Alex Lee Leads After APPT Manila National Day 1a
The first flight of the 2019 APPT Manila National is over after it attracted 236 entrants. By the end of the day just 60 players remained and advanced to Day 2 on Tuesday, July 30th.
Several notable players jumped in the field including EPT Sochi champion Uri Gilboa and APPT Jeju National champion Liang Song along with other notables Pete Chen, Aditya Sushant and Rex Clinkscales.
After 13 levels, none of the above players were still in the field, and they will have to make it through Day 1b to join the players advancing to Day 2.
Sitting at the top of the pile is Alex Lee with 327,500. Not far behind him is Hsien Yuan Yang whose kings sent a player to the rail in the penultimate level of the evening to also move over 300,000, eventually bagging 312,500.
Other big stacks advancing include Dai Liuheng (274,500), Jie Pan (272,500), Richard Marquez (225,000) and Sim Kok Wai (201,000). Russia's Elfrida Bambutsa was an early chip leader and she too bagged up at the end of the night with a stack of 145,000.
Day 1b of the APPT Manila National gets underway 29th July 29th at 17:00 local time. Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued live coverage as the festival continues!
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and was snap-called by Max Curtis holding 
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giving Curtis a set but Gilboa could still make his straight. The river was the 
and after a quick count, Gilboa's stack was smaller and he was eliminated.
, and Odagiri snap called her opponent's shove for 15,000, as she was holding 
for top two pair. Her opponent's aces were outflopped and she kept her lead after the 
on the turn, and the 
and was up against the 
of an opponent who had gone all in.
giving Udayakumar two pair and he moved up over 100,000 in chips.
, after a bet for 2,200 and a raise to 10,000 chips.
on the river though was one of the cards he didn't want to see, and he left his seat with an expression of surprise on his face.
for a wheel, but his French opponent had turned a flush with 
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