q♠ .

The last two community cards are the 3♥ and the T♠ as Yu hits the sidelines for good as far as Day 1C is concerned and the Singaporean joins the big stacks.

Noel Llamedo of the Philippines opens from the HJ for 5,000 and gets three callers.

The flop is Q♥ 4♣ 9♣ as the blinds check it back to Llamedo who CBets for 12,000. Fellow Filipino Edison Yu calls from the CO as the blinds fold. It is now Heads-Up to the turn where the 9♦ appears. This time, Llamedo checks and Yu goes all-in for his last 25,500.

Llamedo walks away.

The action is folded to the blinds where Shohei Murao of Japan raises all-in for his last 56,000 and gets called in the BB by the Philippines’ Moses Saquing who barely covers him.

Murao shows T♠ T♥ and is in a flip for his tournament life against Saquing’s A♣ Q♣ ,

The runout goes K♥ J♦ 6♠ 9♣ 7♦ as Murao dodges all of the Filipino’s outs to double up and a;; but obliterates Saquing’s stack.

Korea’s Kim Kwangyeol is all-in preflop for his tournament life against Parikshit Jain of India. Kim’s 53,000 is now in the pot.

Kim shows 8♥ 8♠ while Jain has A♣ K♥ .

The flop is 9♥ A♠ 4♠ to give the Indian the lead but the turn card is the 8♦ to now render Jain drawing dead as the Korean nails his set. The river is the 7♠ to make the crippling of Jain official.

From the +1 position, Jun Amsic of the Philippines raises it up to 5,500 and it folds to the CO where fellow Filipino Khristian Nery shoves his remaining stack of 33,500. It folds back to Amsic who calls.

Nery tables A♥ 4♥ while Amsic has him dominated with AS Q♥ .

The runout goes 8♣ 2♣ J♠ K♥ 6♣ as Nery is busted and Amsic becomes the third player to surpass the double century chip mark.