American Gerald Casey flopped top pair and a flush draw against a made straight and got it all in.
He got there on the river and after admitting he's been lucky in a few races since, it appears he's on top right now.
After a slow start it appears Team PokerStars Pro Vivian Im has righted the ship.
Facing a late position raise and a call, she bumped it up to 3,000 from the small blind. Only one player called and they went heads-up to the 
flop.
Im led out for 2,500 and after fiddling with his chips for a while, her opponent folded to give Im the pot.
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
With the first three 40-minute levels in the books, the players have headed off on a 10-minute break. Each level will now be 60-minutes in length and there will be breaks after every two.
Elan Zak has vaulted to the top of the early board thanks to a rather big hand.
He busted one opponent and got all but a few thousand from another in a massive set-over-set-over-set debacle.
All the money appeared to go in on the turn with the board reading 
. Zak held 
and his opponent's held 
and 
respectively. The river came the 
and since no one made quads, Zak scooped the huge pot and appears to be leading this event.
Hong Kong's Kenneth Yuen Kiong Leong is running pretty good to start out here in Manila.
He already had more than double the starting stack when one short stack mercilessly shoved in for 4,650 over a standard opening raise. Leong was the only caller with 
and was almost a lock over the short stack's 
.
He collected his soul and stack after the 
run out.
Polish PokerStars Player Kamil Czarniecki finds himself at the top of the early leader board here in Manila thanks to a couple of ladies and a little bit of luck.
It appears Czarniecki flopped a set of queens with two hearts on the board and got it all in against one opponent holding 
. The turn brought a flush completing heart and Czarniecki looked all but done until the board paired on the river making him a full house.
Level: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante:
It seems everyone wants a piece of Simba Jae Kyung Sim, the winner of the Cebu event the last time the APPT was in the Philippines.
Between one player needling him for playing at the World Series of Poker and on the PokerStars European Poker Tour claiming Asia was too small for him and others after his stack, it's hard to be the champ.
He fired away at a 
flop in a three-way pot moments ago, getting one caller. Sim checked the 
turn, but called when his opponent took a 1,550-chip stab at it.
He checked again on the river and went deep into the tank when his opponent made it 3,200. Eventually he emerged folding and now has less than a starting stack with which to defend his title.
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