Main Event
Day 1B Started
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Manila
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Manila
Buy-in
45,000 PHP
Entries
585
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Day 1b of the APPT Manila Main Event Starts Now
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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.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Deja Vu From Day 1a
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
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!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Agarwal Back in Action
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
19,600 | 19,600 |
More Familiar Faces
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Who is the Boss in the House?
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Maria Carmen "Menchu" Esdaile and Sam Razavi have battled numerous times at the tables. While the UK poker pro played yesterday, he has to be the babysitter for today and Esdaile is over on table one. Both furthermore debated before the start whether or not they'd do a side bet.
"I want to win that trophy tonight while all the others play the Main," Razavi added and referred to the Side Event schedule and shiny trophies up for grabs.
Bounty Hunter
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
American Jim Hunter, who has spent the last 13 years in China as a bar owner, just picked up a big Level 1 pot here in Manila thanks to an early blunder.
When one heads-up opponent bet 11 on the river, Hunter assumed he meant 1,100 and he made the call with top pair. He soon found out the bet was 11,000 - Three times the pot.
Since he'd announced a call, Hunter was obliged to do so, but lucky for him, top pair was good against a naked bluff. Tilted, Hunter's opponent soon dusted off the rest of his chips and as he hit the rail, Hunter found himself among the early leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000 |
Poker Tactic:
White and Zhang Chop
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Joining the action on the 
turn with three players remaining in the hand, Weiyi Zhang check-called a bet worth 1,200 by Ben White and the player on the button did so as well to see the river. Checks all around and Zhang in the big blind ws to show first, flipping over the 
.
White on the cutoff chopped it with the 
and the third player in the hand mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
26,000 | 6,000 |
|
15,000 | 15,000 |
Small Titbits
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Yan Li opened the action with a raise from early position and was called by PokerStars Team Pro Aditya Agarwal in the big blind. The Indian check-called a bet of 425 on the 
flop before folding the 
turn to a second barrel worth 1,100.
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn tried to steal a three-way pot on the 
river out of the big blind and fired 3,700. He was called by one opponent while the third player in the hand mucked his cards. Kampanatsanyakorn's 
was caught bluffing his sole opponent in the showdown had that beat with 
to reduce the initial profit of the Thai.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
21,500 | 1,500 |
|
|
19,500 | -500 |
|
|
18,500 | -1,100 |