2017 PokerStars Festival Manila

Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Festival Manila

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
4,676,000 PHP
Event Info
Buy-in
55,000 PHP
Prize Pool
28,809,000 PHP
Entries
594
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Liow Eliminated

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Malaysia's Ming Kee Liow three-bet all in for his last 2,900 from the button and picked up no fewer than three callers. The flop fell {K-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and Sung Ho Kim check-called a bet of 1,100 by John Beveridge, whereas the fourth player in the hand folded. Kim and Beveridge then checked down the {7-Diamonds} turn and {5-Spades} river.

Kim flashed {A-Spades}{10-Spades} for ace-high and Beveridge had {Q-Hearts}{10-Clubs} for queen-high and a busted straight draw. "You are good," he said over to Liow, who then peeked at his cards and held them up. "No, I need one more card," Liow said and showed {8-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} for just eight-high before heading to the rail.

Beveridge is the biggest stack on his table, while Kim moved back to just over the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
John Beveridge ca
John Beveridge
73,000
11,000
11,000
Ming Kee Liow my
Ming Kee Liow
Busted

Tags: John BeveridgeSung Ho Kim

Patni and Plater Below Starting Stack

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Kunal Patni chopped when he got his stack in with {K-Clubs}{9-Spades} versus {K-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} on a king-nine high board and has around half the starting stack. High Roller Shot Clock champion Peter Plater also dropped quite a few chips as of lately and has less than the starting stack.

Plater raised from under the gun and picked up two callers in Pranay Kapoor and fellow Aussie Mazyar Misaghian in the big blind. The flop fell {10-Spades}{6-Spades}{6-Clubs} and Kapoor was the only caller of Plater's continuation bet. On the {8-Clubs} turn, Plater bet 4,000 and snap-folded to the shove of Kapoor.

Misaghian has taken over the lead on the table from Kai Loon Ang and appears to be the overall chip leader in level seven as of now.

Player Chips Progress
Mazyar Misaghian au
Mazyar Misaghian
175,000
49,000
49,000
Kai Loon Ang sg
Kai Loon Ang
150,000
29,000
29,000
Peter Plater au
Peter Plater
27,100
-14,900
-14,900
Kunal Patni in
Kunal Patni
16,000
-17,000
-17,000

Tags: Kai Loon AngKunal PatniMazyar MisaghianPeter PlaterPranay Kapoor

Mendoza Flushes Opponent

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

James Mendoza bet the {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{4-Spades}{6-Diamonds} turn out of the big blind for 2,000 and his sole opponent raised to 5,000, which Mendoza called. The {8-Diamonds} river was checked by both players and Mendoza immediately sighed, then flashed {Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for a flush. His opponent was equally frustrated but for different reasons, as he mucked the {5-Hearts} for trips fives.

Mendoza moved up to two times the starting stack, which Jun Obara also has on the same table. However, Obara needed three bullets on Day 1c alone to do so and doubled minutes after sitting down with a fresh stack.

Player Chips Progress
Jun Obara jp
Jun Obara
62,000
49,000
49,000
James Mendoza ph
James Mendoza
60,000
60,000
60,000

Tags: James MendozaJun Obara

Post-break Stacks and Notables

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Here’s how it’s looking up top now the players are back in the thick of the action:

Player Chips Progress
Yo Seb Rhee jp
Yo Seb Rhee
155,000
-10,000
-10,000
Mazyar Misaghian au
Mazyar Misaghian
126,000
-4,000
-4,000
Jun Yi Ong sg
Jun Yi Ong
100,000
100,000
100,000
Jaehyun Lim kr
Jaehyun Lim
96,000
-4,000
-4,000
Hassen Judeh gb
Hassen Judeh
95,000
8,000
8,000
Boon Leong Tan my
Boon Leong Tan
91,000
Vijay Narula au
Vijay Narula
90,000
Bach Hoang Nguyen vn
Bach Hoang Nguyen
88,800
-1,200
-1,200
Hisashi Ogi jp
Hisashi Ogi
67,000
37,000
37,000
John Beveridge ca
John Beveridge
62,000
Kai Paulsen no
Kai Paulsen
50,000
50,000
50,000
Dhaval Mudgal in
Dhaval Mudgal
42,000
5,950
5,950
Flo Campomanes ph
Flo Campomanes
40,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 100

Break Time

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

The 175 Day 1c PokerStars Festival Manila Main Event players are on a 10-minute break as the green 25 chips are raced off.

Various Updated Counts

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Mazyar Misaghian au
Mazyar Misaghian
130,000
8,000
8,000
Jaehyun Lim kr
Jaehyun Lim
100,000
62,000
62,000
Bach Hoang Nguyen vn
Bach Hoang Nguyen
90,000
49,000
49,000
Georges Georgiou gb
Georges Georgiou
90,000
56,000
56,000
Jinyong Park kr
Jinyong Park
87,000
7,000
7,000
Peter Plater au
Peter Plater
42,000
-13,000
-13,000
Aditya Sushant in
Aditya Sushant
39,000
9,000
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Shengyu Li cn
Shengyu Li
39,000
39,000
39,000
Sathesh Muthu sg
Sathesh Muthu
34,000
34,000
34,000
Kunal Patni in
Kunal Patni
33,000
3,000
3,000
Iori Yogo jp
Iori Yogo
30,000
Badri Kedar Gosavi au
Badri Kedar Gosavi
30,000
-48,000
-48,000
Sam Nee my
Sam Nee
25,000
-5,000
-5,000
Jun Obara jp
Jun Obara
13,000
4,000
4,000
Dohyuk Choi
Dohyuk Choi
Busted
Jonald Garcia
Jonald Garcia
Busted
Linh Hoang vn
Linh Hoang
Busted

Judeh Takes a Small Hit; Narula Busts Le

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

The initial raise by Zhi Han Neo had already been pulled in with three callers behind and Ern Boon Chiew moved all in from the big blind for 11,525 on top. Neo and the cutoff folded, while Hassen Judeh called from the button to force out the small blind.

Ern Boon Chiew: {A-Hearts}{5-Clubs}
Hassen Judeh: {K-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}

"That's my dealer, come on," Judeh said, but the board ran out {10-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{2-Spades} to see Chiew double up. "Oh well, it's just a small one," Judeh added and counted his stack that had recently propelled nicely.

Vijay Narula's third attempt for the day may very well turn out to be the golden one as he just got up to three times the starting stack. On a flop of {K-Spades}{8-Spades}{7-Clubs}, he got it in with {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs} against the {9-Spades}{6-Spades} of Thai Loc Le. The latter had a ton of outs, but the {J-Hearts} turn and {4-Clubs} river were both blanks.

Player Chips Progress
Zhi Han Neo sg
Zhi Han Neo
95,000
-5,000
-5,000
Vijay Narula au
Vijay Narula
90,000
60,000
60,000
Hassen Judeh gb
Hassen Judeh
87,000
40,000
40,000
Thai Loc Le vn
Thai Loc Le
Busted
Ern Boon Chiew
Ern Boon Chiew
Busted

Tags: Ern Boon ChiewHassen JudehThai Loc LeVijay NarulaZhi Han Neo

Rhee in the Lead; Polishetty Doubles his Short Stack

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

On the heads-up flop of {K-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}, Sam Polishetty got the remainder of his short stack in with the {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds} and found a single caller with {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}. Both the {6-Hearts} turn and {Q-Hearts} river changed nothing whatsoever and Polishetty doubled to just shy of the starting stack.

Yo Seb Rhee has far more than that, the player from Japan appears to be the current chip leader. The cutoff raised to 1,500 and Rhee called on the button, as did the small blind. The flop fell {10-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{7-Clubs} and the cutoff continued for 2,000, which both opponents called. Afterthe {6-Spades} turn, the action checked to Rhee and hisbet of 6,000 was called by the cutoff only.

Rhee's valuebet of 12,500 on the {K-Clubs} river once again received a call and he turned over {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for a straight to rake in a decent pot.

Player Chips Progress
Yo Seb Rhee jp
Yo Seb Rhee
165,000
121,000
121,000
Sam Polishetty in
Sam Polishetty
29,000
29,000
29,000

Tags: Sam PolishettyYo Seb Rhee

The Ladies Love Misaghian

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

We caught two-time Baby Dragon champion Kwok Chun ‘Derx’ Lai involved in a hand with Mazyar Misaghian and picked up the action on a flop of {3-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{8-Clubs} with close to 7,000 in blinds and antes already in the pot.

Lai, sitting in the small blind, led out for 3,500 and Misaghian made the call from middle position to keep the action heads-up to the {6-Spades} turn.

This slowed Lai down some, and he now checked the action over to Misaghian, who did not take long to seize the initiative and fired out a bet of 4,700, which after some careful contemplation, Lai called.

The {9-Clubs} river saw Lai check once more and Misaghian tossed out a bet of 9,500. Lai did not take long to make the call, but folded as soon as Misaghian rolled over {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}.

“I seem to be getting Queens every other hand at the moment,” joked Misaghian as he raked in yet another pot.

Player Chips Progress
Mazyar Misaghian au
Mazyar Misaghian
122,000
19,000
19,000
Kwok Chun Lai hk
Kwok Chun Lai
25,800

Tags: Kwok Chun LaiMazyar Misaghian

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