Main Event Day 2 | 2023 Poker Dream Manila

05-06-2023 19:01 UTC+9

Equiaga Chips Up; Beh Leaves Doddapaneni on Fumes

Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Wee Shen Tay bet the 10♣8♥4♥9♥2♣ river for 60,000 out of the big blind. David Erquiaga raised to 210,000 out of the cutoff and Tay reluctantly folded.

On the other outer table, Kok Weng Beh tangled with Sriharsha Doddapaneni and bet the J♦10♠8♦A♥Q♦ river. Doddapaneni jammed with the covering stack and Beh called for 430,000 with the 6♦4♦ for a flush. Doddapaneni only tabled the Q♣10♦ and stumbled to a mere five blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kok Weng Beh	1,000,000 500,000	500,000
David Erquiaga	925,000 275,000	275,000

Wee Shen Tay	470,000 450,000	450,000
Sriharsha Doddapaneni	110,000 540,000	540,000

Tags: David Erquiaga Kok Weng Beh Sriharsha Doddapaneni Wee Shen Tay

05-06-2023 19:03 UTC+9

Terrence Dizon Eliminated in 23rd Place (PHP214000/$3,866)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Over on the feature table, Terrence Dizon defended the big blind with the 4♠2♠ against a raise by Edwin Dela Cruz. He check-raised on the 5♥3♠3♦ flop and got it in for 275,000 on the 2♦ turn for the 275,000 he had behind.

The pair and straight draw had several outs against Dela Cruz with the K♥K♦ for the overpair.

However, the Q♦ river was not among them and that spelled the end for Dizon in 23rd place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edwin Dela Cruz	1,600,000 500,000	500,000

Terrence Dizon	Busted

Tags: Edwin Dela Cruz Terrence Dizon

05-06-2023 19:09 UTC+9

Sriharsha Doddapaneni Eliminated in 22nd Place (PHP214,000/$3,866)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Shortly after losing almost his entire stack, Sriharsha Doddapaneni pushed for 110,000 and earned a call from Valeriy Pak.

Sriharsha Doddapaneni: 3♦3♥
Valeriy Pak: A♠2♦

The end for the poker pro from India was a cruel one as his pocket pair was counterfeited on the K♥10♣5♦10♠K♣ runout, as he had to settle for 22nd place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Valeriy Pak	775,000 125,000	125,000
Sriharsha Doddapaneni	Busted

Tags: Sriharsha Doddapaneni Valeriy Pak

05-06-2023 19:16 UTC+9

Small Pot Between the Norwegians

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Henrik Tollefsen had been moving tables a lot but his stack dropped slightly.

Back on the feature table, he raised to 40,000 with the Q♠10♠ and Tor Welo defended the J♦2♦ from the big blind. The A♠Q♦4♠ flop was checked by Welo and he folded to a bet of 40,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tor Welo	665,000 165,000	165,000
Henrik Tollefsen	640,000 220,000	220,000

Tags: Henrik Tollefsen Tor Welo

05-06-2023 19:20 UTC+9

Segismundo Recovers Some Chips

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Over on table three, Won Jae Lee remained the chip leader by some margin while especially Joven Huerto chipped up without a showdown. Wee Shen Tay bet-folded twice to aggression as he dropped below 20 big blinds.

In the latest hand, David Erquiaga on the button made it 85,000 to go on a Q♣J♥2♣ flop. Emmanuel Segismundo in the hijack check-raised to 220,000 and Erquiaga folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Won Jae Lee	1,350,000 80,000	80,000

Czar Ian Marcos	1,050,000 200,000	200,000
David Erquiaga	750,000 175,000	175,000

Emmanuel Segismundo	675,000 75,000	75,000
Joven Huerto	650,000 490,000	490,000
Terry Gonzaga	400,000 130,000	130,000
Wee Shen Tay	320,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: David Erquiaga Emmanuel Segismundo Joven Huerto Wee Shen Tay Won Jae Lee

05-06-2023 19:25 UTC+9

Nathan Scores a Double; Erquiaga Chips Back Up

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

David Erquiaga struck back against Emmanuel Segismundo when he raised a river bet worth 135,000 by his opponent on a J♥9♣2♣Q♣6♣ board. Erquiaga made it 310,000 to go and Segismundo folded after a long tank.

During that tank, Darren Yu jammed out of the small blind and Stephen Nathan called all-in out of the big blind.

Stephen Nathan: 4♥4♣
Darren Yu: 7♥6♦

Yu was happy he had a flip but Nathan made quads on the K♦10♥5♦4♦4♠ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Erquiaga	1,050,000 300,000	300,000

Emmanuel Segismundo	410,000 265,000	265,000
Stephen Nathan	300,000 20,000	20,000
Darren Yu	90,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Darren Yu David Erquiaga Emmanuel Segismundo Stephen Nathan

05-06-2023 19:31 UTC+9

Nathan Hits Another Double-Up

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Kok Weng Beh raised to 40,000 from under the gun and Stephen Nathan three-bet jammed for 300,000 on the button. William Teoh asked for a count out of the small blind but folded while Beh called.

Stephen Nathan: A♥Q♥
Kok Weng Beh: A♣Q♦

Beh had two flush draws but Nathan hit gin with the 7♥6♥2♥ flop, making the 7♠ turn and 4♥ river a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kok Weng Beh	680,000 320,000	320,000
Stephen Nathan	645,000 345,000	345,000

Tags: Kok Weng Beh Stephen Nathan William Teoh

05-06-2023 19:32 UTC+9

Dinner Break With 21 Players Remaining

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The live stream will be running for another 30 minutes but all 21 contestants are already on a scheduled 50-minute dinner break until approximately 7.22 pm local time.

Once play resumes, all PokerNews updates will continue in real time until the final two table redraw.

05-06-2023 20:00 UTC+9

Dinner Break Counts for the Final 21 Players

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Below are the updated counts and respective big blinds for the next level. The feature table will be switched and now features five contenders from the Philippines, headlined by David Erquiaga.

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
FT	1	David Erquiaga	Philippines	1,035,000	41
FT	2	Joven Huerto	Philippines	610,000	24
FT	3	Czar Ian Marcos	Philippines	1,070,000	43
FT	4	Wee Shen Tay	Malaysia	300,000	12
FT	5	Terry Gonzaga	Philippines	360,000	14
FT	6	Emmanuel Segismundo	Philippines	505,000	20
FT	7
FT	8	Won Jae Lee	South Korea	1,620,000	65

2	1	Suya Lee	South Korea	305,000	12
2	2
2	3	Edwin Dela Cruz	Philippines	1,675,000	67
2	4	Henrik Tollefsen	Norway	500,000	20
2	5	Alessandro Taranto	Italy	1,020,000	41
2	6	Ryan McAllister	United States	570,000	23
2	7	Anthony Tacda	Philippines	960,000	38
2	8	Tor Welo	Norway	660,000	26

3	1	Stephen Nathan	United Kingdom	650,000	26
3	2	William Teoh	Malaysia	640,000	26
3	3	Nicola Montalbano	Italy	760,000	30
3	4	Kok Weng Beh	Malaysia	680,000	27
3	5	Valeriy Pak	Belarus	830,000	33
3	6	Anton Del Rosario	United States	120,000	5
3	7
3	8	Darren Yu	Philippines	80,000	3

Player	Chips	Progress
Edwin Dela Cruz	1,675,000 75,000	75,000

Won Jae Lee	1,620,000 270,000	270,000

Czar Ian Marcos	1,070,000 20,000	20,000
David Erquiaga	1,035,000 15,000	15,000

Alessandro Taranto	1,020,000 80,000	80,000
Anthony Tacda	960,000 320,000	320,000
Valeriy Pak	830,000 55,000	55,000
Nicola Montalbano	760,000 115,000	115,000
Kok Weng Beh	680,000
Tor Welo	660,000 5,000	5,000
Stephen Nathan	650,000 5,000	5,000
William Teoh	640,000 90,000	90,000

Joven Huerto	610,000 40,000	40,000
Ryan McAllister	570,000 125,000	125,000

Emmanuel Segismundo	505,000 95,000	95,000
Henrik Tollefsen	500,000 140,000	140,000
Terry Gonzaga	360,000 40,000	40,000
Suya Lee	305,000 100,000	100,000
Wee Shen Tay	300,000 20,000	20,000
Anton Del Rosario	120,000 10,000	10,000
Darren Yu	80,000 10,000	10,000

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000