Out of the 325 entrants for Day 1b, only 162 are still in according to the screens and thus mean half of the field has been eliminated while level seven still holds another 20 minutes to go until the last break for tonight. This pace is very similar to the one of last night and should also result in bagging and tagging around 11 pm, just in time for the players party at the "Chaos" next door.
It was no huge pot by any means that saw Mital Chandihok win more chips with 
for top pair in a battle small blind versus big blind for 4,000 chips on the 
board. The American also won the hand immediately after and then gave us a quick count as one of the bigger stacks in the room right now. Thus, it would be a waste not to use this information.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
In the last hand before the break, Manuel Blaschke opened the action with a raise to 1,800 and was called by both players in the blinds. The Austrian, who had been on a slippery slope as of lately and dropped quite a few chips, made a continuation bet worth 3,400 on the 
flop.
Only the player in the big blind check-called and did so again after the 
turn for 5,500 before the 
fell on the river. Again the action was checked to the Austrian and he fired 28,000, an overbet to the pot. This did the trick, as his opponent looked very confused and ended up mucking his cards.
Another bigger stack at the same table is Min Soon Lim from Singapore.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
98,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
84,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
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The players are now off on the final 10-minute break of the night with seven levels behind them and just two remaining before the end of play.
The tournament clock currently claims 153 players are still in it.
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
After a min-raise and a call, Gerald Casey Jr. opted to put in the required 2,000 chips as well and two other short-stacks moved all in for 12 big blinds each behind the American. The initial raiser and cold-caller mucked their cards, but Casey Jr. was priced in with a suited ace and went into the showdown with the 
.
The two short stacks held 
and 
to both hit the rail on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
With registration now officially closed prizepool information for this event has been released.
With 585 entries a PHP 25,535,250 ($557,471.26 USD) prizepool was created that will pay 72 spots. A min-cash is worth PHP 89,800 ($1,960.46 USD) while PHP 6,016,250 ($131,343.40 USD), including a seat in the 2015 Asia Championship of Poker Main Event, is reserved for first.
Keisuke Hikosaka won two early pots in the penultimate level and one of them came off a massive shove preflop. The overbet was supposed to attract customers simply based on the size, but that plan didn't work out. However, the Japanese flashed the just in case and is very close to six digits.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
98,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
Manuel Blaschke lost about one third of his stack in the new level and Min Soon Lim also got cut off from a similar portion as well after losing a pot with kings against the 
of Robert Nguyen. The latter had previously mostly taken care of short stacks such as versus 
preflop to build up his ammunition at the table.
Now, Nguyen is the only player on table 20 with a six-digit amount of chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
60,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
|
|
50,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
Manuel Blaschke had just busted an opponent to get back up to 90,000 but the profit didn't last long. The Austrian got involved in yet another pot shortly after and tried to buy the hand with a bet of 11,500 on the river of a 
board. The player to his left however made the call with 
for two pair and the Austrian had only rivered top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
