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Here we go! Day 1d of the Anniversary Special Main Event is underway at the PokerStars Live Manila poker room. This event has a P2M Guarantee with buy-in fee of P5,000. Unlimited re-entries are available until the end of level 12. Action will conclude five minutes into level 20. We will be posting random updates right here for your reading pleasure.

2:00PM: Tate takes one from Cham

Ronnie Tate and Yong Wee Cham tangled in a pot that we caught at the turn of [9h][7c][ks][ts]. With 2900 already in the middle, Tate bet 1050 and Cham called. On the river of [6h], Tate continued and led out for 3k, Cham called. Tate won with his king-queen offsuit.

1:45PM: King scalps three in one fell swooooop!

It was a four-way all in party with ace-jack, ace-ten, ace-king, and pocket nines battling it out for a big pot. With the board running [2c][8h][5d][8d][7h], the owner of the pair, John King, delivered a multiple three-headed scalping and amassed around 60k chips.

1:30PM: Crazy call by Obrigo rails Gorman

Action is nutty especially at table 4. It began with Keith Gorman raising to 650 and was called by four players. At the flop of [td][5s][8h], the blinds checked to Gorman who bet 1800. He was called by Rommel Obrigo, but when it reached the button player, he raised to 3800. Blinds folded and Gorman jammed his 10,750 chips in the middle. Obrigo reluctantly called, and button raiser interestingly folded. Gorman had [as][ks] and Obrigo had [qh][jh]. The turn of [th] and river of [2h] gave Obrigo a runner-runner flush and Gorman was eliminated. A short debate over Obrigo's call ensued.

1:15PM: Harada earns a pot from Lau

Alan King Lun Lau was one of those casualties at the previous flights and is back for another attempt. With two limpers before him, he raised to 650 from the button and was called by the small blind and the utg player. At the flop of [9s][5s][3s], everyone quietly checked to each other then the dealer opened up the turn card of [6s]. Action checked to Lau who bet 800. Sb player Andres Lejon folded but Harada check-raised to 2k. That was enough for the pot with Lau folding.

1:00PM: Casey re-enters then doubles up

Gerald Casey wasn't so lucky at his first table but after re-entering, he was granted a sweet double up with his pocket queens against Kunal Shetty's ace-king.

12:15PM: Notables at the felt

Some new faces are at the felt today, that is, players who have not attended the previous flights, such as Gerald Casey, Kai Paulsen, and George Martel. Returning to the felt are Rebei Karim, John King, Jean Issa, and Stefano de Caro.

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