Level: 2
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
2020 PokerStars Red Dragon Manila
₱500,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Steele Gets a Fold
Level 2
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Daniel William raised to 2,500 from the button and Kirk Steele called in the small blind.
The flop came 
, Steele check-called the 4,500 continuation-bet of William.
The turn brought them the 
, Steele check-called another continuation-bet of William, this time for 7,500.
The river completed the board with the 
and Steele took over the initiative and led out for 20,000. William glanced at the board and Steele before opting to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
103,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
Obara Knocks Steele Out
Level 2
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Meng Li raised to 2,500 from under the gun and was called by Kirk Steele in the middle position. Jun Obara three-bet to 12,500 on the button for the blinds to fold. Li folded too but Steele shoved. Obara asked for a count and the dealer confirmed that Steele had 103,000 behind. Obara took some time and then made the call.
Kirk Steele: 
Jun Obara: 
The board ran out 
for Obara to hold with the jacks to send Steele back to the cashier to reenter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
358,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Two New Entries, One Reentry
Level 2
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Ieng Hou Choi and Phachara Wongwichit have just entered fresh to the field for a second table to get opened while Kirk Steele has reentered.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | |
|
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
250,000 |
Chan Joins In
Level 2
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Singapore's Darren Chan has entered the field too and has taken his seat on Table #1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 |
One Win, One Loss for Choi
Level 2
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Daniel William raised to 2,500 from the cutoff and Ieng Hou Choi three-bet to 9,000 in the small blind. Yufei Hui folded his big blind and William called. The flop came 
, Choi continued with a bet of 6,000 which William called. The turn brought them the 
, Choi now bet 16,000 and William called again. The river completed the board with the 
and Choi barreled a bet of 56,000 over the line. William folded.
The hand after, Choi bet 3,000 on the button and Jun Obara defended his big blind. They both checked through the 
flop to the on the turn. Obara bet 3,500 and that was enough for Choi to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
|
260,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
230,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Edoc and Yu Join Too
Level 3
: 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Ryan Yu and Lester Edoc have joined the field to bring the total number of entries up to 13.
Edoc finished as the runner up in the last Super High Roller which took place during the APPT Manila in July 2019 for ₱6,016,000 ($118,273).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | |
|
250,000 |
Kim Enters the Field
Level 3
: 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Edgar Kim has joined the field too to bring the total number of entries up to 14 with 13 players seated at the two tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 |
Hui Flops Jacks
Level 3
: 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Yufei Hui raised to 4,000 from the button and Jun Obara defended his big blind.
The flop came 
, Obara check-called the 3,000 continuation-bet of Hui.
The turn brought them the 
and this time Hui bet 9,000 which Obara check-called.
The 
completed the board on the river and Obara checked for the last time. Hui fired 15,000 into the pot and Obara snap-called but mucked when Hui tabled 
for the flopped pair of jacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
368,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
|
305,000
55,000
|
55,000 |