Main Event Day 1a | 2023 Poker Dream Manila

05-04-2023 20:36 UTC+9

Recent Eliminations on Day 1a

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Benigno Ledina	Busted
Shun Kawakami	Busted
Sriharsha Doddapaneni	Busted
John Costiniano	Busted
Kah Chun Ng	Busted
John Flores	Busted
William Ysmael	Busted
Chao Yan	Busted
Thijs Hilberts	Busted
Bryan Khoo	Busted

05-04-2023 20:30 UTC+9

Ewe Sends All Chips to Sze in Two Hands

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Chi Fu Sze called a river bet worth 11,000 on K♥9♦6♠4♠10♥ and was good with the 8♥6♥, as Eng Soon Ewe had bluffed with a busted draw.

Sze then limped from an early position and Ewe jammed for 26,400 on the button. Alexis Cruz in the big blind tank-folded, later claiming in table chat he had ace-queen., while Sze quickly called.

Eng Soon Ewe: 4♠4♥
Chi Fu Sze: 7♣7♥

The K♣J♥8♣Q♥9♣ runout kept the superior pair ahead as Ewe headed to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wooseok Kim	125,000 35,000	35,000
Chi Fu Sze	105,000 55,000	55,000
Alexis Cruz	95,000 35,000	35,000
Alan Tsang	30,000 8,000	8,000
Gary Thompson	28,000 2,000	2,000
Eng Soon Ewe	Busted

Tags: Alexis Cruz Chi Fu Sze Eng Soon Ewe

05-04-2023 20:23 UTC+9

Roller Coaster Exit for Stochita

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Chi Fu Sze and Ionut Stochita got their chips in right in front of the live stream feature table and there were plenty of emotions involved as all players on the table reacted to the roller coaster runout.

Ionut Stochita: K♠Q♥
Chi Fu Sze: A♠10♣

Sze retained the lead on the A♣K♣9♠, Stochita improved with the K♦ turn only for the A♥ river to restore the preflop order.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chi Fu Sze	50,000 25,000	25,000
Ionut Stochita	Busted

Tags: Chi Fu Sze Ionut Stochita

05-04-2023 20:21 UTC+9

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Tabucal	160,000 35,000	35,000
Wai Keong Yong	110,000 10,000	10,000

Alessandro Taranto	90,000 90,000	90,000
Wooseok Kim	90,000 10,000	10,000
Won Jae Lee	85,000 20,000	20,000

Chuck Choi	85,000 85,000	85,000
Jose Drilon	80,000 50,000	50,000
Kanishka Samant	75,000
Eng Siang Ewe	65,000 65,000	65,000
Marcuss Liow	46,000 4,000	4,000
Valeriy Pak	45,000 15,000	15,000
Artem Utevskii	45,000 27,000	27,000
Jose Colada	35,000 5,000	5,000
Florencio Campomanes	32,000 7,000	7,000
Gary Thompson	30,000 3,000	3,000

05-04-2023 20:13 UTC+9

Nguyen Doubles Through Clarke

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Andrew Nguyen raised to 2,500 from under the gun and received one caller in the cutoff. Patrick Clarke then pushed out of the big blind for Nguyen to call all-in for 17,200, forcing out the cutoff.

Andrew Nguyen: A♣K♣
Patrick Clarke: 8♦8♥

The classic flip ran out in favour of Nguyen thanks to a A♥6♣3♦10♣6♥ board, as Clarke's stack was cut in half.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Nguyen	39,000 3,000	3,000

Patrick Clarke	18,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Andrew Nguyen Patrick Clarke

05-04-2023 20:09 UTC+9

Fontan Castrillon Out and Back In

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Oi Xia raised to 2,500 and Won Jae Lee flat-called. Paul Fontan Castrillon then pushed all-in and Xia did so as well, forcing out Lee.

Paul Fontan Castrillon: A♣9♣
Oi Xia: A♦K♠

The 9♠8♥4♠7♠8♠ board restored the preflop order as Xia rivered a flush to knock out the Spaniard, who re-entered shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oi Xia	70,000 34,000	34,000
Won Jae Lee	65,000 1,000	1,000

Paul Fontan Castrillon	30,000

Tags: Oi Xia Paul Fontan Castrillon Won Jae Lee

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

05-04-2023 20:01 UTC+9

Dinh Soars to a Big Stack; Lim Survives

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

"Okay, Okay," Tien Thanh Dinh joked as he won a massive side pot in a three-way all-in over on table two. He was involved in the action with the Q♦Q♥ and narrowly missed out on it all as Gai Lax Lim tripled up with the 8♣8♠.

The J♦6♠2♠8♦3♠ board had also seen Kok Weng Beh involved, who lost a big portion of his stack with ace-jack for top pair and top kicker.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tien Thanh Dinh	175,000 145,000	145,000
Kok Weng Beh	60,000 70,000	70,000
Gai Lax Lim	40,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Dinh Soars Kok Weng Beh Tien Thanh Dinh

05-04-2023 19:57 UTC+9

McAllister Eliminated by Rivera

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Joshua Chun raised to 2,200 and Ryan McAllister then jammed for around 21,000 in the cutoff. Marc Rivera went all-in over the top on the button for little more and Chun folded.

Ryan McAllister: 3♣3♦
Marc Rivera: Q♠Q♣

The underpair found no help on the K♠J♥5♥4♦8♦ board to knock out McAllister.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Chun	95,000 30,000	30,000
Marc Rivera	50,000 20,000	20,000
Ryan McAllister	Busted

Tags: Joshua Chun Marc Rivera Ryan McAllister

05-04-2023 19:52 UTC+9

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kok Weng Beh	155,000 25,000	25,000
Ivan Tabucal	125,000 10,000	10,000
Tien Thanh Dinh	100,000 70,000	70,000
Min Hwa Kim	45,000 10,000	10,000
Devan Tang	40,000 10,000	10,000
Enrico de Rosa	35,000 20,000	20,000
Florencio Campomanes	25,000 5,000	5,000
Sriharsha Doddapaneni	16,000 14,000	14,000
Shuta Nakane	15,000 15,000	15,000
Thijs Hilberts	14,000 21,000	21,000
Andrej Nagy	Busted
Saudino Macavinta	Busted