Kickoff (16,500 PHP)

Chirag Shah opened 23,000 on the hijack and was met with an all-in from Edgar Asehan on the big blind, for 142,000 total. Shah put in the call, risking nearly his entire stack.

Dominated, Shah shot down to a single big blind after board 9♠ J♠ 2♣ K♠ Q♦ offered him no help.

With 29 players left holding on to their seats, that means the day is about to close with 9 more eliminations to go before is reached. 20 players are set to advance to Day 2, joining yesterday's 10-survivor qualifier list.

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Anthony Castro opened utg+1 and called a 15,000 three bet from Chirag Shah right behind. Action on flop J♦ 6♥ 2♠ checked round to turn K♣ , where Castro led for 6,000. Shah bumped it up to 13,500, enough to get Castro to lay it down.

Liam Schreiter defended his big blind against Chirag Shah's 4,000 hijack open, and check called another 7,000 on flop 9♠ 3♠ 2♦ . Both checked turn 8♠ through to river 2♣ , where Schreiter led 3,000. Shah called and mucked after Schreiter revealed two pair A♠ 9♦ .

With 24,000 in the pot across board 9♠ 3♣ 3♠ 7♦ , four way action saw Kiril Gelev lead all-in for 34,000. Chirag Shah reshoved behind, isolating Gelev for a showdown.

Kiril Gelev T♠ 8♠

Chirag Shah A♥ A♣

River T♥ bricked for Gelev, shipping Shah the pot with his rockets good for the takedown.

Reynaldo Ong opened 700 on the button and called 2,100 more following a three bet from Chirag Shah on the big blind. Action on board J♥ J♠ K♠ 4♣ 2♣ checked all the way to showdown, revealing Shah's A♥ 8♠ , no good against Ong's A♦ T♥ high.