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We are back at the PokerStars Live Manila poker room for the weeklong Anniversary Special. Today has Day 1b kicking off at 215PM and Day 1c at 7PM. Updates for both flights will be posted right here. Late registration is open until the end of level 12, or 3 hours of play. The night will close five minutes into level 20, as determined by yesterday's results.

4:30PM: Uy sends Leonarez packing

We aren't quite sure what happened to Jessie Leonarez's stack but in this hand he was all in with two players in the pot, Darwin Uy and Lester Edoc, both working on a side pot. At the flop of [ad][kd][5d], Uy checked to Edoc who bet 2600, then check-raised by Uy all in, which was an additional 6500 to call. Edoc folded. Uy took down the side pot then won the main pot after the turn of [5s] and river of [js] failed to improve Leonarez's hand of [3h][8h] against Uy's[ac][qs].

4:15PM: Split pot between Lagatuz and Reyes

What looked like a big pot brewing for one big winner, it ended up otherwise in this hand. It began with a limp by five players then a raise to 3450 by the big blind player Jeorge Lagatuz. Everyone folded except for Vicente Dy Reyes. At the flop of [8h][th][2h], Lagatuz bet 4k, Reyes tanked for a bit then pushed all in with way more chips than Lagatuz. This did not deter Lagatuz who committed all his chips. At the showdown, Lagatuz had [as][8d] and Reyes had [ac][8c]. the turn of [jc] and river of [ks] saw them split the pot.

4:00PM: Blood bleeds out, Ambata and Cybulski claim chips

Christopher Blood doubled up Rick Ambata in an all in preflop action hand. Ambata had [kh][kc] and Blood had [ad][8d]. The board bricked and Ambata won. A couple of hands after, Blood's pocket aces fell to Cybulski who had [8c][3c] that landed two pair on the board. Blood was eliminated.

3:45PM: Salmingo vs Lejon

Andres Lejon and Dexter Salmingo called Kristian Faering's raise to 1100 and watched the flop run [9h][7d][9d]. Action checked to last to act player Lejon who bet 3k. Salmingo called and Faering folded. The turn of [qs] had both players checking, and the river of [as] graced the felt. Acting first, Salmingo bet [4k] and won the pot with Lejon folding. Lejon showed his pocket eights.

3:30PM: Leonarez cracks Chen's aces

Jingliang Chen took a beating to his stack when he doubled up Jessie Leonarez. Chen had pocket aces and Leonarez had [3s][6s]. The board was kind to Leonarez, giving him a full house.

3:15PM: Lejon ships it big

Lots of wild poker action at an outer table with a pot of roughly around 15k already in the middle and a flop of [5s][3c][8h]. Andres Richard Lejon bet 6500, was called by Pedro Gutierrez, then Bo Mikael Baudin jammed all his chips in. Nelia Nepomuceno folded, Lejon moved all in as well, and Gutierrez decided best to fold. Baudin had [qh][qc] while Lejon was ahead with [ac][ah]. The turn of [5c] and river of [7s] was good for Lejon who kept his lead and shipped in a big pile. He is now over 40k.

3:00PM: Pangan tanks, Takayama scoops

Luke Pangan and Mike Takayama, two of the toughest Filipino players at their table, faced off. We caught the action on the river with a board showing [8d][8s][8c][5h][2h]. With a pot of 7200 in the middle, Takayama moved all in covering Pangan's stack. Pangan tanked for some time until the clock was called on him. He folded.

2:45PM: Ilkwon Kim earns a little off Segismundo

With blinds low, some tables have some small battles happening in the orbits. At table 12, Emman Segismundo raised to 225 and was called by button player Ilkwon Kim plus the big blind player. At the flop of [ac][4d][7c], action was checked to the raiser who bet 300 and Kim called. On the turn of [5c] and river of [2s], Segismundo and Kim checked. Kim won with his [ad][jh] top pair.

2:30PM: Takayama doubles up through Heinikangas

With 1300 already in the middle and a board of [6d][3c][th][6s], Nillo Heinikangas bet 700 then got popped to 2200 by Mike Takayama. Heinikangas responded with an all in and Takayama snap-called. Heinikangas had [5h[6h] for trips while Takayama had [3s][3d] full house. The river of [4d] kept Takayama safely ahead and he doubled up.

2:15PM: Day 1b begins; Notables on the felt

Action is already underway with several notables banging it out early on the felt. Korea's Jae Chul Chang, Denmark's Kristian Faering, Taiwan's Stefano de Caro, Filipino players Mike Takayama and Luke Pangan, re-entry player Noam Fater, and day 1a chip leader, Carlo Aziz Hassan looking to bag even more than he did yesterday.

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