Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
2017 PokerStars Festival Manila
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Festival Manila
Buy-in
55,000 PHP
Prize Pool
28,809,000 PHP
Entries
594
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Double For Nguyen
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Tien Than Nguyern opened the action with a raise to 35,000 and Michael Falcon re-raised to 100,000 from the big blind. Nguyen made the call and the action went heads-up to a flop of 8h3d7h], which Falcon led for 150,000.
Nguyen shoved very quickly and Falcon called just as fast and the cards were turned over.
Michael Falcon: 
Tien Than Nguyern: 
Nguyen’s Cowboys were in front and the 
turn and 
river saw them stay that wau and the Vietnamese player doubled to 1.2 million while Falcon dropped to 1.95 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,950,000
-850,000
|
-850,000 |
|
1,200,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
Bansal Flushes Nguyen
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
We caught the tail end of a big pot that played out between Chi Thinh Nguyen and Uday Bansal that saw the latter take a big bite out of Nguyen’s stack. With the board reading 
and over 300,000 in the pot already Bansal had fired for 250,000 on the river and Nguyen had made the call.
Bansal turned over [
for the rivered flush to scoop a sizable pot and climb to 1.85 million while Nguyen dropped to 1.46 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,850,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
1,460,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Junghwan Oh Eliminated in 24th Place (PHP195,000)
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
One of the first hands after the re-draw saw Michael Falcon open the action with a raise to 35,000 from under-the-gun and pick up a caller in Segundo Barte (UTG+1) before the action folded around to Junghwan Oh in the small blind who squeezed to 113,000.
Falcon thought it over and slid out the call and Barte bowed out to take the action heads-up to a flop of 
. Both players checked the flop, but this was just the calm before the storm as the moment the 
landed on the turn Oh snap shoved for over 300,000 and was beaten into the pot by Falcon.
Oh turned over 
and while he had flopped a gutshot straight draw the Korean had been outflopped by Falcon’s 
set of sixes. The 
river was of no help and Oh departed in 24th for PHP170,000 while Falcon stacked up to 2.8 million in chips to pull further into the lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,800,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
Busted |
Redraw of the Last Three Tables
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
| Seat | Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenneth Buck | Michael Falcon | Chi Thinh Nguyen |
| 2 | Mike Takayama | Segundo Barte | Sejin Park |
| 3 | Corbin White | Sam Razavi | Jaehyun Lim |
| 4 | Raphael Gall | Tien Than Nguyen | Shinji Katsushima |
| 5 | Antti Halme | Jongyoung Moon | Yo Seb Rhee |
| 6 | Duc Nguyen | Andre Peters | Mark Amparo |
| 7 | Thomas Lee | Junghwan Oh | Freddy Wei |
| 8 | Vikram Palanisamy | Thinh Hoa Nguyen | Uday Bansal |
Victor Chong Busts in 25th
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
A raising war saw a bet and three-bet already pulled in between Victor Chong and Chi Thinh Nguyen. The latter four-bet for another 190,000 on top and Chong eventually moved all in. "Why?" Nguyen asked and was in need of a count. It was another 243,000 on top of Nguyen's four-bet and he eventually made the call.
Victor Chong: 
Chi Thinh Nguyen: 
It was a big flip for Chong worth nearly one million, and the board ran out 
to eliminate him in 25th place. The remaining 24 players will now redraw to the last three tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
Busted |
Palanisamy Takes a Hit
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Thomas Lee shoved for 202,000 and Vikram Palanisamy called from the big blind.
Vikram Palanisamy: 
Thomas Lee: KcJc]
While Lee was behind preflop, the 
flop improved Lee to trips. Palanisamy asked for a queen, but his wish was not granted as the turn and river were blanks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
430,000 | |
|
300,000 |
Singhvi Busts in Two Hands
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Hand 1
Siddarth Singhvi shoved and Segundo Barte called all in from the big blind for his last 247,000.
Barte turned over and Singhvi only had 
. The flop of left the Indian in need of running kings or nines to survive, and the turn and 
river left him with very few chips.
Hand 2
Soon after, Singhvi's shove for the last 29,000 from under the gun was called by Tien Than Nguyen and Sam Razavi in the big blind. The trio checked down the board 
and Razavi showed 
. Nguyen had that beat with and Singhvi joined the rail after failing to hold up with 
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
600,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
500,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
Busted |
Nguyen Doubles; Kanjani Doesn't
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Mark Amparo took a hit to his set when Tien Than Nguyen doubled for 248,000 with 
versus 
, as Amparo's three-bet shove resulted in a quick call. The board ran out 
and Nguyen was back in the game.
Rajeev Kanjani was less fortunate. He shoved for 71,000 from the hijack and Freddy Wei in the big blind called.
Rajeev Kanjani:
Freddy Wei: 
The board came 
and the deuces held up to eliminate Kanjani.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
450,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
300,000
-355,000
|
-355,000 |
|
Busted |
Michael Brunner Eliminated by Raphael Gall
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Raphael Gall open-shoved from the small blind and Michael Brunner called from the big blind for around 400,000.
Michael Brunner:
Raphael Gall:
The flop gave Gall more outs, and the on the turn improved the German. Brunner's tournament came to an end with the on the river and he headed to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
900,000
360,000
|
360,000 |
|
Busted |