₱110,000 Main Event
Day 3 Started
₱110,000 Main Event
Day 3 Started
The PokerStars Red Dragon Manila Main Event will resume at 1 p.m. local time today with Day 3. Out of the 669 entries, a mere 34 players will return to the Coral Lounge at the Okada Manila to fight for their share of the ₱64,244,070 ($1,256,428) prize pool. They are already guaranteed at least ₱308,000 ($6,024) but will all have their sights sets on reaching the final table first and then that amazing trophy which comes with a massive first-place prize of ₱13,815,070 ($270,183).
Starting the day way ahead of the rest is Jehun Hong with 1,910,000 in chips. He is followed by Yufei Hui with 1,140,000 and Piet Pape with 1,015,000 as the only other players to have bagged above 1,000,000. Shiyu Li (973,000), Florencio Campomanes (902,000), Fuk On Wong (895,000), Martin Satuasholm (855,000), Long Meng (855,000), Jiansheng Chen (812,000), and Xiejie Sun (806,000) make up the top ten in the chip counts.
Five different countries are represented by the top ten but there are players from eleven countries left. China has twelve players to do their bidding with the Philippines and South Korea following with six players each. Hong Kong has three players left in the top 34 players followed by Japan with two. Argentina, Australia, Denmark, Germany, and the United States all have one player to try and bring back to the trophy to their country.
When the players return to the tables, Level 21 will be started which features a small blind of 8,000, big blind of 16,000, and a big blind ante of 16,000. A 15-minute break will take place after every two levels and play will continue until the final table of nine players has been reached.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be there from the moment the first bag has been opened until the final nine players bag their chips so follow along with the updates right here to see who will be reaching the final table.
Day 3 Seat Draw
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Piet Pape | Germany | 1,015,000 | 63 |
1 | 2 | Zanzhang Wang | China | 232,000 | 15 |
1 | 3 | Long Meng | China | 855,000 | 53 |
1 | 4 | Jiansheng Chen | China | 812,000 | 51 |
1 | 5 | Daewoong Song | South Korea | 610,000 | 38 |
1 | 6 | Shiyu Li | China | 973,000 | 61 |
1 | 7 | Quan Zhou (CH) | China | 301,000 | 19 |
1 | 8 | Andres Korn | Argentina | 585,000 | 37 |
1 | 9 | Tao Chen | China | 782,000 | 49 |
2 | 1 | Yufei Hui | China | 1,140,000 | 71 |
2 | 2 | Alexis Lim | Philippines | 81,000 | 5 |
2 | 3 | Jeon Seung Soo | South Korea | 515,000 | 32 |
2 | 4 | Jehun Hong | South Korea | 1,910,000 | 119 |
2 | 5 | Zheng Shi | China | 174,000 | 11 |
2 | 7 | Euryd Rivera | Philippines | 404,000 | 25 |
2 | 8 | Jin Woo Kim | United States | 303,500 | 19 |
2 | 9 | Hiroaki Manabe | Japan | 367,000 | 23 |
3 | 1 | Anthony Abram | Australia | 282,000 | 18 |
3 | 2 | Zejin Shen | China | 442,000 | 28 |
3 | 3 | Fuk On Wong | Hong Kong | 895,000 | 56 |
3 | 5 | Kunwoo Kim | South Korea | 308,000 | 19 |
3 | 6 | Tetsuro Tomita | Japan | 246,000 | 15 |
3 | 7 | George Salud | Philippines | 513,000 | 32 |
3 | 8 | Alan Lau | Hong Kong | 779,000 | 49 |
3 | 9 | Dongkyoon Seo | South Korea | 362,000 | 23 |
4 | 1 | King Sing Lau | Hong Kong | 682,000 | 43 |
4 | 2 | Gerardo Lubas | Philippines | 288,000 | 18 |
4 | 3 | Florencio Campomanes | Philippines | 902,000 | 56 |
4 | 4 | Chunqing Wang | China | 102,000 | 6 |
4 | 5 | Sandro Bruni | Philippines | 377,000 | 24 |
4 | 6 | Xin Wang | China | 690,000 | 43 |
4 | 7 | Xijie Sun | China | 806,000 | 50 |
4 | 8 | Martin Stausholm | Denmark | 855,000 | 53 |
4 | 9 | Chulwoo Park | South Korea | 530,000 | 33 |
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
The dealers have been instructed to shuffle up and deal.
Alexis Lim and Chunqing Wang have already been eliminated in the first few minutes of the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexis Lim | Busted | |
Chunqing Wang | Busted |
Xin Wang raised to 35,000 from the button and Xijie Sun three-bet to 120,000 in the small blind. Martin Stausholm folded his big blind for Wang to shove for around 600,000 and Sun to snap-call.
Xin Wang:
Xiejie Sun:
The board ran out for Sun to hold with the sevens to eliminate Wang in 32nd place.
Over on the other table, Hiroaki Manabe was also eliminated shortly after.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Xijie Sun
|
1,500,000 | 694,000 |
Xin Wang | Busted | |
Hiroaki Manabe
|
Busted |
Zejin Shen (under-the-gun position) and Dongkyoon Seo (small blind) were heads-up and all-in with Seo at risk with the shorter stack.
Dongkyoon Seo:
Zejin Shen:
The board ran out for Shen to hold with the rockets to eliminate Seo in 30th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Zejin Shen | 700,000 | 258,000 |
Dongkyoon Seo | Busted |
The board read with around 200,000 in the middle already.
Jin Woo Kim check-called the 120,000 from Yufei Hui (button) from the cutoff.
The river completed the board with the , Kim checked for the last time and Hui shoved. Kim took a few seconds and then flicked in the chip for the call. Hui tabled for two pair, Kim held for the lower two pair to get eliminated in 29th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yufei Hui | 1,645,000 | 505,000 |
Jin Woo Kim | Busted |
Jeon Seung Soo was all-in from the cutoff for around 330,000 and called and covered by Zheng Shi in the small blind.
Jeon Seung Soo:
Zheng Shi:
The board ran out for Shi to hold with the aces to eliminate Soo.
The final 27 players will now be redrawn onto the final three tables. The seat draw is to follow.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Zheng Shi | 832,000 | 658,000 |
Jeon Seung Soo | Busted |
Table | Seat | Player | Country |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Piet Pape | Germany |
1 | 2 | Sandro Bruni | Philippines |
1 | 3 | Shiyu Li | China |
1 | 4 | Kunwoo Kim | South Korea |
1 | 5 | Jehun Hong | South Korea |
1 | 6 | King Sing Lau | Hong Kong |
1 | 7 | Andres Korn | Argentina |
1 | 8 | George Salud | Philippines |
1 | 9 | Martin Stausholm | Denmark |
2 | 1 | Xijie Sun | China |
2 | 2 | Long Meng | China |
2 | 3 | Tao Chen | China |
2 | 4 | Gerardo Lubas | Philippines |
2 | 5 | Zanzhang Wang | China |
2 | 6 | Zejin Shen | China |
2 | 7 | Alan Lau | Hong Kong |
2 | 8 | Daewoong Song | South Korea |
2 | 9 | Fuk On Wong | Hong Kong |
3 | 1 | Zheng Shi | China |
3 | 2 | Chulwoo Park | South Korea |
3 | 3 | Florencio Campomanes | Philippines |
3 | 4 | Anthony Abram | Australia |
3 | 5 | Yufei Hui | China |
3 | 6 | Tetsuro Tomita | Japan |
3 | 7 | Jiansheng Chen | China |
3 | 8 | Quan Zhou (CH) | China |
3 | 9 | Euryd Rivera | Philippines |