The player in the hijack had shoved for 23,300 and so did Quang Huy Pham for more in the cutoff. The rest of the table folded.
Hijack: 
Quang Huy Pham: 
The board ran out 
for Pham to turn the higher pair of aces to eliminate his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
69,000 |
The final starting flight of the PokerStars Red Dragon Manila Main Event which is Day 1c with 20-minute levels is set to start soon. This will be the final chance for players to make it through to Day 2. The PokerNews live reporting team will mainly be focusing on Day 1b and provide occasional updates for Day 1c.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
The registration period will be closed at the end of this break. With 353 entries on the tournament clock, the 207 remaining players have been sent for their last 15-minute break of the day.
Tom Alner's seat is empty and Lehua Kuang was the one responsible for this fact.
Apparently Alner had shoved on the button with 
after getting back down to around 10,000 and was called by Lehua Kuang in the big blind who held 
.
The board ran out 
to give Kuang quads, in the end, to send the two-time champion to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000 | |
|
Busted |
All the chips went in when the flop read 
and after Rick Ambata had bet in the cutoff. The player on the button shoved for two other players to fold and Ambata to make the call.
Button: 
Rick Ambata: 
The player on the button was sitting on an open-ended straight draw while Ambata had already flopped a straight.
The rest of the board was completed with the 
on the turn and the 
on the river to Ambata to stay ahead and double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
69,000 |
All the chips went in when the flop read 
when Fang Kai Yang was sitting on the button and was heads-up against the player in the small blind.
Small Blind: 
Fang Kai Yang:
Yang had flopped a straight already
The rest of the board was completed with the 
on the turn and the on the river to not change things as Yang claimed a knock-out to his name.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
64,000 |
There are three former dragon slayers in the field, Alan Lau, Kenichi Takarabe, and Tom Alner.
The latter had shoved for 20,200 from the button after Anthony Abram in the middle position had raised to 2,600. Action folded back to the Abram who opted to fold after thinking it all through.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
33,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
25,300
12,600
|
12,600 |
Photos courtesy of Chris Librojo / PokerStars LIVE
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
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