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The second and final starting flight for the PokerStars.net APPT Manila Season 9 Main Event will kick off at 14:30 local time inside the City of Dreams Grand Ballroom in Manila, Philippines today.
Thursday's first starting flight drew a total of 260 entries, already matching the total number of entries for the entire event during Season 8 and even more players are expected to pony up the PHP 50,000 buy-in today. Just 75 players survived through nine levels on Day 1a with Swedish-born Filipino resident Douglas Olsson taking the overnight lead.
Players will begin with the same 20,000-chip starting stack and plans to play the same nine levels today. The first three levels are 40 minutes each and rise to 60 minutes thereafter. Registration is open for the first four hours and players may re-enter one time if things don't work out on the first try. Plus, those who bagged short on Day 1a can take another shot, carrying their best stack forward to Saturday's Day 2.
Vietnam's Thanh Ha Duong took down the title at the Metro Card Club last year winning PHP 3,472,000 and he is expected to join the Day 1b field in defense of his title today.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on the tournament floor from start to finish, providing a slice of the action for your reading pleasure right here in this space.
board. Tollefsen's 
ended up second-best to the 
of Hikosaka.
to lose a flip versus pocket jacks. It was somewhat cruel as Hikosaka had flopped a full house and Ichinose was given a worthless straight on the turn to rub it in.
held up until the 
turn before the 
river sent him to the rail.
, Wally Sombero led for 4,000 out of the small blind and Seokchan Hwang called from one seat over. Initial preflop aggressor Marcuss Liow moved all in for another 13,200 on top and Sombero folded, later claiming in table chat that he had the 
turn was a blank and same applied for the 
river to send Liow to the rail. Hwang already had quite a few chips before and is now even deeper stacked.
flop, Kim check-raised all in and Zhang called quickly after having made a continuation bet of 6,000 with a stack of around 25,000. Zhang flipped over the 
while Kim held top pair and the flush draw in 
river and Zhang quickly left the table. Kim was congratulated to "feel the rush" and complained that he had been rather card dead before and his best hand had been ace-queen.
and was eventually called by the Australian with 
