Another day, another pig.
Day 1B of APPT Cebu is now underway. The lechón is being chopped up, the smell of poker is in the air and players are seated at their tables.
"It's a wonderful place," said APPT President Danny McDonagh. "Come up, have some beautiful lechón."
McDonagh then reminded players that today is starting a bit later than yesterday, 12:15 instead of 12:00. It's a welcome change for players considering many of them look like they're still recovering from yesterday's opening party.
There was food. Lots of food. Bacon covered meat bites. Fish in mango salad. Beef with a garlic vinagrete. Shrimp. Lots of shrimp. Lechón, beautiful lechón.
There were also a lot of drinks. After the party closed, players migrated to another bar where they were forced to continue drinking due to heavy rain. Now they've found their way to the tournament floor and will be forced -- if they're lucky -- to play six levels of poker.
Joining the field today are Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin and Raymond Wu. Both pros are Red Dragon champions and now they're looking to add an APPT Cebu victory to their resume.
Also taking to the felt today are Juicy Liu, Daniel Laidlaw, Jim Collopy, Abhishek Goindi and Chane Kampanatsanyakakorn.
Chips are starting to riffle, pork is being chopped and McDonagh has just announced the shuffle up and deal. We're back for another Day 1 of APPT Cebu. For some non-poker views of Cebu, check out Lynn Gilmartin's journey through the city:
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Alexander Villegas is a brother of the flop's watch for PokerStars Blog.