Main Event Day 1a | 2017 PokerStars Festival Manila

08-03-2017 16:45 UTC+8

Quads for Kapur

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Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

We missed the pre-flop action but caught PokerStars Open Event #2 champion Virenjit Kapur involved in a hand on a flop of just as Kapur (early position) checked the action over to his opponent who was sitting in late position and led for 700, which Kapur called.

The turn saw Kapur check again and his opponent bet another 700, which Kapur again called.

The river saw Kapur reach for chips and he fired for 5,000, sending his opponent into the tank where he remained for a good three minutes before tossing out the call.

“Quads!” said Kapur, rolling over to take the pot and climb to 27,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Virenjit Kapur	27,000 -3,000	-3,000

Tags: Virenjit Kapur

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 50

08-03-2017 16:25 UTC+8

Kapoor Doubles Lim

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Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

We arrived on a flop of with 2,000 in the pot in a three-way hand between Pranay Kapoor, Wee Lee Lim and Bach Hoang Nguyen.

Kapoor, sitting in early position had just checked the action over to Lim, who fired for 1,500. Nguyen called from the button before Kapoor check-raised to 11,500 in total.

Lim quickly called off the rest of his chips, Nguyen folded and the cards were turned over.

Pranay Kapoor:
Wee Lee Lim:

“I’d rather have your hand,” joked Kapoor when the cards were revealed and while the India player held the lead Lim was drawing extremely live.

The turn was no help but the river saw Lim take the lead and the double-up, climbing to 21,500 while Kapoor took a hit and dropped to 11,400.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wee Lee Lim	21,500
Pranay Kapoor	11,400

Tags: Pranay Kapoor Wee Lee Lim

08-03-2017 16:19 UTC+8

Break Time

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Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

The 80 remaining Day 1A players are on their first 10-minute break of the day.

08-03-2017 16:00 UTC+8

Choi Takes One Down

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Korea’s Kwangyeop Choi opened the action from early position with a raise to 525 and action folded around to Michael Falcon on the button (who is on his second bullet already) who called.

However, when the action got around to big blind Akash Chandrashekhar the Indian player squeezed to 2,200 in total. That did not quite have the desired effect of thinning the field as both Choi and Falcon called.

Chandrashekhar led for 2,500 on the flop and Choi reached for raising chips, making it 7,500 to go, which brought speedy folds from both Falcon and Chandrashekhar.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kwangyeop Choi	35,000 5,000	5,000
Akash Chandrashekhar	27,500 -2,500	-2,500
Michael Falcon	22,500 22,500	22,500

Tags: Akash Chandrasekhar Kwangyeop Choi Michael Falcon

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

08-03-2017 15:35 UTC+8

Oh Wow! Oh Kills Kumar and Falcon in One Hand

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Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

The field in the Main Event has grown to 70 entrants, 65 of whom are still in the running. Two of the early casualties were Michael Falcon and Vikram Kumar, who have both recently fallen at the hands of Junhwan Oh, in the same hand.

It was Kumar who was the man to kick start the action with a raise to 350 from middle position with Oh making the call before a short stacked Michael Falcon moved all-in from the cutoff for 3,500 in total.

A player on the button made the call, as did both Kumar and Oh and the flop came down .

This is where the fireworks happened and Kumar, first to act, led for 7,000 before Oh raised to 14,500. After the button got out of the way Kumar moved all-in for 22,500 in total and sent Oh deep into the tank.

Eventually, the Korean player made the call and the cards were turned over.

Vikram Kumar:
Junhwan Oh:
Michael Falcon:

The turn put Kumar in the lead, but not for long as the river completed Oh’s gutshot straight draw, winning the Korean player the monster pot and sending both Kumar and Falcon to the rail in one fell swoop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Junghwan Oh	69,000 39,000	39,000
Vikram Kumar	Busted
Michael Falcon	Busted

Tags: Junhwan Oh Michael Falcon Vikram Kumar

08-03-2017 15:14 UTC+8

Narula Picks Off Li

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Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

We arrived at Vijay Narula’s table just in time to see the Australian-based Indian player open the action to 550 from early position, picking up a caller in Zhe Li on the button before the big blind squeezed to 2,600.

Both Narula and Li called quickly and it went three-way to a flop of . The big blind checked, Narula led out for 3,800, Li called the button and the big blind folded to take the action heads-up to the turn.

This brought checks from both Narula and Li and the dealer peeled off the river card. Narula led for 4,000 and Li hit the think tank hard. It was a good two minutes of solid tanking before Li reached for chips, but they were not for calling with and he raised to 12,000 in total.

Narula thought it over but evidently was not a believer and made the call. Li rolled over but this was not enough to best Narula’s and the Indian player scooped a sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vijay Narula	45,500 15,500	15,500
Zhe Li	30,000

Tags: Vijay Narula Zhe Li

08-03-2017 15:09 UTC+8

Or-Paz Enters After Disastrous High Roller Start

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Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Tom Or-Paz may have began Day 2 of the High Roller shot Clock but it appears the Israeli had a bad run as he is now playing Day 1A of the Main Event.

The field has grown to 55, though someone has managed to chew through their entire 30,000 start stack already as just 54 players are in the running.

We have a partial player list now, with the rest of the field as follows:

Player	Chips	Progress
Arjun Dhingra	30,000
Sok Meng Hun	30,000
Franklin Acfalle	30,000
Haibo Jiang	30,000
Yii Shyang Lai	30,000
Taehyung Ki	30,000
Jesse Aron Stenersen	30,000
Algerico Tabacon	30,000
Kenneth Buck	30,000
Khanh Le Ngoc	30,000
Robert Piltz	30,000
Kian Weng Choong	30,000
Ayhan Agdas	30,000
Hoang Huy Tran	30,000
Badri Kedar Gosavi	30,000
Mark Gruendemann	30,000
JunZhong Loo	30,000

Jaydeep Dawer	30,000
Kanishka Samant	30,000
Vijay Narula	30,000
Vikram Palanisamy	30,000
Junghwan Oh	30,000
Woohyuk Yang	30,000
Mekki Oudjial	30,000
Alvin Chio	30,000

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Level: 2

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0