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.

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.

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.