Welcome to APPT National Manila Day 2
With 178 players remaining from a starting field of 674, another 12 levels are in store for the field of the APPT National Manila on Day 2.
Cards will be back in the air for the survivors at 2:00 p.m. local time and all will all be looking for their good fortune to continue as they make a deep run in the first PokerNews live-reported tournament of the festival.
The current chip leader is Hogyun Kang with 418,500, who made it through last night as the chip leader of Day 1b. Canada's Edgar Kim (390,500) sits second in the pecking order after bagging up the second-largest Day 1b stack and then there is clear water behind him to Day 1a chip leader Alex Lee with 329,500. Behind them come Hsien Yuan Yang (312,500), Gab Yong Kim (305,000) and Joven Huerto (300,500) who are the only other players over 300,000 in chips.
Several notables still in the field include Rex Clinkscales (107,000), Victor Chong (102,000), and Pete Chen (48,000).
The payouts have been confirmed overnight, with 81 places behind paid and the winner walking away with over ₱4,000,000.
| Place | Prize (PHP) | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ₱ 4,174,500 | $81,805 |
| 2 | ₱ 2,586,500 | $50,686 |
| 3 | ₱ 1,602,000 | $31,393 |
| 4 | ₱ 1,213,500 | $23,780 |
| 5 | ₱ 825,000 | $16,167 |
| 6 | ₱ 631,000 | $12,365 |
| 7 | ₱ 524,500 | $10,278 |
| 8 | ₱ 437,500 | $8,573 |
| 9 | ₱ 370,766 | $7,266 |
| 10 | ₱ 310,500 | $6,085 |
| 11-12 | ₱ 253,000 | $4,958 |
| 13-15 | ₱ 204,000 | $3,998 |
| 16-18 | ₱ 156,000 | $3,057 |
| 19-21 | ₱ 136,000 | $2,665 |
| 22-24 | ₱ 117,000 | $2,293 |
| 25-27 | ₱ 105,000 | $2,058 |
| 28-36 | ₱ 93,000 | $1,822 |
| 37-45 | ₱ 85,000 | $1,666 |
| 46-54 | ₱ 77,500 | $1,519 |
| 55-63 | ₱ 70,000 | $1,372 |
| 64-72 | ₱ 66,000 | $1,293 |
| 73-81 | ₱ 62,000 | $1,215 |
Stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you live updates including the bubble bursting in the APPT National Manila.
flop, a player checked to Soo Jo Kim who bet 25,000. His opponent then moved all in for around 120,000 and Kim snap-called.
left his opponent drawing dead and the 
sealed the player's elimination. Tournament officials held up the action at every table after the elimination. They then confirmed that the remaining 81 players in the field have all cashed for ₱62,000 (~$1,215)
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