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.

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.