Day 2 has finally come to an end with the in-the-money players all coming back tomorrow to try and make the final table.
Leading the field are Phillip Willcocks and Dong-bin Han, who both have more than 350,000 in chips. Local player Jojo Tech also has more than 300,000, while The Poker Pack pro Nam Le currently has a little less than 200,000.
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APPT Cebu 2009Nam LePhillip WillcocksJojo TechDong-bin Han
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Mike KimTill Umbach
Many of the players and spectators here are very anxious as we are now at the bubble. 41 players remain, with 40 getting paid.
Who will be this tournament's bubble player?
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APPT Cebu 2009
The last of Team Mongolia has departed the tournament, just short of the money. Bold Uundai open-shoved his last 9,500 and was called in one spot before Rody Kaka moved all in from the big blind for 90,000.
"Come on Elton!" said Kaka in disgust. "F***! It had to be you man?" Kaka seemed pained to lay down his hand, but he eventually did, showing a pair of eights.
"I'm doing you a real favor," Tsang replied. He opened

against Uundai's

. Uundai was overjoyed to see a deuce in the window of the flop, but there was also a matching ace,

. The turn

would have made a crippling set for Kaka. The river bricked

and our last Mongolian headed for the exit.
Tsang is up to about 115,000.
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Yong Suk ChangBeng Hong Ker
Players are on their third and final break of the day. See you in ten minutes.
Filipino player Jay Morales thought that he had a big hand but unfortunately ran into a bigger one.
Morales called a check-raise on a

board with

for trips only to find out that his opponent, Phillip Willcocks, had

for the full house.
The turn and river brought Morales no good and he makes an exit with less than 50 players left in the main event.
Willcocks, on the other hand, now looks like the tournament chip leader with around 370,000.
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