There have already been four eliminations early on and one of them was Yuan Xiang Cheong. "Sorry man," Edwin Dela Cruz apologised after he had just sucked out with the 10♣10♠, which rivered a set on the A♦Q♥4♠2♦10♥ board.
Ruderico Cruz had two players at risk including Shuta Nakane and Ngoc Anh Cao, which led to the following all-in showdown.
Ngoc Anh Cao: A♠J♦
Shuta Nakane: Q♣Q♥
Ruderico Cruz: A♥K♦
Nakane had the best hand but ended up third-best on a board of A♣6♦4♦10♦J♠ as Cao spiked two pair on the river for a triple-up.
Cezar Quiambao raised to 30,000 with as many chips behind and then called all-in when Benigno Ledina pushed all-in with the covering stack.
Cezar Quiambao: A♥K♣
Benigno Ledina: K♥K♦
The board ran out A♦K♠2♠4♣A♣ and Quiambao spiked the superior full house on the river.
"That's so sick man," Anton Del Rosario chimed in from the next seat as several players snapped pictures of the outcome.
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
The conclusion of the 2023 Poker Dream Manila live poker series in the Grand Wing Casino at Newport City in Metro Manila awaits as two days remain to crown winners in all tournaments. All eyes are set on Day 2 of the 2023 Poker Dream Manila PHP66,000 Main Event, which will see 76 players out of 499 entries return to their seats in the grand ballroom.
They have all locked up a portion of the PHP 28,751,382 ($519,578) prize pool after surviving their respective starting flight and will walk away with at least PHP105,000 ($1,897) for their efforts. The penultimate day will play down to the nine-handed final table, which guarantees a payday of at least PHP499,000 ($9,016).
Leading the way is Day 1b chip leader Ryan McAllister with 777,000, good enough for 130 big blinds when the action resumes at 1pm local time. Won Jae Lee sits in second place with 622,000 and is the only other player with more than half a million in chips at their disposal.
Some of the Philippines' most well-known poker players can be found in the overnight top ten including Terry Gonzaga (483,000) and David Erquiaga (416,000), the latter of which has won several live poker events in the Asia-Pacific region in the last few years.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Counts | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan McAllister | United States | 777,000 | 130 |
| 2 | Won Jae Lee | South Korea | 622,000 | 104 |
| 3 | Terry Gonzaga | Philippines | 483,000 | 81 |
| 4 | Nicola Montalbano | Italy | 454,000 | 76 |
| 5 | Anthony Tacda | Philippines | 423,000 | 71 |
| 6 | Wai Keong Yong | South Korea | 421,000 | 70 |
| 7 | David Erquiaga | Philippines | 416,000 | 69 |
| 8 | Minseong Cho | South Korea | 398,000 | 66 |
| 9 | Byungwook Ahn | South Korea | 377,000 | 63 |
| 10 | Alessandro Taranto | Italy | 368,000 | 61 |
Notables returning with an above average stack include Andrej Nagy, Jason Magbanua, Henrik Tollefsen, Emmanuel Segismundo, Jinlong Hu, and Sriharsha Doddapaneni.
With an average of just under 33 big blinds, the early action is expected to be very fast-paced as numerous short stacks will aim to build a profit. For Day 2, the level duration increases to 50 minutes each with a break every two levels.
Once the field is down to the final 24 players, there will be a redraw and the penultimate tournament day concludes as soon as the final nine players have been reached. Right from the start, the cards-up coverage with commentary on a delay of 30 minutes will also be available on the Poker Dream Facebook page.
Stay tuned to find out who gets one step closer to becoming the fourth-ever Poker Dream Main Event champion in one of the up and coming new live poker series of the Asia-Pacific region.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Gary Thompson | Ireland | 176,000 | 29 |
| 1 | 2 | Jose Drilon | Philippines | 100,000 | 17 |
| 1 | 3 | Moses Saquing | Philippines | 48,000 | 8 |
| 1 | 4 | Lloyd Locsin | Philippines | 145,000 | 24 |
| 1 | 5 | Valeriy Pak | Belarus | 83,000 | 14 |
| 1 | 6 | Rasid Paitao | Philippines | 55,000 | 9 |
| 1 | 7 | Lijun Zhang | China | 281,000 | 47 |
| 1 | 8 | Gai Lax Lim | Malaysia | 101,000 | 17 |
| 2 | 1 | Jason Ong | Philippines | 164,000 | 27 |
| 2 | 2 | Joven Huerto | Philippines | 120,000 | 20 |
| 2 | 3 | Richard Sheils | United Kingdom | 226,000 | 38 |
| 2 | 4 | Wee Shen Tay | Malaysia | 278,000 | 46 |
| 2 | 5 | Terry Gonzaga | Philippines | 483,000 | 81 |
| 2 | 7 | Harun Mzb | Brunei | 119,000 | 20 |
| 2 | 8 | Hao Lin | China | 114,000 | 19 |
| 3 | 1 | Alan Tsang | Hong Kong | 136,000 | 23 |
| 3 | 2 | Darren Yu | United States | 110,000 | 18 |
| 3 | 3 | Junho Kim | South Korea | 266,000 | 44 |
| 3 | 4 | Stephen Nathan | United Kingdom | 41,000 | 7 |
| 3 | 6 | Youngsoo Yang | South Korea | 103,000 | 17 |
| 3 | 7 | Bonifacio Mondalo | Philippines | 186,000 | 31 |
| 3 | 8 | Jinlong Hu | China | 202,000 | 34 |
| 4 | 1 | Bryan Khoo | Singapore | 106,000 | 18 |
| 4 | 2 | Wooseok Kim | South Korea | 251,000 | 42 |
| 4 | 3 | Henrik Tollefsen | Norway | 202,000 | 34 |
| 4 | 4 | Richard Tolentino | Philippines | 106,000 | 18 |
| 4 | 6 | Ryan McAllister | United States | 777,000 | 130 |
| 4 | 7 | Chris Chen Yu | Hong Kong | 58,000 | 10 |
| 4 | 8 | Ikseok Kang | South Korea | 152,000 | 25 |
| 5 | 1 | Yuan Xiang Cheong | Malaysia | 122,000 | 20 |
| 5 | 2 | Byungwook Ahn | South Korea | 377,000 | 63 |
| 5 | 3 | Edwin Dela Cruz | Philippines | 223,000 | 37 |
| 5 | 5 | Wai Loon Ng | Malaysia | 271,000 | 45 |
| 5 | 6 | Emmanuel Segismundo | Philippines | 202,000 | 34 |
| 5 | 7 | Chee Chong How | Malaysia | 161,000 | 27 |
| 5 | 8 | Tor Welo | Norway | 187,000 | 31 |
| 6 | 1 | Junnie Pamplona | Philippines | 115,000 | 19 |
| 6 | 2 | Ruderico Cruz | Philippines | 130,000 | 22 |
| 6 | 3 | Ngoc Anh Cao | Vietnam | 57,000 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | Yin Liu | China | 103,000 | 17 |
| 6 | 5 | Alessandro Taranto | Italy | 368,000 | 61 |
| 6 | 6 | Jhon Hendri | Singapore | 118,000 | 20 |
| 6 | 7 | Sriharsha Doddapaneni | India | 195,000 | 33 |
| 6 | 8 | Shuta Nakane | Japan | 78,000 | 13 |
| 7 | 1 | Ginbert de Villa | Philippines | 87,000 | 15 |
| 7 | 2 | Linh Ran Nguyen | Vietnam | 76,000 | 13 |
| 7 | 3 | Tom Radbone | Australia | 195,000 | 33 |
| 7 | 4 | Hui Shen Mok | Brunei | 207,000 | 35 |
| 7 | 5 | Dinh Manh Hung | Vietnam | 300,000 | 50 |
| 7 | 6 | Czar Ian Marcos | Philippines | 223,000 | 37 |
| 7 | 7 | Artem Utevskii | Russia | 155,000 | 26 |
| 7 | 8 | Minseong Cho | South Korea | 398,000 | 66 |
| 8 | 1 | Anton Del Rosario | United States | 233,000 | 39 |
| 8 | 2 | Cezar Quiambao | Philippines | 60,000 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | Jason Magbanua | Philippines | 257,000 | 43 |
| 8 | 4 | Suya Lee | South Korea | 238,000 | 40 |
| 8 | 5 | Jose Cheung | Philippines | 65,000 | 11 |
| 8 | 6 | David Erquiaga | Philippines | 416,000 | 69 |
| 8 | 7 | Kanishka Samant | India | 84,000 | 14 |
| 8 | 8 | Benigno Ledina | Philippines | 123,000 | 21 |
| 9 | 1 | Nicola Montalbano | Italy | 454,000 | 76 |
| 9 | 2 | Ahmed Ibrahim | Morocco | 96,000 | 16 |
| 9 | 3 | Wai Keong Yong | Malaysia | 421,000 | 70 |
| 9 | 4 | Terrence Dizon | Philippines | 336,000 | 56 |
| 9 | 5 | Anthony Tacda | Philippines | 423,000 | 71 |
| 9 | 6 | Ricardo Torres | Philippines | 350,000 | 58 |
| 9 | 7 | Po Hsiun Liao | Taiwan | 68,000 | 11 |
| 9 | 8 | William Teoh | Malaysia | 112,000 | 19 |
| 10 | 1 | Jeffrey Calonge | Philippines | 91,000 | 15 |
| 10 | 2 | John Perez Bell | Philippines | 140,000 | 23 |
| 10 | 3 | Hal Rotholz | United States | 282,000 | 47 |
| 10 | 3 | Kok Weng Beh | Malaysia | 110,000 | 18 |
| 10 | 4 | Maurillo Balauitan | Philippines | 126,000 | 21 |
| 10 | 5 | Won Jae Lee | South Korea | 622,000 | 104 |
| 10 | 6 | Ronn Mesina | Philippines | 66,000 | 11 |
| 10 | 7 | Andrej Nagy | Slovakia | 278,000 | 46 |
Main Event
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