₱200,000 High Roller Day 1 | 2018 PokerStars.net APPT Manila

08-12-2018 01:59 UTC+8

Day 2 Seat Draw

Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Xiaoyin He	China	49,700	50
1	3	Maxim Befus	Germany	121,700	122
1	5	John Tech	Philippines	33,000	33
1	6	Yifan Zheng	China	75,400	75
1	7	Weiyi Zhang	China	20,900	21
1	8	Wen Qing Cai	China	89,800	90

2	1	Xiao Tian Yang	China	44,800	45
2	3	Phanlert Sukonthachartnant	Thailand	45,600	46
2	5	Rathi Shashank	India	18,000	18
2	6	Preston Lee	United States	62,100	62
2	7	Randy Lew	United States	16,300	16
2	8	Aditya Sushant	India	53,600	54

3	1	Chye Wei Soh	Singapore	33,800	34
3	3	Thai Loc Le	Vietnam	64,900	65
3	5	Thomas Floan	Norway	70,700	71
3	6	Dong Hyun Kim	Korea	76,300	76
3	7	Michael Soyza	Malaysia	97,400	97
3	8	Jeffrey Lo	Hong Kong	53,400	53

4	1	Fan Zhang	Hong Kong	35,300	35
4	3	Eric Tsai	Taiwan	49,600	50
4	5	Shah Kavin	India	89,500	90
4	6	Yan Li	China	122,100	122
4	7	Ying Tang	China	34,200	34
4	8	Celina Lin	China	50,000	50

5	1	Simon Burns	United Kingdom	35,600	36
5	3	Xin Fan	China	110,400	110
5	4	Michael Huang	United States	36,600	37
5	5	Sparrow Cheung	Hong Kong	50,000	50
5	7	Konstantin Pogodin	Russia	81,900	82
5	8	Kevin Clark	New Zealand	40,800	41

6	1	Danny Tang	Hong Kong	77,900	78
6	1	Peng Zhou	China	32,500	33
6	2	Kodai Suzuki	Japan	35,900	36
6	3	Michael Tchong	Australia	62,500	63
6	4	Martijn Gerrits	Netherlands	112,100	112
6	6	Tjiauw Titi Suwito	Indonesia	53,400	53
6	7	Kitty Kuo	Taiwan	103,000	103
6	8	Yilin Yang	China	57,700	58

08-12-2018 02:00 UTC+8

Li Takes Chip Lead into Day 2 of the High Roller; Befus, Gerrits, Kuo, Soyza, and Tang Through Too

Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

After six levels of play, Day 1 of the 2018 PokerStars.net APPT Manila ₱200,000 High Roller has concluded and Yan Li claimed the chip lead with 122,100 in chips. In total, 46 entries were collected on Day 1 with registration still open until the end of Level 12. Thirty-eight players found a bag to tag after a relatively short day.

Li actually won the APPT High Roller here in Manila in 2016 for ₱3,527,400 ($74,889) besting 57 other players. Second in the chip counts is Maxim Befus from Germany, trailing by only 400 in chips as he bagged 121,700. Closing out the podium is Martijn Gerrits with 112,100.

The Dutchman is no stranger to the Asian poker circuit as he resides in Macau. Gerrits is coming from a pretty hot summer in Las Vegas where he collected five cashes including a third place where he lost against another player who is having the best year in poker ever, Justin Bonomo. Gerrits also made it to the last two tables in the WSOP Main Event, finishing in 15th place.

Other notable players to keep an eye on include Kitty Kuo (103,000), Single Day High Roller and 2018 APPT Korea Main Event winner Michael Soyza (97,400), and 2017 PokerStars Championship Prague High Roller winner Danny Tang (77,900).

PokerStars Team Online's Randy Lew (16,300) has the shortest stack coming into Day 2 tomorrow so he has some work to do. Sparrow Cheung and PokerStars Team Pro Celina Lin decided to jump in during the last minute of registration to benefit from the fact that two extra time bank chips will be awarded at the start of Day 2.

Day 2 will restart tomorrow, Sunday, August 12, at noon local time with the late registration and reentry period open until approximately 4:20 pm (end of Level 12). The organization is expecting a lot more players to enter to break the previous record here for the APPT High Rollers in Manila. The previous record stands at 47 players, so only two more entries are needed.

The tournament will play down to a winner, levels last 40 minutes each with a 10-minute break after every three levels. A 60-minute dinner break is scheduled to take place after Level 15.

Make sure to come back as the PokerNews live reporting team will be here to bring you all the updates from the "Shuffle up and deal" until the final cards have been dealt!

Tags: Celina Lin Danny Tang Justin Bonomo Kitty Kuo Martijn Gerrits Maxim Befus Michael Soyza Randy Lew Sparrow Cheung Yan Li

₱200,000 High Roller

Day 1 Completed