Main Event Day 1a | 2023 Poker Dream Manila

05-04-2023 16:46 UTC+9

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

Utevskii Takes Two Hits

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 16:57 UTC+9

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 17:02 UTC+9

A Few Assorted Counts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

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

05-04-2023 17:07 UTC+9

Condez Earns a Knockout

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

On a heads-up flop of J♣10♥7♦, Emil Condez instantly called the shove of a shorter stack from South Korea. He was miles ahead with K♠K♣ versus K♦J♠ and that remained to be the case on the Q♥ turn and 2♣ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emil Condez	41,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Emil Condez

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

05-04-2023 17:16 UTC+9

Day 1a Approaching 100 Entries

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Jose Colada has become the 100th entry for the day but not all players have shown up yet to take a seat, as 84 players out of 95 entries are in contention. Thanh Ha Duong was among those to bow out while Gyeong Tae Yoo avoided the same feat.

Yoo three-bet jammed for 9,500 with 9♠9♦ and flipped against an opponent holding the A♥K♣. The pair remained ahead on the 7♦5♦5♠10♥10♦ runout to keep the South Korean in the mix.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Colada	30,000 30,000	30,000
Yin Liu	30,000 30,000	30,000
Gyeong Tae Yoo	22,000 22,000	22,000
Thanh Ha Duong	Busted

Tags: Gyeong Tae Yoo Jose Colada Thanh Ha Duong

05-04-2023 17:24 UTC+9

Yu Busts Two With a Suited Five-Gapper

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Winfred Yu raised to 1,100 and Enrico de Rosa three-bet all-in for the 2,100 he had left. Dieu Phuong Linh Nguyen then reraised to 4,000 and Yu called, inquiring how many players from Vietnam had Nguyen on this trip. "I will buy percentage on the next bullet ... donation," Yu joked in table chat.

The board fell 6♠3♣2♥ and Nguyen continued for 5,000. "You can fold now," she said but Yu called. On the 5♠ turn, Nguyen pushed all-in and Yu called with the slightly superior stack.

Enrico de Rosa: J♣J♠
Dieu Phuong Linh Nguyen: Q♥Q♦
Winfred Yu: 9♣4♣

The 3♠ river brought no chip as the suited cards of Yu knocked out two opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Winfred Yu	61,000 61,000	61,000
Linh Nguyen Dieu Phuong	Busted
Enrico de Rosa	Busted

Tags: Dieu Phuong Linh Nguyen Enrico de Rosa Winfred Yu

05-04-2023 17:32 UTC+9

Recent Eliminations on Day 1a

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

There are 84 players out of 103 entries remaining more than half-way through level five. Konstantinos Misailidis was among those to depart but already re-entered for the second attempt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantinos Misailidis	30,000 7,000	7,000
Edgar Asehan	Busted
Cheong Yew Lee	Busted
Ryan Platon	Busted
Tien Thanh Dinh	Busted
Hui Shen Mok	Busted
Ryan Hong	Busted
Youngsoo Yang	Busted

Tags: Konstantinos Misailidis

05-04-2023 17:39 UTC+9

Magnotti Loses a Bunch to Cruz

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Joseph Magnotti defended his big blind against a raise by Alexis Cruz and then check-called for 1,500 on the 9♣9♦4♠ flop. On the 6♣ turn, Magnotti check-called for another 4,000 and checked the 2♠ river. Cruz fired a bet of 16,000 to get snap-called and turned over the 9♠8♦ for trips nines.

Magnotti shook his head as he exposed the 9♥3♥ for the inferior kicker and lost a bigger portion of his stack.

Cruz leaped to two times the starting stack, which is only beaten by the large stack of Wai Keong Yong next to Magnotti.