Kickoff (16,500 PHP)

Jester Intia opened on the button and called a 28,000 three bet from Brenton Buttigieg on the small blind. On board 2♦ J♣ J♠ T♠ A♦ , Buttigieg triple barreled - 22,000, 75,000 and a final all-in, with Intia calling him all the way down with two pair T♣ 2♣ . Buttigieg spiked the river and showed a better A♠ K♠ for the win.

Harish Asnani flicked in his last 33,000 and faced initial raiser Jester Intia's pocket pair for a flip.

Asnani missed to pair up on board 6♦ 2♠ 5♣ 9♣ A♠ , busting him out three places shy of the money.

Jester Intia opened utg+1 and flicked in the rest after Sunhwi An pushed all-in for 32,000.

Board 5♠ T♠ A♦ K♦ 6♦ missed to pair up An's overcards, knocking him out just a few places short of making Day 2.

Ilia Timofeev opened 12,000 utg, called by Jester Intia on the small blind. Action on flop A♦ 5♥ T♥ was checked through to turn 9♥ , where Intia bet 15,000. Timofeev called behind and arrived at showdown shortly after river K♣ collected no more bets.

Intia showed two pair ace-ten and raked in the pot.

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.

Chip Counts

Jester Intia opened 2,300 on the cutoff, joined by both players on the blinds onto flop 8♥ J♦ A♥ . Intia continued for 3,500, check called by Lenart Ecarma. Both turn A♦ and river 3♣ was checked to showdown, revealing Intia's Q♠ 8♠ , good against Ecarma's busted flush draw 7♥ 4♥ .

A back and forth between Jester Intia and Tony Khoang saw the latter five bet jam his 13,300 stack in preflop, called by his opponent.

Khoang a huge favorite, bagged the win with a straight as board 5♥ Q♣ 8♣ T♥ 9♣ landed on the felt.