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.

In a hand in progress, the board reads 4♣ 6♠ A with 21,700 in the middle. The action is on Brunei’s Mohammad Harun who bets 7,000 from the BB and gets called by Eugene Tito of the United States from UTG.

The turn is the 4♠ as Harun unloads 15,000 and Tito folds.

Eugene Tito of the United States opens from UTG but gets greeted by a 3-bet shove from India’s Nikhil Gutta in the +1 position for his last 40,300. Also going all-in from the BB is Filipino Jesus Rivera for his remaining stack of 24,500. Tito covers both and gives it moment before electing to make the call.

Gutta flips over A♥ T♥ while Rivera shows A♦ Q♦ . Only their suits are live as the American has them both dominated with A♣ K♣ .

The runout goes 8♥ 9♦ 4♠ 2♣ 7♣ as Tito scoops the pots and waylays two players to have his stack breach the century mark.