| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Ryoji Osabe was on the small blind and in a flop of 
he check-called a bet for 1,100 chips.
The two players checked both the 
on the turn, and the 
on the river, with Osabe opening 
to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,000 |
Uri Gilboa, Yuri Odagiri and Michael Williams were all playing in Day 1a, with Gilboa a late elimination at the hands of Max Curtis. They are all back and seated early on Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Rex Clinkscales was in the field yesterday for Day 1a, but failed to find a bag after getting rivered out of the tournament. After getting 
in against the 
of an opponent on a 
board, the turn was a brick but the river 
gave his opponent two pair, eliminating Clinkscales.
He's now back in the fray for Day 1b with a fresh stack of 30,000. He is hoping to add another APPT Manila title to the Kickoff title he won at last year's festival, as well as the Manila Megastack title he won back in March.
He started his day fairly aggressive, by winning a pot preflop with a five-bet. A player opened to 300 from under-the-gun, he three-bet to 1,000 chips from the very next position, and everybody folded back to the initial raiser, who proceed with a four-bet for 2,000 chips. Clinkscales wasn't done, as he continued with a five-bet for 5,800, that earned him the pot after his opponent's fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000 | 33,000 |
The tournament director just gave the message to the dealers and play has started.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
After 60 players advanced from Day 1a of the ₱33,000 APPT National, today sees players' last chance to punch their ticket to Day 2 on 30th July.
Players will receive 30,000 chips and have 13 levels of play. Each level is 40 minutes long and there will be 10-minute breaks after every three levels.
Yesterday 236 players joined the field and by the end of the day, it was Singapore's Alex Lee who came out on top with 329,500. Close behind him was Hsien Yuan Yang from Taiwan with 312,500.
These were the only two players over 300,000 chips and they will be the ones to beat once cards are in the air at 17:00 local time.
Here are the levels for today:
National Day 1b Level Structure
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
| 2 | 40 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 3 | 40 | 100 | 200 | 200 |
| 4 | 40 | 100 | 300 | 300 |
| 5 | 40 | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 6 | 40 | 300 | 500 | 500 |
| 7 | 40 | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 8 | 40 | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| 9 | 40 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 10 | 40 | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| 11 | 40 | 800 | 1,600 | 1,600 |
| 12 | 40 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| 13 | 40 | 1,000 | 2,500 | 2,500 |
Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage of the APPT Manila festival.
₱33,000 APPT National
Day 1b Started
