In one hour from now as of 1 p.m. local time, the 2017 PokerStars Festival Manila PHP215,000 (~$4,260) High Roller Shot Clock will get back underway for its second and final day. With 36 entries so far, a prize pool of PHP6,790,000 has been created, but both numbers can still increase with the registration remaining open throughout the first 60-minute level and following break.
Leading the field of 18 Day 1 survivors is Israel's Tom Or-Paz with 219,000. Or-Paz registered late and soared to the top of the counts in the last level of the night, edging out Sathesh Muthu (156,700) and Timofey Asmolov (154,400). Both Muthu and Asmolov were among those that fired an additional bullet in this tournament and ran much better in their second attempt.
Other big stacks notables still in contention here at the PokerStars LIVE Manila poker room include Linh Tran (144,400), live satellite qualifier Peter Plater (133,000), Mansour Matloubi (113,900), Celine Lee (105,900), Lester Edoc (103,900), and Victor Chong (96,400). Former Asian player of the year Pete Chen is among the short stacks with 33,700 when the action resumes at blinds of 1,000/2,000 with a running ante of 300 in the Grand Ballroom at City of Dreams Manila.
The tournament is played with a 30-second shot clock, and all participants received three 30-second time-bank chips upon registration. For Day 2, three new time banks will be granted and once they are gone, the players only have 30 seconds to act on each decision.
The PokerNews live reporting team will provide all the action until a winner is crowned, and you can also follow the updates of the Main Event as well with Day 1a getting underway as of 2 p.m. local time.
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Timofey Asmolov | Russia | 154,400 | 77 |
| 1 | 4 | Linh Tran | Canada | 144,400 | 72 |
| 1 | 5 | Sathesh Muthu | Singapore | 156,700 | 78 |
| 1 | 7 | Lester Edoc | Philippines | 103,900 | 52 |
| 1 | 8 | Tom Or-Paz | Israel | 219,000 | 110 |
| 2 | 1 | Victor Chong | Malaysia | 96,400 | 48 |
| 2 | 3 | Yo Seb Rhee | Japan | 45,800 | 23 |
| 2 | 5 | Jun Obara | Japan | 85,500 | 43 |
| 2 | 6 | Aki Virtanen | Finland | 56,900 | 28 |
| 2 | 7 | Mansour Matloubi | UK | 113,900 | 57 |
| 3 | 4 | Konstantin Pogodin | Russia | 35,400 | 18 |
| 3 | 5 | Hermann Lee | Singapore | 81,000 | 41 |
| 3 | 7 | Celine Lee | China | 105,900 | 53 |
| 3 | 8 | Ken Okada | Japan | 43,000 | 22 |
| 4 | 1 | Peter Plater | Australia | 133,000 | 67 |
| 4 | 4 | Antti Halme | Finland | 24,700 | 12 |
| 4 | 6 | Pete Chen | Taiwan | 33,700 | 17 |
| 4 | 7 | Hoa Thinh Nguyen | Vietnam | 147,900 | 74 |