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The second starting day of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Main Event went down on Thursday. When the chips were bagged at the conclusion of play, Sha Jun of China led the 306-runner field with 169k chips.

A number of noted professional poker players took the felt on Day 1b, such as poker legend Johnny Chan as well as a major portion of the Team PokerStars Pro roster including Randy Lew, Maxim Lykov, Vivian Im, Bryan Huang, Celina Lin and Nacho Barbero. Lykov and Lin were eliminated, but the rest will be returning with strong stacks on Day 2.

Huang built his chip stack steadily as the day went on, including one hand with a 6-10-10 flop, a 9 on the turn and a 4 on the river. Huang held A-10 suited, enough to get his opponent to muck his cards.

A total of 575 players registered for APPT Macau, more than any iteration of the tournament in history. The last time the field was nearly that big in 2008, when a 538 runners engaged in the event before Eddy Sabat was crowned winner.

Just 304 of those players earned their right to return on Day 2, all hoping for the biggest possible piece of the HKD $15,552,600 prize pool. The winner will receive over $3.77 million Hong Kong Dollars, which translates to nearly $500,000 USD.

Huang will need to face a number of talented high stakes professionals if he hopes to maintain his chip lead. In addition to the aforementioned stars from Team PokerStars Pro, the Day 2 field will include Terrence Chan, Phil Willcocks, Jeff Rossiter and Victorino Torres, the Asia Pacific Poker Tour champion from 2010.