₱500,000 Super High Roller Day 1 | 2020 PokerStars Red Dragon Manila

01-04-2020 20:30 UTC+8

Four More Players Enter

Shirley Ang

Level 5 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Mike Takayama is one of the most well-known Filipino players walking around and has just taken his seat. Takayama is also known for winning a Platinum Pass for the 2019 PSPC when he won the Main Event during the Manila Super Series in February 2018.

Another Platinum Pass is up for grabs here in Manila this year but only for the online qualifiers in the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Takayama	250,000

Yake Wu	250,000
John Tech	250,000
Nang Quang Nguyen	250,000

Tags: Mike Takayama

01-04-2020 20:42 UTC+8

One In, One Out

Shirley Ang

Level 5 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Thai Le from Singapore has just taken his seat on Table #2 while Ieng Hou Choi has just been eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thai Le	250,000
Ieng Hou Choi	Busted

Tags: Ieng Hou Choi Thai Le

01-04-2020 20:49 UTC+8

Li Adds More Chips to Her Stack

Shirley Ang

Level 5 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Yake Wu raised to 5,500 from under the gun and Xiao Ling Li was the only one to make the call in the cutoff.

The flop came , Wu checked and Li bet 6,000. Wu took a few seconds but opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiao Ling Li	497,000 247,000	247,000
Jun Obara	415,000 47,000	47,000
Lester Edoc	394,000 144,000	144,000
Phachara Wongwichit	200,000 -50,000	-50,000
Yake Wu	175,000 -75,000	-75,000
Daniel William	140,000 -90,000	-90,000

Tags: Xiao Ling Li Yake Wu

01-04-2020 21:04 UTC+8

Gu Tank-Raises

Shirley Ang

Level 5 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Huidong Gu raised to 6,000 from under the gun and was called by Lei Yu in the middle position, Darren Chan in the hijack, Nang Quang Nguyen on the button, and Meng Li in the big blind.

The flop came , Li checked and Gu continued with a bet of 18,000. Yu responded with a raise to 46,00 for action to fold back to Gu. Gu used a time bank and then three-bet to 130,000 for Yu to fold to.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lei Yu	367,000 88,000	88,000
Nang Quang Nguyen	350,000 100,000	100,000
Huidong Gu	338,000 88,000	88,000
Meng Li	330,000 80,000	80,000
Darren Chan	291,000 41,000	41,000
Weihao Ma	245,000 -185,000	-185,000
Mike Takayama	206,000 -44,000	-44,000

Tags: Huidong Gu Lei Yu Darren Chan Nang Quang Nguyen Meng Li

01-04-2020 21:10 UTC+8

Edoc Takes Out Wu

Shirley Ang

Level 5 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Yake Wu raised to 6,000 from the middle position and Thai Le three-bet to 19,000 in the hijack. Action folded to Lester Edoc in the big blind who four-bet to 65,000. Wu responded with a shove for Le to quickly get out of the way. Edoc asked for a count and the dealer confirmed Wu had 273,000 behind. Edoc contemplated his options for a bit before sighing and making the call.

Yake Wu:
Lester Edoc:

The board ran out for Edoc to hold with the pocket pair for two pair to bust Wu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lester Edoc	682,000 288,000	288,000
Thai Le	220,000 -30,000	-30,000
Yake Wu	Busted

Tags: Lester Edoc Thai Le Yake Wu

Level: 6

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

01-04-2020 21:19 UTC+8

Another New Player

Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Minh Le has entered the field and taken his seat on Table #3 between Yilu Yuan and John Tech.

Player	Chips	Progress
Minh Le	250,000

Tags: John Tech Yilu Yuan Minh Le

01-04-2020 21:33 UTC+8

Yu Leaves Ma Short

Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The board read with almost 200,000 in the middle.

Weihao Ma bet 100,000 in the small blind and Huidong Gu quickly folded his hijack while Lei Yu shoved from the cutoff. Ma asked for a count and the dealer confirmed it was 102,000 more as Yu had 202,000 behind. Ma took a few seconds and then made the call but mucked when Yu tabled for the flopped nut-flush.

The hand after, Darren Chan had raised from the cutoff and Ma was all-in on the button for 3,000. Mike Takayama called the raise of Chan.

They both checked through the flop and the on the turn to the on the river. Takayama bet 10,000 for Chan to fold. Takayama had for the missed flush draw and Ma quickly sat back down as he held for the turned straight to stay alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lei Yu	600,000 233,000	233,000
Huidong Gu	284,000 -54,000	-54,000
Darren Chan	250,000 -41,000	-41,000
Mike Takayama	210,000 4,000	4,000

Weihao Ma	13,500 -231,500	-231,500

Tags: Darren Chan Huidong Gu Lei Yu Mike Takayama Weihao Ma

01-04-2020 21:41 UTC+8

Two More Entries

Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Yake Wu has reentered while Florencio Campomanes is new to the field to bring the total number of entries up to 27.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florencio Campomanes	250,000

Yake Wu	250,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Florencio Campomanes Yake Wu

01-04-2020 21:47 UTC+8

Wongwichit Doubles Through Edoc

Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Phachara Wongwichit closed 2019 as the number one on the Thailand all-time money list raised to 6,500 from under the gun and was called by Daniel William and Lester Edoc in the blinds.

The flop came both William and Edoc checked. Wongwichit continued with a bet of 11,000 which only Edoc called.

The turn brought them the , Edoc checked and Wongwichit bet 58,000. Edoc took some time and then decided to shove with the bigger stack. Wongwichit snap-called for the 185,000 he had behind with the for the pair of queens. Edoc held for the same pair of queens with the lower kicker.