Henrik Tollefsen played yesterday after late-regging Day 1a and "actually busted on the very first hand he played". The Norwegian is already better than that today after surviving 15 minutes and Weiyi Zhang as well as Marcuss Liow are also in it to win it.
Aditha Agarwal is all the way in the corner on table 1 and the PokerStars Team Pro from India called a raise to 250 by the player on the button while seated in the small blind. The opponent from one seat over called as well and they checked down the flop and the turn. The initial raiser then bet the river for 450 and that won the pot without showdown.
Yan Li sat down on his table and Chane Kampanatsanyakorn has also been spotted early in today's field. The Thai said he would have came over yesterday already after landing at 6pm but didn't know the re-entry was allowed.
Gerald Casey Jr., Gab Yong Kim and KC Wong all played yesterday and ran out of chips before the end of level nine. Now they are back in the Grand Ballroom here in the City of Dreams and happen to seat all on the same table, too!
The second and final starting flight for the PokerStars.net APPT Manila Season 9 Main Event will kick off at 14:30 local time inside the City of Dreams Grand Ballroom in Manila, Philippines today.
Thursday's first starting flight drew a total of 260 entries, already matching the total number of entries for the entire event during Season 8 and even more players are expected to pony up the PHP 50,000 buy-in today. Just 75 players survived through nine levels on Day 1a with Swedish-born Filipino resident Douglas Olsson taking the overnight lead.
Players will begin with the same 20,000-chip starting stack and plans to play the same nine levels today. The first three levels are 40 minutes each and rise to 60 minutes thereafter. Registration is open for the first four hours and players may re-enter one time if things don't work out on the first try. Plus, those who bagged short on Day 1a can take another shot, carrying their best stack forward to Saturday's Day 2.
Vietnam's Thanh Ha Duong took down the title at the Metro Card Club last year winning PHP 3,472,000 and he is expected to join the Day 1b field in defense of his title today.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on the tournament floor from start to finish, providing a slice of the action for your reading pleasure right here in this space.
flop and the 
turn. The initial raiser then bet the 
river for 450 and that won the pot without showdown.
