APPT 8 Manila Day 1b Set to Start
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The second Day 1 flight of The PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Season 8 Manila main event will go off inside the Metro Card Club Saturday afternoon.
Play will begin just after 1 p.m. local time and even more than the 107 runners Day 1a garnered Friday are expected to put together the PHP 45,000+5,000 buy-in for a seat.
In fact, some of those who busted out on Day 1a will be in the field today as this is a repechage event allowing players who lost all their chips on the first starting flight another kick at the can,
The Philippines leg of the tour went off in Cebu last season with Korean Simba Jae Kyung Sim taking the top prize of PHP 3,948,000. The last time the APPT was in Manila was in 2010 when Binh Nguyen captured the crown.
On Day 1a just 35 players survived the same eight and a half levels they will play today. The structure dictates everyone will start with 20,000 in chips with the first three levels lasting 40 minutes and the rest 60.
The PokerNews Live Reporting team is on hand to bring you all the action from start to finish here in Manila. Lay back and relax, lots of PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour action is on the way from the Philippines.