Down to the last 35,000, Rene David put his hopes on the Q♣Q♠ in a preflop contest and was up against the A♥J♣ of Akihiro Kawaguchi. The pocket pair came out on top thanks to the 9♣7♣4♦7♥5♣ board and David sat back down.
John Tech three-bet and then called all-in when Po Hao Liao pushed all-in with the covering stack as they were flipping in the following showdown.
John Tech: A♥K♣ 
Po Hao Liao: 5♦5♠
The over cards got there on the K♦J♥4♣8♥6♣ board for Tech to stay in contention.
Jessie Leonarez had previously pushed all-in with a shorter stack and did so again, only this time to be looked up by Stefan Van Huyssteen.
Jessie Leonarez: 2♣2♦
Stefan Van Huyssteen: 8♣8♥
The dominated pair was on very thin ice on the J♦8♠7♣ flop and found no miracle escape on the Q♥ turn as well as Q♠ river.
Czardy Rivera opened to 4,000 and Gerardo Lubas III then jammed for around 27,500. Out of the small blind. Renato Villanueva then rejammed for 34,500 and Rivera asked for a count before he called after using one time bank extension.
Gerardo Lubas III: A♠J♣
Renato Villanueva: 9♥9♠
Czardy Rivera: A♦Q♦
The pocket pair held on the 6♠4♦3♦7♣K♠ board and Villanueva nearly tripled.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Andy Co peeled against a three-bet by Finn Ove Penderak to see the A♦8♦2♣ flop on which he checked. Penderak bet 5,000 into 22,000 and was then check-raised to 17,500 by Co. The very reluctant all-in of Penderak for around 30,000 followed and Co called.
Finn Ove Penderak: 10♣10♠
Andy Co: 5♦4♦
Penderak was ahead but couldn't dodge the 6♠ turn and 9♦ river runout.
Gary Thompson and Aso Seitaro were unable to spin up their recent re-entries and hit the rail with the former near instantly purchasing an entry for the turbo heat 1e which is stlll open for registration. The field has reached 28 entries with 20 contenders left at the time of writing.
Michael Bueza raised to 3,500 and then called the three-bet shove by Rene David for 25,400.
Rene David: A♠K♦
Michael Bueza: 5♣5♥
The board ran out J♣J♠4♣6♠K♥ and the king on the river kept David in contention.
On a heads-up turn of 10♠7♠6♦8♥, Jonard Arcilla bet 25,000 and Sandeep Mirchandani called to see the 9♦ on the river produce a straight on the board. Arcilla now bet another 50,000 and Mirchandani burst out in laughter. He eventually folded and flashed the 9♠8♦ for the flopped straight.
Arcilla revealed that he had the J♥ for the higher straight before raking in the hefty pot.
"I went from so happy to so sad so fast," Mirchandani concluded.
Christopher Mateo had squeezed to 28,800 with a single 100 chip behind and a small crowd gathered behind him when Cheng Wong then jammed for 136,000 to force out Cheng Wong.
"How much is it," Mateo inquired and the shove of Wong obviously had him covered a lot. Eventually, Mateo called and the cards were flipped over.
Christopher Mateo: 10♦7♦
Cheng Wong: A♦Q♠
The board ran out K♣5♥5♦K♥J♦ and that spelled the end for Mateo on Day 1d.
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