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.

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.