₱110,000 Main Event Day 1a | 2020 PokerStars Red Dragon Manila

01-06-2020 14:25 UTC+8

Edoc Off to a Good Start

Shirley Ang

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Lester Edoc Wins the Red Dragon Manila Super High Roller for ₱5,222,000

Lester Edoc won the Super High Roller last night for ₱5,222,000 ($102,127) and has already taken his seat in the Main Event and is off to a good start.

The player in the hijack limped in and Edoc raised to 600 on the button. The player in the big blind defended and the hijack called.

The flop came , it was checked to Edoc who continued with a bet of 1,100 and that was enough for both of his opponents to fold to.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lester Edoc	42,000

Tags: Lester Edoc

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

01-06-2020 14:50 UTC+8

Jin Hit Trips

Shirley Ang

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

The board read and Chongxian Yang bet 500 from under the gun. He was called by Jun Shi in the hijack. Yinjie Jin raised to 2,000 on the button for Shi to be the only one to make the call.

The river completed the board with the , Shi bet 1,800 and Jin quickly made the call. Shi tabled for two pair, aces and sixes but Jin held for trip sixes to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yinjie Jin	42,000
Chongxian Yang	32,500 32,500	32,500
Jun Shi	27,500 27,500	27,500

Tags: Chongxian Yang Jun Shi Yinjie Jin

01-06-2020 15:07 UTC+8

Player	Chips	Progress
Dhaval Mudgal	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ryan Yu	30,000 30,000	30,000
Sparrow Cheung	30,000
Sandro Bruni	30,000
Linh Tran	30,000

First Break of the Day

Shirley Ang

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

With 110 entries showing on the tournament clock, the 102 remaining players have been sent for their first 15-minute break of the day.

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

01-06-2020 15:36 UTC+8

Player	Chips	Progress
Piet Pape	68,000
Lester Edoc	46,000 4,000	4,000
Sandro Bruni	37,000 7,000	7,000
Ankit Ahuja	28,500 -1,500	-1,500
Henrik Tollefsen	28,000 -2,000	-2,000
Xixiang Luo	24,000 -6,000	-6,000
Dhaval Mudgal	14,500 -15,500	-15,500
Lei Yu	12,500 -17,500	-17,500

The player in the middle position raised to 800 and action folded to Sparrow Cheung in the big blind who wanted to make the call but accidentally put in a pink 1,000-chip in instead of a purple 500-chip. The dealer said it was a raise so Sparrow three-bet to 1,300 for the initial raiser to make the call.

Both players checked through the flop to the on the turn. Cheung bet 1,500 and his opponent looked at his cards once more before pushing them over the line for the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sparrow Cheung	28,000 -2,000	-2,000

Tags: Sparrow Cheung

01-06-2020 16:08 UTC+8

Jiao and Skommo Both Win

Shirley Ang

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

The board read when the player in the early position and Hao Jiao in the middle position got all their chips in with the latter at risk for his last 19,400. The first player showed for the rivered pair of queens but Jiao held for the rivered flush to double up with.

The hand after, the same player who had just lost most of his chips shoved his last 3,900 from under the gun and was called by Oerjan Skommo from the late position while the rest of the table folded.

Under-the-gun player:
Oerjan Skommo: