₱110,000 Main Event
Day 1b Started
2020 PokerStars Red Dragon Manila
₱110,000 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2020 PokerStars Red Dragon Manila
Buy-in
110,000 PHP
Prize Pool
64,244,070 PHP
Entries
669
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Entries
357
Players Left
107
The PokerStars Red Dragon Manila Main Event Starts at 1 PM with Day 1b with Day 1c Kicking Off at 8 PM
Today there will be two starting days of the PokerStars Red Dragon Manila Main Event to give players a few more shots to claim their share of the ₱50,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. Day 1b is set to start at 1 p.m. local time with the usual 40-minute levels while Day 1c starts at 8 p.m. with 20-minute levels. Both starting flights will have twelve levels of play on the schedule with a 15-minute break after every two hours.
Day 1 attracted 213 entries and out of all those entries, 60 players have made it through to Day 2 already. Sahil Agarwal won the Kickoff earlier this week and is looking for another deep run as he bagged 232,000 in chips. He is followed by Zheng Shi and Lester Edoc who won the Super High Roller two days ago. Many more familiar names have already made it through to Day 2 so won’t be back today to try again in either starting flight.
But players like Ankit Ahuja, Martin Stausholm, Thai Le, Alan Lau, Edgar Kim, Ignatius Meng, Nang Quang Nguyen, and Minh Le might be back to see if another bullet in the Main Event will hit the right target this time. But there will also be loads more other players trying to survive today as a maximum of two bullets per flight can be used to advance to the next stage as players can reenter once per starting day.
The PokerNews live reporting team will mainly be focusing on the action in Day 1b and provide some general updates for Day 1c so keep reading the updates right here to see who else will make it through to Day 2 at the Okada Manila.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
The players have been welcomed to the tables and the dealers have been instructed to shuffle up and deal with the button in Seat 2.
Takahashi Takes First Pot
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
The board read 
with 1,100 in the middle already. Ryoji Takahashi checked his big blind and Liang Song bet 500 on the button which Takahashi called.
The river completed the board with the 
and both players quickly checked through it for Takahashi to claim the pot with 
for the turned straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,100 | |
|
29,000 |
Some Faces in the Field
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
One for Stochita
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Ionut Stochita raised to 300 from the button and Chan Woo Min defended his big blind.
The flop came 
, Min check-called the quick continuation-bet of 300 of Stochita.
The turn brought them the 
and Min checked again. Stochita bet 700 this time and that was enough for Min to fold to.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000 | |
|
29,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Lee Doubles Through Jin
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
First, the board read 
and Ge Jin bet 2,500 from the big blind and got called by Yuexin Wang on the button. Jin tabled 
for the flopped set of queens and the rivered full house for Wang to muck his hand.
The hand after, Wontae Lee limped in from the middle position and action folded to Jin in the small blind who made it 400. The big blind called and so did Lee.
The flop came 
, Jin continued with a bet of 600, the big blind folded and Lee raised to 2,000 which Jin called.
The turn brought them the , Jin slowed down and checked. Lee fired a bet of 8,000 over the line and Jin went along.
The river completed the board with the 
and Jin checked for the last time. Lee shoved for 10,400. Jin confirmed the amount, cut out calling chips, and then decided to call but flicked his cards into the muck when Lee tabled 
for the full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
42,100 | 42,100 |
|
|
9,500 | 9,500 |
|
|
8,000 | 8,000 |
Former Red Dragon Main Event Champion In
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Kenichi Takarabe won the Red Dragon Main Event back in 2010 when it was still part of the Macau Poker Cup for HK$ 617,700 ($79,297) and has taken his seat here in Manila.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |