Another two hours at the tables have been completed and there are only 39 players remaining, all with the hopes of securing a piece of the PHP 15 million prize pool. Former big stack Maxwell Rosete is not among them as his seat over on table 21 is empty as the players are now on a 15-minute break.
Down to the last 21,500, Chi Yan Wong pushed all-in and was called only by Joshua Figuerres in the next seat.
Chi Yan Wong: K♥5♥ 
Joshua Figuerres: A♥10♦
Wong asked for a king but was happy with the J♥5♣3♥ flop as well. After the 9♥ turn he only needed to dodge another heart but the 2♥ river improved Figuerres to the ace-high flush.
"What the fuck?" Wong asked while recording the outcome of the hand on his phone.
Euryd Rivera had most of his chips already in the middle preflop and the rest reluctantly went in after the Q♦10♠3♥ flop when his 4♦4♣ was in bad shape. Simon Isback had a strong lead by then with the K♠Q♠ and the 9♠ turn left Rivera with a single out, which never came on the blank 2♦ river.
Ellezer Castillo bowed out moments later one table over and the field reached the final five tables already for Day 1d.
In the turbo heat 1e, the final table has been reached with nine players out of 39 entries remaining. Among those still in are Line Ho Young Peteri, Nikolas Rivera and John Costiniano while Gary Thompson, William Sarmiento and Finn Ove Penderak all busted.
Fast forward to Day 1d, there are still 46 players left in contention and they need to be culled down to the final 28 in order to conclude the action for today.
Takumi Takayasu was all-in and at risk with a shorter stack and ran into the rising Benjamin Ebarle, who could once again be heard in the entire tournament area.
Takumi Takayasu: 10♣10♥
Benjamin Ebarle: K♣K♦
"Dos, tres, cuatro," Ebarle exclaimed while he was ahead already. The Q♥5♠3♦3♠6♦ brought no help to Takayasu and he was knocked out during the late stages of Day 1d.
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
With the flop showing J♥8♦2♠, Raymond Gomez checked in the big blind and then called a bet of 11,000 by William Ysmael in the hijack. He opted to check the 4♦ on the turn and Ysmael bet 38,000 only to face a quick check-shove by his opponent.
Ysmael used two time banks before he called all-in for around 120,000.
William Ysmael: A♦J♠
Raymond Gomez: J♣8♣
Ysmael needed an ace but found none on the 3♥ river to leave the table rather stunned.
Benjamin Ebarle was all-in and at risk preflop for 78,500 with the A♣Q♠ and trailing against the 8♠8♦ of Minjung Kim.
The very vocal local demanded for help from the poker gods and his wish was granted on the A♠K♦2♥A♥J♠ runout.
Ronn Mesina and Michael Bueza both invested 35,000 preflop and that led them to the Q♠2♠2♥ flop on which the preflop final aggressor Bueza continued for 12,000, Mesina called. Bueza then checked the J♥ on the turn and Mesina now bet 20,000 to eventually force a fold.
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