Super High Roller | 2023 Poker Dream Manila

05-02-2023 14:36 UTC+9

Ogura Chops With Chen

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

On a heads-up turn of A♠Q♥8♣10♥, Fei Chen checked out of the small blind and then called a bet worth 85,000 by Takashi Ogura in the big blind. The 10♠ on the river paired the board and killed any further action as both checked. Chen tabled the A♦6♦ and Ogura chopped with his A♥3♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wai Kiat Lee	1,050,000 100,000	100,000
Fei Chen	875,000 -125,000	-125,000
Takashi Ogura	825,000 31,000	31,000
Winfred Yu	530,000 130,000	130,000
Paul Fontan Castrillon	245,000 -60,000	-60,000

Tags: Fei Chen Takashi Ogura

05-02-2023 14:32 UTC+9

One Big Stack Table in Play

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

The first half of level 12 concluded without any elimination or late entry, only Eng Soon Ewe finally appeared to take his seat.

One table in particular has plenty of big stacks involved and Sriharsha Doddapaneni no longed sits atop the leaderboard. That role has been taken over by Wai Loon Ng, while William Teoh still sits on a very comfortable stack, too. Lun Loon can also be found there alongside Gary Thompson, who both sit just above the starting stack.

Loon claimed the last pot with a bet of 90,000 on the K♣9♠3♦3♣ as Doddapaneni opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wai Loon Ng	1,650,000 300,000	300,000
Sriharsha Doddapaneni	1,450,000 -200,000	-200,000

William Teoh	1,425,000 -75,000	-75,000
Lun Loon	630,000 -34,000	-34,000
Gary Thompson	600,000 -355,000	-355,000

Tags: Eng Soon Ewe Gary Thompson Lun Loon Sriharsha Doddapaneni Wai Loon Ng William Teoh

05-02-2023 14:23 UTC+9

Jia Jams Into Edoc

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

On a completed board of A♦7♦4♠8♠8♦, William Jia made it 30,000 to go out of the big blind. Lester Edoc on the button raised it up to 140,000 only for Jia to then move all-in. The shove was for 295,000 and Edoc was visibly pained by the decision to then lay it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lester Edoc	1,050,000 -250,000	-250,000
William Jia	625,000 231,000	231,000

Tags: Lester Edoc William Jia

05-02-2023 14:20 UTC+9

Fontan Castrillon Gets a Shove Through

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

With 85,000 in the middle in a battle of the blinds, the flop showed Q♦6♠3♦. Winfred Yu bet 20,000 and then faced the shove by Paul Fontan Castrillon for 200,000 total. Yu mulled it over for a short time and folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Winfred Yu	400,000 -138,000	-138,000
Paul Fontan Castrillon	305,000 43,000	43,000

Tags: Paul Fontan Castrillon Winfred Yu

05-02-2023 14:13 UTC+9

Lee Doubles Through Chen

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

With the chips going into the middle before the flop, Wai Kiat Lee was the player at risk against Fei Chen but had the best of it in the following showdown.

Wai Kiat Lee: 10♠10♥
Fei Chen: A♦8♠

The 8♥5♠2♥ flop and 4♠ turn gave Chen more outs but he missed them all on the J♥ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fei Chen	1,000,000 -435,000	-435,000
Wai Kiat Lee	950,000 491,000	491,000

Tags: Wai Kiat Lee Fei Chen

05-02-2023 14:11 UTC+9

Teoh Pounces Against the Chip Leaders

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

William Teoh raised to 30,000 and Sriharsha Doddapaneni called out of the small blind. Wai Loon Ng then three-bet to 150,000 in the big blind only for Teoh to announce a reraise to 600,000. That forced out Doddapaneni while Ng went into the tank. He used two time bank extensions and folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sriharsha Doddapaneni	1,650,000 -41,000	-41,000

William Teoh	1,500,000 184,000	184,000
Wai Loon Ng	1,350,000 -120,000	-120,000

Tags: Wai Loon Ng William Teoh Sriharsha Doddapaneni

Level: 12

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

05-02-2023 13:00 UTC+9

A Winner Will be Crowned in the 2023 Poker Dream Manila PHP500,000 Super High Roller

Christian Zetzsche

The 2023 Poker Dream Manila live series at the Newport World Resorts Integrated Resort is gearing up for the business part of the festival. After the conclusion of the Short Deck Ante-Only Super High Roller, the second most-expensive tournament on the schedule also kicked off as the PHP 500,000 ($9,174) Super High Roller gathered 27 entries throughout 11 levels of 40 minutes each.

Only 15 of the contestants survived and Sriharsha Doddapaneni from India emerged as the chip leader with 1,691,000 ahead of Wai Loon Ng (1,470,000) and Fei Chen (1,435,000).

Big stacks also belong to William Teoh (1,316,000) and Lester Edoc (1,300,000), while notable Day 1 survivors include the likes of Gary Thompson, Takashi Ogura, Poker Dream founder Winfred Yu, as well as Wai Kiat Lee.

Top 10 Chip Counts for Day 2

Place	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Sriharsha Doddapaneni	India	1,691,000	113
2	Wai Loon Ng	Malaysia	1,470,000	98
3	Fei Chen	China	1,435,000	96
4	William Teoh	Philippines	1,316,000	88
5	Lester Edoc	Philippines	1,300,000	87
6	Gary Thompson	Ireland	955,000	64
7	Ajitpal Singh	Singapore	950,000	63
8	Takashi Ogura	Japan	794,000	53
9	Eng Soon Ewe	Malaysia	743,000	50
10	Lun Loon	Malaysia	664,000	44

The late registration is open for the first three levels and following break and the action recommences at 1pm local time with blinds of 10,000-15,000 and a big blind ante of 15,000 in level 12. Whether or not the notable casualties Eng Siang Ewe, Florencio Campomanes, Xiaoling Li, Jun Wah Yap, and Wei Hsiang Yeu will take advantage of the re-entry option remains to be seen.

Stay tuned for yet another day of exciting high-stakes action from one of the up and coming live poker series in Asia. As of the first break, the action will also be streamed on the Poker Dream social media channels and the PokerNews live reporting team will pick up the action as of the start and until a winner has been crowned.

Tags: Eng Siang Ewe Eng Soon Ewe Fei Chen Florencio Campomanes Gary Thompson Jun Wah Yap Lester Edoc Lun Loon Sriharsha Doddapaneni Takashi Ogura Wai Kiat Lee Wai Loon Ng Wei Hsiang Yeu William Teoh Winfred Yu Xiaoling Li