Main Event Day 1c | 2017 PokerStars Festival Manila

08-05-2017 21:40 UTC+8

Player	Chips	Progress
Yo Seb Rhee	225,000 37,000	37,000
Sejin Park	205,000 125,000	125,000

Min Soon Lim	150,000 150,000	150,000
Sam Nee	145,000 97,000	97,000
Bach Hoang Nguyen	140,000 45,000	45,000
Kunal Patni	90,000 74,000	74,000
Peter Plater	90,000 14,000	14,000
Shengyu Li	20,000 20,000	20,000
Geoff Mooney	14,000 14,000	14,000
Kai Paulsen	Busted
Aditya Sushant	Busted

Registration Closed

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Level 10 is underway and this locks up the registration for the Main Event. According to the screens, there are 162 players remaining out of a field of 280 entries. However, the official numbers are yet to be verified and the prize pool information will be released prior to the start of Day 2 at 2 p.m. local time tomorrow.

08-05-2017 21:25 UTC+8

Yang Seizes Lead

RazorSharpPro

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

A huge hand played out just before the break that saw former frontrunner Mazyar Misaghian dust off his whole 200,000 stack to Korea’s Woohyuk Yang, who now holds a commanding lead.

According to Misaghian’s tablemate, Peter Plater, the Australian and Yang became involved in a hand right at the close of level nine that saw Yang flop top two pairs and Misaghian a straight draw.

Misaghian missed his draw and pulled the trigger as a bluff on the river and Yang made the call to win the massive pot and climb to 375,000 in chips and Misaghian bust, though he has re-entered and is sitting with a brand new 30,000 stack over on table nine.

Player	Chips	Progress
Woohyuk Yang	375,000 160,000	160,000
Mazyar Misaghian	Busted

Tags: Mazyar Misaghian Woohyuk Yang

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

08-05-2017 21:10 UTC+8

Last Break of the Day

RazorSharpPro

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The 157 remaining Day 1c players are on their last break of the day with the registration/re-entry period finished when play resumes in 10-minutes.

08-05-2017 21:09 UTC+8

Yang Bad Beats Gonzaga

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Just before the end of level nine, Thai Loc Le, Shengyu Li and Terry Gonzaga have been eliminated.

Gonzaga's exit was a cruel one after he got his stack in after a flop of . Big stack Woohyuk Yang eventually called and flipped over while Gonzaga was ahead with .

The on the turn immediately improved Yang and the river was a blank to send Gonzaga to the rail in the penultimate hand before the break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Woohyuk Yang	215,000 215,000	215,000
Thai Loc Le	Busted
Shengyu Li	Busted
Terry Gonzaga	Busted

Tags: Shengyu Li Terry Gonzaga Thai Loc Le Woohyuk Yang

08-05-2017 21:05 UTC+8

Obara's Shove Goes Through

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

After a raise from early position, four players including Jun Obara on the button, Jaehyun Lim in the small blind and big stack Boon Leong Tan in the big blind called. The flop fell and the initial raiser bet 3,500. The cutoff called and Obara moved all in for what appeared to be 33,500. All opponents including Lim and Tan folded and Obara claimed the pot just before the end of the level.

Player	Chips	Progress
Boon Leong Tan	205,000 114,000	114,000
Jaehyun Lim	94,000 39,000	39,000
Jun Obara	50,000 -12,000	-12,000

Tags: Boon Leong Tan Jaehyun Lim Jun Obara

08-05-2017 20:58 UTC+8

Further Casualties Before Registration Closes

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Arjun Dhingra	Busted
Jose Drilon	Busted
John Costiniano	Busted
Linh Hoang	Busted
Kok Wei Teoh	Busted
Akira Ise	Busted
Alan Lim	Busted
Freddy Kwek Wei	Busted
Hisashi Ogi	Busted
Hung Thong Trinh	Busted
Dhaval Mudgal	Busted
Naohito Tamayo	Busted
Alexis Lim	Busted

08-05-2017 20:43 UTC+8

Half an Hour Remains to Register

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

With half an hour left on the clock for level nine, as much time remains for players to run up their stack or take another shot with a fresh entry. The registration for the Main Event will close at the end of the following break after this level, and 157 players currently remain out of a field of 263 entries for Day 1c.

08-05-2017 20:32 UTC+8

Updated Counts for Level 9

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yo Seb Rhee	188,000 33,000	33,000
Vi Khoa Duong	138,000
Daryl Loh	105,000 52,000	52,000
Bach Hoang Nguyen	95,000 6,200	6,200
Tom Or-Paz	95,000 61,000	61,000
Vijay Narula	83,000 -7,000	-7,000
Zhi Han Neo	71,000 -24,000	-24,000
Aditya Sushant	70,000 31,000	31,000

Jaehyun Lim	55,000 -41,000	-41,000
Sam Nee	48,000 23,000	23,000
Sam Polishetty	37,000 8,000	8,000
Badri Kedar Gosavi	35,000 35,000	35,000
Ming Kee Liow	31,000 31,000	31,000
Akash Chandrashekhar	18,000 18,000	18,000
Edwin Marzan	Busted
Renato Villanueva	Busted
Munetaka Handa	Busted
Shravan Chhabria	Busted