Main Event Day 1a | 2023 Poker Dream Manila

05-04-2023 17:02 UTC+9

Player	Chips	Progress
Thijs Hilberts	52,000 25,400	25,400
Kok Weng Beh	52,000 3,000	3,000
Ivan Tabucal	35,000 2,000	2,000
Patrick Clarke	21,000 7,000	7,000
Min Hwa Kim	20,000 10,000	10,000
Stephen Nathan	Busted

Mondalo Scores a Big Double

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Bonifacio Mondalo reraised to 3,500 on the button only for Hao Cheng to then make it 8,800 to go. Any other opponents got out of the way while Mondalo called. Cheng's continuation bet on the Q♦J♣6♥ flop for 6,500 resulted in a call and Cheng then pushed all-in after the 2♥ turn.

Mondalo tanked for more than a minute and called it off for the 25,400 he had behind.

Bonifacio Mondalo: 10♦6♦
Hao Cheng: K♣K♠

The 10♥ on the river let several players gasp in shock as Mondalo pulled a rabbit out of the hat with a miracle double, while Cheng was left crushed in his chair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bonifacio Mondalo	85,000 24,000	24,000
Hao Cheng	17,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Bonifacio Mondalo Hao Cheng

05-04-2023 16:54 UTC+9

Utevskii Takes Two Hits

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Seungsoo Jeon and Oi Xia earned pots against Artem Utevskii to see the latter drop below the starting stack. Xia's chip up came in small blind defend versus button raise and he check-called twice on the A♣Q♣Q♠ flop and 5♥ turn, the latter of which was for 2,500.

Xia then bet the 3♣ river for 7,200 and Utevskii folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seungsoo Jeon	40,000 40,000	40,000
Oi Xia	36,000 6,000	6,000
Artem Utevskii	18,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Artem Utevskii Oi Xia Seungsoo Jeon

05-04-2023 16:46 UTC+9

Recent Additions to the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcuss Liow	30,000
Lloyd Locsin	30,000
Tien Thanh Dinh	30,000
Ngoc Anh Cao	30,000
Richard Nakila	30,000
Ryan Hong	30,000
John Costiniano	30,000
Wai Keong Yong	30,000

05-04-2023 16:42 UTC+9

Pak Jams Up Stack and Shows a Set

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With some 15,000 in the middle to the Q♠10♦2♣ flop, it checked to Konstantinos Misailidis and he bet 5,000. One opponent called from two seats over before Valeriy Pak jammed all-in. Misailidis quickly folded and the third player in the hand came to the same conclusion.

Before Pak raked in the pot, he flashed the 10♣10♠ for a set of tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Valeriy Pak	55,000 55,000	55,000
Konstantinos Misailidis	23,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Konstantinos Misailidis Valeriy Pak

05-04-2023 16:40 UTC+9

Assorted Pictures Early on Day 1a

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Christian Zetzsche

05-04-2023 16:33 UTC+9

Bratberg From Hero to Zero

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Prior to the first break of the day, Stephen Nathan had bluffed a 7♦4♠3♦9♠8♥ river with the A♠5♣ but was called by Terje Bratberg with the 10♥10♦ to see the latter win the pot.

Both were involved in the action just now also as well when Hal Rotholz bet the 9♣7♥3♥ flop for 1,400. Nathan called on the button and Bratberg then check-raised to 4,500 in the small blind. Rotholz reraised to 16,600 for Stephen to fold and Bratberg's shove was called.

Hal Rotholz: A♥9♥
Terje Bratberg: 9♠7♦

The Q♥ turn gave Rotholz the nut flush and the A♦ river secured his double for 28,600. Bratberg was left with fumes and bowed out shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hal Rotholz	61,000 31,000	31,000
Stephen Nathan	9,000 9,000	9,000
Terje Bratberg	Busted

Tags: Hal Rotholz Terje Bratberg Stephen Nathan

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

05-04-2023 16:13 UTC+9

First Break of the Day

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

There are 69 players out of 73 entries remaining and they have been sent on the first scheduled 15-minute break of the day.

05-04-2023 16:12 UTC+9

Nagy Recovers Some Chips

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

With some 5,200 in the middle in a three-bet pot to the J♦6♦2♠ flop, Benigno Ledina checked and then called a bet worth 2,000 by Andrej Nagy. The 4♥ fell on the turn and Ledina checked once more. Nagy now bet 4,500 and that eventually won the pot without any further resistance.