Day 2 of the 2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Manila Main Event — a tournament that attracted 585 entrants and created a prize pool of u20b125,535,250 — saw 175 players return to action at the City of Dreams Grand Ballroom in Manila, Philippines on Saturday with the 72-player money bubble in sight. They pushed past that bubble half way through the day's 11 levels of play, and when it was all said and done just 23 remained in the hunt for the title and PHP 6,016,250 first-place prize.
After players bagged and tagged, it was German Iona Finkenrath who grabbed the overnight lead as the only player over one million in chips, making him the favorite to capture the u20b16 milliion top prize.