Main Event (45,000 PHP)

Open-jamming 175,000 with K♠ 9♠ from UTG, Wu En Ching watches BB David Rene Mar call and flip over K♦ J♠ to dominate the player at risk. The dealer has no help for the underdog on K♥ 7♦ 5♥ 4♠ 6♣ and we have 15 players left standing.

With 300,000 in the middle and the board already completed 3♦ 5♦ A♦ 5♣ 6♥ , HJ Wu En Ching leads 85,000, followed by a 445,000 jam from BB Martin Astorga with J♠ 6♦ and a call for his last 271,000 from We En Ching holding A♠ J♦ to scoop the pot.

Picking up the action on the turn A♣ K♦ Q♠ A♠ and a pot of 145,000, BB Wu En Ching leads 102,000 with J♦ T♦ , jammed on by UTG Hong Ko Kim for 272,000 with J♣ J♥ looking for help. The dealer blanks with the 8♦ and sends Hong Ko Kim packing.

Wu En Ching opens 25,000 from +1 and takes BB Vito Tjahyadi to the flop 4♥ 6♠ K♠ where a 22,000 c-bet enters the middle and is called for the turn Q♠ . Checked to Wu En Ching again, a second barrel of 73,000 rolls over the line and Vito Tjahyadi goes into the tank. After careful consideration he lets it go, losing a time bank in the process.

Flight C had 250 entries with the top 38 advancing and Jonald Garcia emerging as the chip leader, bagging a whopping 709,000 in chips with a late charge including the last minute eliminations of Robert Yamashita and Jeffrey Pamplona. Sehoon Jin finished 2nd with 478,000 and Alvir Inocentes came in third with 434,000. Those three will also start day 2 as overall chip leaders.

Yohei Katsuragawa kicks us off with a 10,000 open from UTG, CO Wu En Ching pumps it to 35,000 and BB Joseph Sia jams for 118,000 to take it down pre.

With 60 players out of the 250 starting field still standing and 38 making the cutoff for Day 2 tomorrow the top chip counts are as follows :

Picking up the action on the flop T♦ 3♣ A♣ with 39,000 in the pot, CO Mark Dela Cruz leads 20,000 and BU Wu En Ching calls to see the turn 9♦ . A second barrel of 50,000 finds Wu En Ching calling all-in for 43,000 with A♥ A♠ that has Mark Dela Cruz dead in the waters with K♣ T♣ . The dealer delivers an insignificant T♦ on the river and pushes the massive pile of chips to Wu En Ching.

UTG Wu En Ching kicks off the action with a 1,100 open to take BU and BB to the flop 8♠ J♠ 2♣ and a c-bet of 2,000 that has only BU David Trivino pay up to see the turn 3♦ for a check-check to complete the board 5♥ . Checked to Trivino, a 2,200 bet goes out and gets the job done.