Joining the action on the turn, Tran Hung Manh bet 2,000 from the big blind and initial preflop aggressor Ming Suan Tan on the button called. The fell on the river and Manh doubled his previous bet size, making it 4,000 to go. Tan didn't hesitate at all and quickly tossed in the chips for the call, then mucked as soon as Manh flipped over for a full house as winning hand.
So far there are 43 entrants in the PokerStars Festival Manila Main Event with High Roller Shot Clock champion Peter Plater and fourth place finisher Yo Seb Rhee just two of the contenders who have signed up for the action.
It was Rhee driving the action in this particular hand, making it 250 to go from the button with newly arrived big blind Kunal Patni making the call to take the action heads-up to a flop of .
Patni checked the flop over to Rhee, who c-bet 225, only to see Patni check-raise to 625 in total. Rhee shot Patni a calculating stare and slid out the extras and the dealer burned and turned .
The Indian player chose to continue the aggression on the turn, firing for 1,075, which Rhee called after a few seconds. The river brought checks from both players and Patni turned over for top pair. However, Rhee had him just out-pipped and took down the pot with .
Maxim Sorokin, Alexander Grocott and Mark Gruendemann are over on table four and were involved in a five-handed limped pot. On a flop of flop all five players checked and the turn saw a bet of 300 by Van Tran Tranh, which just Gruendemann called. The river saw a check by Tranh and Gruendemann claimed the pot with a bet of 400.
Day 1b kicked off with 31 players and that number soon grew to 50 entries with seven tables in play. Further tables are already prepared and the registration and re-entry period for the day remains open until the end of level nine to guarantee further entries.
Previously a hot stop on the APPT, PokerStars Festival Manila has now taken over as the headliner for poker in the Philippines.
Once again it is the City of Dreams casino complex that will play host to a horde of hungry poker aficionados with the tournament taking place in the spacious and smoke-free ballroom area.
The series’ ₱55,000 Main Event, which began on Thursday, August 3, has a guaranteed prize pool of ₱20 million and it is nearly game time once again, with the second of the three starting flights getting underway at 2pm local time (GMT+7).
So far 38 players have locked themselves up a berth for Day 2 out of a 95-strong field, though with the format offering unlimited re-entries 37 players fired multiple bullets to see the total number of entries climb to 132.
It is still far too early to tell who will emerge on top but the man leading after the first of the starting flights is Elan Zak, who bagged up an impressive 234,000 in chips – over double that of the average stack and 27,800 more than next closest rival Hoa Thinh Nguyen who finished play with 206,200.
The eventual winner of the Main Event will be crowned on August 7 after four days of play. Players will begin with 30,000 starting chips and will have to navigate through one of three (now two) Day 1s to make it through to Day 2.
PokerStars Festival Manila Main Event starting days (times are listed in local time):
Day 1b – August 4 at 2 p.m. (45-minute levels)
Day 1c – August 5 at 2 p.m. (45-minute levels)
Registration will remain open through the first nine levels of play for each Day 1 with play closing out after the 12th level.
The survivors for each of the Day 1s will reconvene for Day 2 (August 6) and play will restart with one-hour levels. All players remaining after Day 2 will continue on Day 3 (August 7) where players will continue with 75-minute levels and will play down to a winner.
Here's a look at the structure for Day 1b:
Level
Duration
Small Blind
Big Blind
Ante
1
45 min
50
100
2
45 min
75
150
3
45 min
100
200
25
4
45 min
150
300
50
5
45 min
200
400
50
6
45 min
250
500
75
7
45 min
300
600
100
8
45 min
400
800
100
9
45 min
500
1,000
100
10
45 min
600
1,200
200
11
45 min
800
1,600
200
12
45 min
1,000
2,000
300
Of course, the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the coal face all day mining the best hands for your viewing pleasure so stick around and we will keep you up-to-date with all the action as it happens.
turn, Tran Hung Manh bet 2,000 from the big blind and initial preflop aggressor Ming Suan Tan on the button called. The 
fell on the river and Manh doubled his previous bet size, making it 4,000 to go. Tan didn't hesitate at all and quickly tossed in the chips for the call, then mucked as soon as Manh flipped over 
for a full house as winning hand.
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river brought checks from both players and Patni turned over 
for top pair. However, Rhee had him just out-pipped and took down the pot with 
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flop all five players checked and the 
turn saw a bet of 300 by Van Tran Tranh, which just Gruendemann called. The 
river saw a check by Tranh and Gruendemann claimed the pot with a bet of 400.
