2020 PokerStars Red Dragon Manila

₱250,000 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2020 PokerStars Red Dragon Manila

Final Results
Winner
Ankit Ahuja
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
6,112,000 PHP
Event Info
Buy-in
250,000 PHP
Prize Pool
23,022,950 PHP
Entries
101
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
33
Players Left
1

Cheung Doubles Through Kusakabe

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Shigeji Kusakabe had raised from the cutoff and Sparrow Cheung shoved from the small blind for 49,000 which Kusakabe called.

Sparrow Cheung: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}
Shigeji Kusakabe: {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

The flop came {k-Spades}{7-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} for Cheung to hit top pair.

The turn was the {q-Spades} to give Kusabe a pair too.

The river completed the board with the {j-Diamonds} to keep Cheung ahead and double him up as he sighed of relief.

Player Chips Progress
Shigeji Kusakabe jp
Shigeji Kusakabe
516,500
-51,000
-51,000
Sparrow Cheung hk
Sparrow Cheung
110,000
69,000
69,000

Tags: Shigeji KusakabeSparrow Cheung

Ahuja Busts Pape

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Piet Pape
Piet Pape

Ankit Ahuja (cutoff) and Piet Pape (small blind) were heads-up and all-in with Pape at risk for his last 170,000 or so.

Piet Pape: {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Ankit Ahuja: {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{5-Diamonds} for Ahuja to hold with the higher kicker to send Pape to the rail.

With 16 players left, the third table has been broken up to balance the other two tables out.

Player Chips Progress
Ankit Ahuja in
Ankit Ahuja
437,000
223,000
223,000
Piet Pape de
Piet Pape
Busted

Tags: Piet PapeAnkit Ahuja

Final Two Tables

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
TableSeatPlayerCountry
11Ankit AhujaIndia
12Chongxian YangChina
13Dhaval MudgalIndia
14Sparrow CheungHong Kong
15Martin StausholmDenmark
16Andres KornArgentina
17Ngoc Anh CaoVietnam
18Kannapong ThanarattrakulThailand
    
21Hwany LeeSouth Korea
22Sahil AgarwalIndia
23Kyungkun LeeSouth Korea
24Kanishka SamantIndia
25Jiacheng LiChina
26Zhiqiang QianChina
27Natalie TehMalaysia
28Shigeji KusakabeJapan

Cheung Busts to Yang

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Sparrow Cheung
Sparrow Cheung

Chongxian Yang raised from under the gun and Sparrow Cheung shoved for around 120,000 from the middle position. Action folded back to Yang who made the call.

Sparrow Cheung: {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}
Chongxian Yang: {a-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}

The board ran out {9-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{4-Hearts} for Yang to hit the turn for a pair of jacks to eliminate Cheung.

Player Chips Progress
Chongxian Yang cn
Chongxian Yang
494,000
33,000
33,000
Sparrow Cheung hk
Sparrow Cheung
Busted

Tags: Chongxian YangSparrow Cheung

Qian Busts Before the Bubble

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Zhiqiang Qian raised to 13,000 from under the gun and Hwany Lee called in the hijack. Kyungkun Lee shoved from the button with the bigger stack for Qian to call for his last 178,000 and Lee to fold.

Zhiqiang Qian: {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}
Kyungkun Lee: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

In what looked to become a split pot, the board ran out {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for Lee to hit the runner-runner nut flush to eliminate Qian.

Player Chips Progress
Kyungkun Lee kr
Kyungkun Lee
580,000
285,000
285,000
Zhiqiang Qian cn
Zhiqiang Qian
Busted

Tags: Hwany LeeKyungkun LeeZhiqiang Qian

Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Korn Bubbles the High Roller

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Andres Korn
Andres Korn

Andres Korn shoved from the button for 195,000 and was called by Ngoc Anh Cao in the small blind with the bigger stack.

Andres Korn: {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
Ngoc Anh Cao: {a-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

The flop came {9-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{3-Clubs} to give Cao the pair of tens but Korn picked up the flush draw.

The turn was the {6-Spades} to not help Korn. Only a club or jack could help him but the river completed the board with the {q-Hearts} for Korn to bust as the bubble burst.

Andres Korn and Ngoc Anh Cao
Andres Korn is eliminated by Ngoc Anh Cao on the bubble
Player Chips Progress
Ngoc Anh Cao vn
Ngoc Anh Cao
659,000
209,000
209,000
Andres Korn ar
Andres Korn
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Andres KornNgoc Anh Cao

Kanishka Samant Eliminated in 13th Place (₱460,000 / $8,996)

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Kanishka Samant
Kanishka Samant

Shigeji Kusakabe raised from the hijack and Kanishka Samant shoved from the big blind for 214,000 which Kusakabe called.

Kanishka Samant: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}
Shigeji Kusakabe: {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}

The board ran out {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}{j-Spades}{5-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} for Kusakabe to flop a full house to send Samant to the payout desk in thirteenth place to collect ₱460,000 ($8,996).

Player Chips Progress
Shigeji Kusakabe jp
Shigeji Kusakabe
736,000
219,500
219,500
Kanishka Samant in
Kanishka Samant
Busted

Tags: Kanishka SamantShigeji Kusakabe

Jiacheng Li Eliminated in 12th Place (₱460,000 / $8,996)

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Jiacheng Li
Jiacheng Li

Kyungkun Lee raised from the button and Jiacheng Li shoved in the big blind for 208,000 which Lee called with the bigger stack.

Jiacheng Li: {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Kyungkun Lee: {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}

The board ran out {6-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} for Lee to hold with the pocket pair to eliminate Li in twelfth place for ₱460,000 ($8,996) while the rest of the field picked up a pay jump.

Player Chips Progress
Kyungkun Lee kr
Kyungkun Lee
860,000
280,000
280,000
Jiacheng Li cn
Jiacheng Li
Busted

Tags: Jiacheng LiKyungkun Lee