APPT Cebu attracts record breaking field

With 316 entries at the close of registration, the inaugural APPT Cebu Main Event has broken the record for the biggest poker tournament to be held in the Philippines.

With the tournament cap initially set at 300, this PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour event has exceeded even the most optimistic predictions of the organizers. The record setting field has generated a prize pool of more than $600,000 and will award just over $158,000 to its champion.

Many of the regions' top poker players were in attendance with WPT champ Nam Le by far the biggest name around. Team PokerStars pros Tony Hachem, Eric Assadourian, Daniel Schreiber, Jonathan Lin, Tae Jun Noh and Celina Lin all made the trip down to Cebu for the event.

PokerStrategists Justin "yoghi" Tazelaar along with Vladimir "beyne" Geshkenbeim who took out Johnny Chan heads-up to win the APPT Macau High Roller title were also in attendance. Beyne was eliminated in Day 1B but Yoghi is still in the hunt.

Of the 153 remaining players, Terry Fan from Taipei blew away the competition at the Shangri-La Mactan Resort to grab the chip lead. Here are the top 10 players going into Day 2:

PokerStars APPT Cebu Day 1A+1B Standings
Place	Name	Chips
1st	Terry Fan	158,500
2nd	Bold Uundai	144,000
3rd	Brian Bumpas	142,700
4th	Jerry Delisle	132,800
5th	Mike Gaertner	128,100
6th	Kim Young	124,400
7th	Sarah Lee	113,900
7th	Jae-sang Lee	113,900
9th	David Hilton	111,700
10th	Seong Kim Ho	108,700