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Yi Wei Peng sent short stacked Allan Hon out of the running with A♠ A♣ fully dominating A♦ Q♠. He sits with 460k.
35 players remaining.
Soo Jo Kim continues to pile in the chips. After railing Diego Gonzales, he went head to head against Kannapong Thanarattrakul. Both players are APT decorate champions. With a big splash already formed in the middle, the flop was 6♥ K♠ 2♥, from hijack Kim check-called 50k. On the turn K♥ both checked it and the river came A♣. Kim led for 119k and won it with Thanarattrakul folding. Kim up to 525k, Thanarattrakul down to 595k.
George Mateo was the next player to shave some chips off Cao Ngoc Anh with Q♦ J♥ pair over Anh’s missed draw A♦ 6♦ on a board 10♦ J♦ 2♣ 3♣ 6♥. Mateo up to 300k, Anh dropped to 527k.
Two players fell out of the running at Table 18. The first to fall was Gregory Benjamins with Q♥ 8♥ missing the board. Xixiang Luo sent him packing with A♥ J♣. Luo up to 674k.
The second casualty was Diego Gonzales pushing it all with A♠ 10♣ but unable to get past Soo Jo Kim’s 5♦ 5♠ that improved to a set on the board. Kim up to 370k
First player to get a full bump up was decorated APT champion Alexis Lim. He three-bet all in and initial raiser Cao Ngoc Anh called. Lim J♦ 10♦, Anh A♦ 6♥, the board ran 6♦ 3♥ K♦ 10♠ 10♥ for a double up to 154k. Anh down to 679k.
Here we go! Day 3 is underway with the final 40 players already attacking the felt. The plan for today is to reach the money of 27 places then onwards to try and secure a final 8 seat. Good luck to all!
Opening blinds: 4000 – 8000 ante 8000 (Level 17)
Chips in play: 13,250,000
Average stack: 331,250
Bagging time: Final 8 players
Buy-in: PHP 82,500 (~USD 1,600)
Entries: 265
Prize pool: PHP 19,278,700 (~USD 370,000)
ITM: 27 places
1st prize: PHP 4,594,800 (~USD 88,000)
Day 3 chip counts
| Rank | Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
| 1 | John Niko Csostiniano ** (SB) | Philippines | 1,070,000 | 17 | 1 |
| 2 | Jeonggyu Cho | Korea | 910,000 | 13 | 3 |
| 3 | Cao Ngoc Anh | Vietnam | 746,000 | 17 | 6 |
| 4 | Kannapong Thanarattrakul | Thailand | 691,000 | 18 | 5 |
| 5 | Zhu, Jingxuan (DB) | China | 677,000 | 13 | 4 |
| 6 | Benigno Ledina Jr. | Philippines | 671,000 | 13 | 2 |
| 7 | Xixiang Luo (SB) | China | 595,000 | 18 | 1 |
| 8 | Hong Jin Ho | Korea | 590,000 | 16 | 6 |
| 9 | En Ching Wu | Taiwan | 546,000 | 16 | 9 |
| 10 | Gyeong Byeong Lee | Korea | 431,000 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | Alex Lee (SB) | Singapore | 418,000 | 15 | 6 |
| 12 | Je Hun Hong (BB) | Korea | 389,000 | 18 | 2 |
| 13 | William Kang ** (BB) | United Kingdom | 365,000 | 15 | 8 |
| 14 | Soo Jo Kim | Korea | 361,000 | 18 | 3 |
| 15 | Iori Yogo ** (DB) | Japan | 357,000 | 16 | 2 |
| 16 | Frederick Hernandez | Philippines | 344,000 | 13 | 8 |
| 17 | Yi-Wei Peng | Taiwan | 337,000 | 16 | 5 |
| 18 | Julien Weymouth (BB) | Guam | 316,000 | 17 | 2 |
| 19 | Yongseok Choi ** (BB) | Korea | 309,000 | 16 | 4 |
| 20 | Ji Young Kim (BB) | Korea | 307,000 | 13 | 6 |
| 21 | Jaideep Sajwan | India | 290,000 | 16 | 7 |
| 22 | Graeme Siow (DB) | Singapore | 255,000 | 15 | 5 |
| 23 | Jae Chang | Korea | 215,000 | 13 | 7 |
| 24 | Gary Thompson | Ireland | 193,000 | 16 | 8 |
| 25 | Juyun Park | Korea | 191,000 | 15 | 1 |
| 26 | Lester Edoc | Philippines | 188,000 | 17 | 7 |
| 27 | Victorry Chong | Malaysia | 172,000 | 17 | 5 |
| 28 | Florencio C. Campomanes IV (SB) | Philippines | 170,000 | 16 | 3 |
| 29 | Han Fei | China | 160,000 | 15 | 2 |
| 30 | George Mateo | Guam | 156,000 | 17 | 3 |
| 31 | John Tech | Philippines | 151,000 | 15 | 9 |
| 32 | Steve Yea | Korea | 138,000 | 17 | 4 |
| 33 | Anthony Abram “Ozy” ** | Australia | 103,000 | 18 | 4 |
| 34 | Diego | Dubai | 97,000 | 18 | 7 |
| 35 | Allan Hon | Malaysia | 93,000 | 13 | 9 |
| 36 | Marco Almerez | Philippines | 72,000 | 15 | 4 |
| 37 | Gregory Benjamins (DB) | Netherlands | 68,000 | 18 | 9 |
| 38 | Alexis Lim (DB) | Philippines | 67,000 | 17 | 9 |
| 39 | Jung Seung Mook (SB) | Korea | 61,000 | 13 | 5 |
| 40 | Johnson T. Tan | Philippines | 39,000 | 15 | 3 |