Mitchell Bags Day 1b Lead in APPT Manilla Main Event ₱20 Million Guaranteed; Li Leads the Field
A total of 760 entries were gathered during Day 1b of the APPT Manilla Main Event ₱20 Million Guaranteed, smashing multiple international tournament records in the Philippines including most entries in any one day (760), most entries in one tournament (1,364), and largest prize pool of ₱65,492,460 Million (~$1.2 million).
When the dust had settled there were just 237 players remaining and it was well-known Brit James Mitchell coming out on top of Day 1b with a staggering 284,000 stack. Bagging second in chips for the day was American Duy Manh Ho who bagged 278,500.
A few other players that found themselves sitting atop the leaderboard were Tjiauw Tito Suwito (268,000), Michael Fullmer (267,100), Michael Larsen (259,500), Yudong Yang (257,400), James Mendoza (257,300), and Xin Jin (241,200).
There were many well-known players to take a shot on Day 1b and a few that found a bag at the end of the day include the likes of India's Zarvan Tumboli (171,200), Chen An Lin (146,700), Vidwath Shetty (126,500), Sparrow Cheung (103,900), Yisha Chen (82,600), Mike Takayama (57,000), Yeo May Sum (56,400), and reigning Asia Poker Player of the Year Alan Lau (31,000).
PokerStars Team Online Pro Randy Lew and PokerStars Team Pro Celina Lin both took another shot on Day 1b, with both players making it to Day 2. Lin made it through on her third bullet with a stack of 70,700 and Lew made it in with 22,700. Look for them to be running up a stack tomorrow.
Day 2 of the Main Event will resume tomorrow Saturday, Aug. 11 at 2 p.m. local time. The remaining players from Day 1a & 1b will play at least 10 60-minute levels, with a 15-minute break every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break at the end of the sixth level (level 18).
The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you full coverage of this and the High Roller tomorrow.