We are back at the PokerStars Live Manila poker room for the weeklong Anniversary Special. Today has Day 1b kicking off at 215PM and Day 1c at 7PM. Updates for both flights will be posted right here. Late registration is open until the end of level 12, or 3 hours of play. The night will close five minutes into level 20, as determined by yesterday's results.

3:15PM: Lejon ships it big

Lots of wild poker action at an outer table with a pot of roughly around 15k already in the middle and a flop of [5s][3c][8h]. Andres Richard Lejon bet 6500, was called by Pedro Gutierrez, then Bo Mikael Baudin jammed all his chips in. Nelia Nepomuceno folded, Lejon moved all in as well, and Gutierrez decided best to fold. Baudin had [qh][qc] while Lejon was ahead with [ac][ah]. The turn of [5c] and river of [7s] was good for Lejon who kept his lead and shipped in a big pile. He is now over 40k.

3:00PM: Pangan tanks, Takayama scoops

Luke Pangan and Mike Takayama, two of the toughest Filipino players at their table, faced off. We caught the action on the river with a board showing [8d][8s][8c][5h][2h]. With a pot of 7200 in the middle, Takayama moved all in covering Pangan's stack. Pangan tanked for some time until the clock was called on him. He folded.

2:45PM: Ilkwon Kim earns a little off Segismundo

With blinds low, some tables have some small battles happening in the orbits. At table 12, Emman Segismundo raised to 225 and was called by button player Ilkwon Kim plus the big blind player. At the flop of [ac][4d][7c], action was checked to the raiser who bet 300 and Kim called. On the turn of [5c] and river of [2s], Segismundo and Kim checked. Kim won with his [ad][jh] top pair.

2:30PM: Takayama doubles up through Heinikangas

With 1300 already in the middle and a board of [6d][3c][th][6s], Nillo Heinikangas bet 700 then got popped to 2200 by Mike Takayama. Heinikangas responded with an all in and Takayama snap-called. Heinikangas had [5h[6h] for trips while Takayama had [3s][3d] full house. The river of [4d] kept Takayama safely ahead and he doubled up.

2:15PM: Notables on the felt

Action is already underway with several notables banging it out early on the felt. Korea's Jae Chul Chang, Denmark's Kristian Faering, Taiwan's Stefano de Caro, Filipino players Mike Takayama and Luke Pangan, re-entry player Noam Fater, and day 1a chip leader, Carlo Aziz Hassan looking to bag even more than he did yesterday.