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All of the buy-ins have been tallied. There are 213 players in the Day 1b. Combined with the 106 that played yesterday, they make the total field for the 2009 APPT Cebu Main Event 319 players, a new record for the APPT in the Philippines. The 319 here this week marks a more than 10% increase over the 285 that played in the 2008 APPT Manila Main Event. Given the state of the world economy, that's quite a turn-out.