APPT National (40,000 PHILIPPINE PESO)

Vivencio Nachor opens for 50,000 and finds two callers to the flop 8♣ 3♥ K♠ . Nachor leads 60,000, Li Mu Ze calls as Seokchul Hwang folds. Turn 6♥ is checked by both. Nachor also checks the river 4♦ , Li bets 100,000, gets called. Nachor shows 7♠ 7♦ and wins the pot.

A couple of hands from chip leader Gary Thompson with the first one against William Ysmael who defends the big blind on Thompson's raise. Thompson continues on a flop K♣ A♣ 9♠ , Ysmael calls. Thompson fires 33,000 on the turn Q♠ and wins the pot uncalled.

Four hands later, Thompson is on the big blind and lays out a three-bet of 140,000. Initial raiser Li Mu Ze re-pops it to 250,000, small blind folds and Thompson ends the battle by calling.

Both players check the flop 8♣ 6♠ 4♠ , Li bets 125,000on the turn A♣ , Thompson check-calls. Both check the river 8♥ . Li's kicker plays.

Li's jacks for a huge double up while Seung plunges to 1.5 bb.

Day 1B of the APPT National wrapped up with Taiwan's Li Mu Ze bagging the chip lead with 415,000 in chips. 15 players advanced the ITM round. Stay tuned for the recap.

Li Mu Ze opens then heads to the flop 4♠ 2♠ 2♣ with caller Moses Saquing. Both check to the turn K♣ . Li bets 15,000 and wins the small pot.

With Taguchi improving to a straight, it's a double up.