Chen's Reign
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Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Fresh off a third-place finish in APPT Manila's ?10,000 Warm-Up Opener, reigning Asia Player of the Year Pete Chen has jumped into Day 1a here in the APPT Manila Main Event.
The Taiwanese poker pro won the APOY legacy trophy and and a one-year sponsorship to PokerStars Asia special events last season by making seven final tables, earning HK$1,383,511 (USD $178,411) and winning the HK$2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack at the Macau Poker Cup 21.
Chen's final table appearance in the Warm-Up here has him in the top three in this year's POY race and a couple of raise and take its have him up above a starting stack here in the Main Event already.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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21,000 | |
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