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

₱110,000 Main Event

Day 1b Completed

01-08-2020 01:06 UTC+8

Takayama & Campomanes Make It to Day 2 of the PokerStars Red Dragon Manila Main Event; 669 Entries Collected

Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A total of 301 players flocked to Day 1b of the PokerStars Red Dragon Manila Main Event to try and make it to Day 2. But 56 of them had to reenter at one point throughout the day as they couldn’t find the luck on their first bullet so there were 357 entries in total. Day 1c had 99 entries and together with the 213 entries on Day 1a, this means that 669 buy-ins were collected to surpass the ₱50,000,000 prize pool guarantee. In actual fact, the total prize pool has come to ₱64,244,070 ($1,256,428)!

Day 1b had 107 players making it through to Day 2. Claiming the Day 1b chip lead by a chip difference of a mere 5,000 is Hwany Lee with 303,500 from South Korea. He is followed by fellow countryman Jehun Hong with 303,000. Completing the top 5 are Hainan Li, King Sing Lau, and Kosuke Tajima.

The PokerStars Red Dragon Main Event Day 1b Top 5 Chip Counts

Place	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Hwany Lee	South Korea	303,500	121
2	Jehun Hong	South Korea	303,000	121
3	Hainan Li	China	251,500	101
4	King Sing Lau	China	246,000	98
5	Kosuke Tajima	Japan	243,500	97

Even though the South Koreans might have taken the lead in the chip counts, if you look further down, you’ll see some of the more familiar Filipino names that rule the poker world. Mike Takayama bagged 225,000 in chips while Florencio Campomanes collected 202,000 in chips. The latter finished as the runner-up in the Super High Roller two days ago and won the APPT Manila Main Event in 2019. Takayama won two events during the Manila Super Series, the Warm-Up and the Main Event. He collected ₱931,800 (approximately $17,700) and the covered PSPC Platinum Pass for the 2019 edition for winning the Main Event.

A Platinum Pass to be Won

What might be even more exciting for some, the first Platinum Pass of 2020 will be given away here in Manila. All players who have made it through, including the online qualifiers who didn't, will be put into the draw for Day 2. A random table will be selected before the start of the day for a flip-out for all players present and the winner will walk away with a Platinum Pass worth around $30,000 for the 2020 PSPC in Barcelona which includes:

▪ Buy-in to the €22,500 PSPC 2020 event
▪ Six nights’ hotel accommodation for two in a five-star hotel
▪ Airport transfers
▪ Bespoke PSPC Merchandise
▪ €1,250 to cover expenses
▪ Platinum Pass winner experiences during the event

Day 1c Recap

Day 1c had 44 players surviving the twelve 20-minute levels that the day featured. Taking the Day 1c chip lead honors is Jun Shi with 164,000 in chips. He is followed by Kai Fu Wong, Melvin Tay, Dong Chen, and Thai Le.

The PokerStars Red Dragon Main Event Day 1c Top 5 Chip Counts

Place	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Jun Shi	China	164,000	66
2	Kai Fu Wong	Malaysia	158,500	63
3	Sang Guk Im	South Korea	151,000	60
4	Melvin Tay	Singapore	135,500	54
5	Dong Chen	China	133,000	53

Four former champions have made it through too, Alan Lau (Day 1b), two-time winner Tom Alner, Kenichi Takarabe, and Buyanjargal Bold all have another shot at winning the beautiful Red Dragon trophy.

Day 2 Information

Day 2 will start at 1 p.m. local time on Wednesday, January 9 when the 212 surviving players will combine into one field to try to make it to the money stages. The full prize pool details will be announced at the start of Day 2 when Level 13 starts which features a small blind of 1,000, big blind of 2,500, and a big blind ante of 2,500. Level duration will increase to 60 minutes each and a 15-minute break is scheduled after every two levels. Eight levels of play are planned without a dinner break.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the floor at the exquisite Okada Manila to bring you all the Day 2 action so make sure to come again!

Tags: Alan Lau Dong Chen Florencio Campomanes Fu Wong Jehun Hong Jun Shi Kenichi Takarabe Kosuke Tajima Melvin Tay Mike Takayama Thai Le Tom Alner

01-08-2020 01:02 UTC+8

Day 2 Seat Draw

Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Jeonggyu Cho	South Korea	145,500	58
1	2	Yufei Hui	China	140,500	56
1	3	Andre Lettau	Germany	38,000	15
1	4	Hoang Anh Nguyen	Vietnam	83,000	33
1	5	George Salud	Philippines	159,500	64
1	6	Zheng Hao Lu	Singapore	139,000	56
1	7	Kunwoo Kim	South Korea	65,000	26
1	8	Chongxian Yang	China	55,000	22
1	9	Junho Hyeon	South Korea	109,500	44

2	1	Chi Thinh Nguyen	Vietnam	96,500	39
2	2	Thomas Lee	Canada	46,500	19
2	3	Marcuss Liow	Malaysia	116,000	46
2	4	Graeme Siow	Singapore	165,000	66
2	5	Xijie Sun	China	199,500	80
2	6	Elan Zak	Philippines	48,000	19
2	7	Haisheng Ma	China	83,500	33
2	8	Zeyu Zhang	China	228,000	91
2	9	Xi Yang	China	188,000	75

3	1	Alexis Lim	Philippines	142,500	57
3	2	Deyi Yang	China	90,000	36
3	3	Florencio Matias	Philippines	49,000	20
3	4	Xiaotian Yang	China	57,000	23
3	5	Yohwan Lim	South Korea	83,500	33
3	6	Byambajav Bandi	Mongolia	59,500	24
3	7	Ning Sun	China	112,000	45
3	8	Anthony Gabitan	Philippines	65,000	26
3	9	Chris Chong	Singapore	38,000	15

4	1	Ceesvin Abdulla	Singapore	79,000	32
4	2	Xiao Ling Li	China	61,500	25
4	3	Jiang Wang	China	42,500	17
4	4	Alan Lau	Hong Kong	196,000	78
4	5	Seongsu Kong	South Korea	44,500	18
4	6	Quang Huy Pham	Vietnam	141,000	56
4	7	Joven Huerto	Philippines	40,500	16
4	8	Yozo Nomura	Japan	84,500	34
4	9	Ngoc Khanh Le	Vietnam	59,000	24

5	1	William Kang	United Kingdom	186,000	74
5	2	Luen Hei Kwok	Hong Kong	17,000	7
5	3	Alex Xiang Wei Lee	Singapore	80,000	32
5	4	Meian Pan	China	53,000	21
5	5	Meng Guo	China	77,000	31
5	6	Chulwoo Park	South Korea	117,000	47
5	7	Juyuk Park	South Korea	30,000	12
5	8	Viet Hoang Tran	Vietnam	66,000	26
5	9	Gerardo Lubas	Philippines	144,000	58

6	1	Iori Yogo	Japan	100,500	40
6	2	Piet Pape	Germany	69,000	28
6	3	Huu Dung Nguyen	Vietnam	57,000	23
6	4	Kanishka Samant	India	53,500	21
6	5	Junyeob Song	South Korea	34,500	14
6	6	Hiroaki Manabe	Japan	152,000	61
6	7	Ben Lai	China	49,000	20
6	8	Zi Cheng Low	Singapore	116,000	46
6	9	Edmund Lau	Singapore	59,500	24

7	1	Hao Chen	China	69,500	28
7	2	Xiaofeng Jiang	China	98,000	39
7	3	Florencio Campomanes	Philippines	202,000	81
7	4	Sang Guk Im	South Korea	151,000	60
7	5	Sumit Sapra	India	46,500	19
7	6	John Dela Cruz	Philippines	31,000	12
7	7	Andres Korn	Germany	81,000	32
7	8	Jae Kyung Sim	South Korea	51,000	20
7	9	Jason Orial Ong	Philippines	50,500	20

8	1	Lester Edoc	Philippines	221,000	88
8	2	Jingzhi Wang	China	121,000	48
8	3	Shang Yan Zhou	China	49,000	20
8	4	Hainan Li	China	251,500	101
8	5	Shu Wang	China	39,500	16
8	6	Quan Zhou	China	50,000	20
8	7	Ting Yi Tsai	Taiwan	72,500	29
8	8	Seungsoo Jeon	South Korea	123,500	49
8	9	Xin Wu	China	141,500	57

9	1	Jehun Hong	South Korea	303,000	121
9	2	Shiyu Li	China	142,000	57
9	3	Hwany Lee	South Korea	303,500	121
9	4	Jiansheng Chen	China	171,500	69
9	5	Yuanchao Li	China	79,500	32
9	6	Shigeji Kusakabe	Japan	176,000	70
9	7	Linh Tran	Canada	110,500	44
9	8	Daewoong Song	South Korea	169,500	68
9	9	Hao Tian	China	157,500	63

10	1	Ruben Clamares	Philippines	45,500	18
10	2	Dingxiang Ong	Singapore	51,500	21
10	3	Zhi Qiang Qian	China	171,500	69
10	4	Lei Wang	China	60,500	24
10	5	Hoang Huy Nguyen	Vietnam	84,000	34
10	6	Rongshan Li	China	50,000	20
10	7	Leslie Tan	Singapore	75,000	30
10	8	Tetsuro Tomita	Japan	39,500	16
10	9	Martin Stausholm	Denmark	91,100	36

11	1	Nang Quang Nguyen	Vietnam	93,500	37
11	2	Szymon Wysocki	Poland	20,500	8
11	3	Tom Alner	United Kingdom	50,000	20
11	4	Jin Woo Kim	United States	143,000	57
11	5	Kyungkun Lee	South Korea	129,500	52
11	6	Jose Drilon	Philippines	51,500	21
11	7	Kenichi Takarabe	Japan	43,000	17
11	8	Duc Trung Vu	Vietnam	59,500	24
11	9	Minh Duc Nguyen	Vietnam	53,000	21

12	1	Yonghyun Yoo	South Korea	60,500	24
12	2	Sungwoon Park	South Korea	25,000	10
12	3	Kwangsuk Yuh	South Korea	41,000	16
12	4	Weiyi Zhang	China	50,000	20
12	5	Yakai Li	China	100,500	40
12	6	Tan Wijaya	Indonesia	81,500	33
12	7	Jaegwang Kim	South Korea	32,500	13
12	8	Euryd Rivera	Philippines	32,000	13
12	9	Duy Tung Nguyen	Vietnam	18,500	7

13	1	Michael Darryanto	Indonesia	145,500	58
13	2	Haibin Yan	China	38,500	15
13	3	Changhan Kim	South Korea	61,500	25
13	4	Dong Chen	China	133,000	53
13	5	Yul Maravilla	Philippines	33,500	13
13	6	Long Meng	China	123,000	49
13	7	Zejin Shen	China	159,500	64
13	8	Danxia Wang	China	68,500	27
13	9	Phachara Wongwichit	Thailand	106,000	42

14	1	Pakinai Lisawad	Thailand	80,000	32
14	2	Hao Jiao	China	66,500	27
14	3	Richard Marquez	Philippines	110,500	44
14	4	Zhining Chen	China	28,500	11
14	5	Chunqing Wang	China	91,500	37
14	6	Haiyang Yang	China	22,000	9
14	7	Minh Tuan Nguyen	Vietnam	113,000	45
14	8	Shizi Xiao	China	68,000	27
14	9	Czardy Rivera	Philippines	57,500	23

15	1	Ngoc Anh Cao	Vietnam	221,500	89
15	2	Yoo Gyeong Tae	South Korea	81,500	33
15	3	Sahil Agarwal	India	232,000	93
15	4	Sebastian Wong	Singapore	81,000	32
15	5	Michael De Leon	Philippines	80,500	32
15	6	Huidong Gu	China	71,000	28
15	7	Daniel Demicki	Poland	24,500	10
15	8	Gabriel Carter	United Kingdom	72,500	29
15	9	Xi Wang	China	52,000	21

16	1	Hwanyoung Kim	South Korea	76,000	30
16	2	Xixiang Luo	China	51,000	20
16	3	Kota Higuchi	Japan	49,500	20
16	4	Ofer Assabi	Israel	61,000	24
16	5	Kian Bing Chan	Malaysia	47,500	19
16	6	Yuanxi Chen	Singapore	220,500	88
16	7	Thai Loc Le	Vietnam	116,500	47
16	8	Sparrow Cheung	Hong Kong	117,000	47
16	9	Qiang Tao	Canada	47,500	19

17	1	Ernesto Ouano	Philippines	31,000	12
17	2	Anthony Abram	Australia	29,500	12
17	3	Fang Kai Yang	Taiwan	180,000	72
17	4	Pete Chen	Taiwan	75,000	30
17	5	Ankit Ahuja	India	79,000	32
17	6	Zheng Shi	China	223,000	89
17	7	Vincent Li	Hong Kong	31,500	13
17	8	Dhaval Mudgal	India	127,000	51
17	9	Rick Ambata	Philippines	49,500	20

18	1	Fuk On Wong	Hong Kong	152,500	61
18	2	Jin Yong	Malaysia	168,000	67
18	3	Zanzhang Wang	China	47,500	19
18	4	Batnyam Zayabaatar	Mongolia	54,500	22
18	5	Seung Yong Yi	South Korea	59,500	24
18	6	Hyung Sun Jung	South Korea	114,500	46
18	7	Gen Nose	Japan	201,500	81
18	8	Sandro Bruni	Philippines	70,000	28
18	9	Song Wang	China	64,500	26

19	1	Jun Obara	Japan	156,000	62
19	2	Meng Li	China	5,000	2
19	3	Siyoung Lee	South Korea	191,500	77
19	4	David Erquiaga	Philippines	50,000	20
19	5	Paul Hong	New Zealand	76,500	31
19	6	The Naing	Singapore	160,500	64
19	7	Jiakun Liu	China	99,500	40
19	8	Lei Yu	China	166,000	66
19	9	Clarence Ngay	Singapore	33,000	13

20	1	Sang-Yeon Hwang	South Korea	109,500	44
20	2	Cangsheng Ni	China	127,000	51
20	3	Tao Chen	China	87,500	35
20	4	Kyung Sik Jung	South Korea	42,500	17
20	5	Mike Takayama	Philippines	225,000	90
20	6	Terry Gonzaga	Philippines	78,000	31
20	7	Frederick Hernandez	Philippines	35,000	14
20	8	Jongyoung Moon	South Korea	28,000	11
20	9	Victor Chong	Malaysia	138,000	55

21	1	Jesse Rivera	United States	4,000	2
21	2	Melvin Tay	Singapore	135,500	54
21	3	Donghyun Kim	South Korea	67,000	27
21	4	Ryan Yu	Canada	199,500	80
21	5	Yosuke Iwata	Japan	106,000	42
21	7	Jingxiang Ong	Singapore	94,500	38
21	8	Bolei Zhang	China	28,500	11
21	9	Huu Tuan Nguyen	Vietnam	135,500	54

22	1	Xin Wang	China	59,500	24
22	3	Oerjan Skommo	Norway	53,000	21
22	4	Kosuke Tajima	Japan	243,500	97
22	5	Tsun Ming Chan	Hong Kong	32,000	13
22	6	Jun Shi	China	164,000	66
22	7	Boon Seng Ang	Singapore	41,500	17
22	8	Qianyi Hu	China	66,500	27
22	9	Yuexin Wang	China	46,500	19

23	1	Buyanjargal Bold	Mongolia	54,000	22
23	2	Daming Zhang	China	35,000	14
23	3	Jinho Hong	South Korea	174,500	70
23	4	Natalie Teh	Malaysia	100,000	40
23	6	Guo Liang Wei	China	78,000	31
23	7	William Chan	Hong Kong	19,000	8
23	8	Lehua Kuang	China	120,000	48
23	9	Chao Liu	China	86,000	34

24	1	King Sing Lau	Hong Kong	246,000	98
24	2	Kai Fu Wong	Malaysia	158,500	63
24	3	Ying Kit Chan	Hong Kong	100,000	40
24	4	Lisa Tan	Singapore	146,500	59
24	5	John Tech	Philippines	89,000	36
24	6	Yue Liu	China	58,000	23
24	7	Yinjie Jin	China	94,500	38
24	9	Dongkyoon Seo	South Korea	106,500	43

01-08-2020 00:48 UTC+8

Day 1c End-of-Day Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jun Shi	164,000	164,000
Kai Fu Wong	158,500	158,500
Sang Guk Im	151,000
Melvin Tay	135,500	135,500
Dong Chen	133,000	133,000
Thai Le	116,500	116,500
Nang Quang Nguyen	93,500	93,500
Deyi Yang	90,000
John Tech	89,000	89,000
Hoang Huy Nguyen	84,000	84,000
Michael De Leon	80,500
Ceesvin Abdulla	79,000	79,000
Ankit Ahuja	79,000	79,000
Hwanyoung Kim	76,000
Ting Yi Tsai	72,500	72,500
Shizi Xiao	68,000	68,000
Viet Hoang Tran	66,000
Kunwoo Kim	65,000
Song Wang	64,500
Xiao Ling Li	61,500	61,500
Lei Wang	60,500
Duc Trung Vu	59,500
Byambajav Bandi	59,500
Yue Liu	58,000
Batnyam Zayabaatar	54,500

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01-08-2020 00:18 UTC+8

Last Six Hands

Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The tournament clock has been paused in Day 1c and the players need to play six more hands before they can bag and tag their chips for Day 2.

01-07-2020 23:30 UTC+8

Day 1c Registration Closed

Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The registration period for Day 1c has closed with 99 entries to bring the total number of entries for the Main Event up to 669. This has created a total prize pool of ₱64,244,070 ($1,256,428). The full prize pool details will be announced on Day 2.

01-07-2020 22:48 UTC+8

Day 1c Update

Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With two levels left to register or reenter, the tournament clock is showing that there are 91 entries for Day 1c with 77 players remaining.

01-07-2020 22:39 UTC+8

Day 1b End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Hwany Lee	303,500	103,500
Jehun Hong	303,000	3,000
Hainan Li	251,500	61,500
King Sing Lau	246,000	46,000
Kosuke Tajima	243,500	43,500
Zeyu Zhang	228,000	-2,000
Mike Takayama	225,000	-25,000
Ngoc Anh Cao	221,500	21,500
Yuanxi Chen	220,500	220,500
Florencio Campomanes	202,000	-18,000
Xijie Sun	199,500	-500
Alan Lau	196,000	66,000
Siyoung Lee	191,500	-48,500
Xi Yang	188,000	-22,000
William Kang	186,000	12,000
Fang Kai Yang	180,000	116,000
Jinho Hong	174,500	174,500
Jin Yong	168,000	43,000
Graeme Siow	165,000	165,000
Zejin Shen	159,500	159,500
George Salud	159,500	159,500
Hao Tian	157,500	2,500
Fuk On Wong	152,500	152,500
Hiroaki Manabe	152,000	44,500
Michael Darryanto	145,500	145,500

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01-07-2020 22:11 UTC+8

Play Ended

Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Play has ended for Day 1b. Day 1c is still ongoing with 88 entries.

The full chip counts and recap are to follow.

01-07-2020 22:01 UTC+8

Lu Cracks Kings by Hitting Quads

Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Emmanuel Segismundo raised from the middle position and Zheng Hao Lu three-bet in the big blind when action was folded to him. Segismundo responded with a shove and Lu called with the bigger stack.

Emmanuel Segismundo:
Zheng Hao Lu: