The Final Day of the 2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Manila Main Event Starts Now!
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The final day of the 2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Manila Main Event will kick off inside the City of Dreams Grand Ballroom at 14:00 local time today with just 23 players still in the hunt for the title and ?6,016,250 first-place prize.
The tournament drew 585 entries this year, smashing the record for a major tournament in the Philippines with a ?25,535,250 prizepool and a champion will be crowned later today.
Leading the field is German Iona Finkenrath who grabbed the overnight lead Saturday in Manila, bagging 1,084,000 chips.
Poker King Club President and Asian high-stakes legend Winfred Yu, Korean Seung Soo Jeon, who finished 44th in this event last year, 2013 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific bracelet winner Aaron Lim and 2015 WSOP $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em fifth-place finisher Terry Fan are also among those still in with a shot.
Play will resume with the start of Level 21 and blinds at 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante.
All eyes are on Manila today and some exciting poker action is expected as the 2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Manila Main Event title will be decided and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand for it all from beginning to end.