₱250,000 High Roller | 2020 PokerStars Red Dragon Manila

01-11-2020 14:44 UTC+8

Wongwichit Whipped Out by Kusakabe

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Shigeji Kusakabe raised from the small blind and Phachara Wongwichit shoved from the big blind for 136,000 which Kusakabe quickly called.

Phachara Wongwichit:
Shigeji Kusakabe:

The board ran out for Kusabe to hold with the higher pocket pair again to score his second elimination in quick succession.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shigeji Kusakabe	481,000 135,000	135,000
Phachara Wongwichit	Busted

Tags: Phachara Wongwichit Shigeji Kusakabe

01-11-2020 14:55 UTC+8

Song Doubles Through Li

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The flop read with 37,500 in the middle already.

Junyeob Song shoved from the big blind for 29,500 and was called by Jiacheng Li on the button.

Junyeob Song:
Jiacheng Li:

The two pair for Song held when the on the turn and the on the river were dealt for him to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jiacheng Li	237,000 32,000	32,000
Junyeob Song	96,500 -1,500	-1,500

Tags: Jiacheng Li Junyeob Song

01-11-2020 15:00 UTC+8

Mudgal More Than Doubles Through Pape

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Ankit Ahuja raised to 10,500 from under the gun and Dhaval Mudgal three-bet from the hijack. Piet Pape four-bet from the cutoff for action to fold back to Ahuja who folded too. Mudgal five-bet shoved for 158,000 and Pape called with the bigger stack.

Dhaval Mudgal:
Piet Pape:

The board ran out for Mudgal to hold with the pair of kings and improve to two pair to double up with.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dhaval Mudgal	339,000 140,000	140,000
Piet Pape	153,500 41,500	41,500

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Dhaval Mudgal Piet Pape

01-11-2020 15:05 UTC+8

Song Busts in Three Hands

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

In the first hand, Junyeob Song doubled Zhiqiang Qian up when all the chips went in when the board read[5dd2c3c], Qian was sitting in the cutoff with while Song held on the button. The river completed the board with the for Qian to make his flush to double up with against the wheel of Song.

The hand after, Jiacheng Li raised to 10,000 from the middle position, Song called for his last 4,000 and Kyungkun Lee called in the big blind. They both checked through the board for Song to triple up with .

Two hands later, Zhiqiang Qian raised to 11,000 from under the gun and Song shoved for 19,500 from the middle position. Hwany Lee shoved too from the hijack for 123,500 for everyone including Qian to fold.

Junyeob Song:
Hwany Lee:

The board ran out for Lee to hold to send Song to the rail

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhiqiang Qian	215,000 45,000	45,000
Hwany Lee	166,500 -193,500	-193,500
Junyeob Song	Busted

Tags: Hwany Lee Jiacheng Li Junyeob Song Kyungkun Lee Zhiqiang Qian first

01-11-2020 15:14 UTC+8

Nguyen Busts to Li

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Nang Quang Nguyen shoved from the button for 43,000 and was called by Jiacheng Li in the small blind.

Nang Quang Nguyen:
Jiacheng Li:

The board ran out for Nguyen to not get any help of the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jiacheng Li	262,000 25,000	25,000
Nang Quang Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Jiacheng Li Nang Quang Nguyen

01-11-2020 15:15 UTC+8

Chen Falls In the Break

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

In a hand that lasted into the break, Dong Chen was eliminated by Dhaval Mudgal with against Mudgal's .

Player	Chips	Progress
Dhaval Mudgal	525,000 186,000	186,000
Dong Chen	Busted

Tags: Dhaval Mudgal Dong Chen

01-11-2020 15:16 UTC+8

First Break of the Day

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The 18 remaining players have been sent for their first 15-minute break of the day.

01-11-2020 15:25 UTC+8

Chip Counts During the Break

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Ankit Ahuja	India	214,000	36
1	3	Dhaval Mudgal	India	525,000	88
1	4	Piet Pape	Germany	182,000	30
1	5	Martin Stausholm	Denmark	222,500	37
1	8	Kannapong Thanarattrakul	Thailand	274,500	46

2	1	Hwany Lee	South Korea	156,500	26
2	2	Sahil Agarwal	India	345,000	58
2	3	Kyungkun Lee	South Korea	295,000	49
2	5	Jiacheng Li	China	250,500	42
2	6	Zhiqiang Qian	China	201,500	34
2	7	Natalie Teh	Malaysia	520,000	87

3	1	Kanishka Samant	India	235,500	39
3	2	Andres Korn	Argentina	178,500	30
3	3	Sparrow Cheung	Hong Kong	41,000	7
3	4	Chongxian Yang	China	461,000	77
3	5	Ngoc Anh Cao	Vietnam	372,000	62
3	6	Victor Chong	Malaysia	82,000	14
3	7	Shigeji Kusakabe	Japan	470,500	78

Player	Chips	Progress
Dhaval Mudgal	525,000
Natalie Teh	520,000 74,000	74,000

Shigeji Kusakabe	470,500 -10,500	-10,500
Chongxian Yang	461,000 160,000	160,000
Ngoc Anh Cao	372,000 -86,000	-86,000
Sahil Agarwal	345,000 237,000	237,000
Kyungkun Lee	295,000 85,000	85,000
Kannapong Thanarattrakul	274,500 -21,500	-21,500
Jiacheng Li	250,500 -11,500	-11,500
Kanishka Samant	235,500 126,500	126,500
Martin Stausholm	222,500 98,500	98,500
Ankit Ahuja	214,000 7,500	7,500
Zhiqiang Qian	201,500 -13,500	-13,500
Piet Pape	182,000 28,500	28,500
Andres Korn	178,500 -28,000	-28,000

Hwany Lee	156,500 36,500	36,500
Victor Chong	82,000 9,000	9,000
Sparrow Cheung	41,000 -80,000	-80,000