Main Event Day 1a | 2023 Poker Dream Manila

05-04-2023 20:21 UTC+9

Assorted Counts in the Field

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 20:23 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 20:30 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 20:36 UTC+9

Recent Eliminations on Day 1a

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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 20:38 UTC+9

Beh Busto Before the Break

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Christian Zetzsche

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

The stack of Kok Weng Beh had taken another major hit as Eng Siang Ewe emerged as a new big stack over on table two. Beh then couldn't beat the A♠J♣ of Gai Lax Lim either, as Lim made trips on the A♥A♣2♥4♠7♦ runout.

Former big stack Beh, who held nearly three times the average earlier on, disappeared a few minutes prior to the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eng Siang Ewe	160,000 95,000	95,000
Gai Lax Lim	65,000 25,000	25,000
Kok Weng Beh	Busted

Tags: Eng Siang Ewe Kok Weng Beh Gai Lax Lim

05-04-2023 20:44 UTC+9

Dinner Break on Day 1a

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Christian Zetzsche

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

According to the tournament info screens, there are 71 players out of 136 entries remaining and they have been sent on a scheduled 50-minute dinner break. Action resumes at approximately 8.33 pm local time and that's when the late registration closes, which then determines how many players will advance.

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

05-04-2023 21:38 UTC+9

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Tabucal	155,000 5,000	5,000
Yicun Ma	140,000 60,000	60,000
Eng Siang Ewe	140,000 20,000	20,000
Tien Thanh Dinh	135,000 40,000	40,000
Harun Mzb	130,000 98,000	98,000
Hal Rotholz	115,000 45,000	45,000

Suya Lee	100,000 5,000	5,000
Ricardo Torres	90,000 90,000	90,000
Marc Rivera	90,000 40,000	40,000
Gai Lax Lim	65,000
Andrew Nguyen	50,000 11,000	11,000

Marcuss Liow	45,000 1,000	1,000
Lijun Zhang	45,000 45,000	45,000
William Teoh	40,000 12,000	12,000

Jhon Hendri	37,000 37,000	37,000
Florencio Campomanes	35,000 3,000	3,000
Patrick Clarke	22,000 4,000	4,000
Enrico de Rosa	14,000 21,000	21,000

05-04-2023 21:39 UTC+9

Late Registration for Day 1a Closed

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

A total of 141 entries have been generated on Day 1a and 75 players remain as the late registration period has now officially concluded. Only 22 players will advance and that makes for a long night ahead of all those who wish to earn a portion of the prize pool.

05-04-2023 21:43 UTC+9

Assorted Pictures From the Day 1a Field

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Christian Zetzsche