Action Time
So far there are 43 entrants in the PokerStars Festival Manila Main Event with High Roller Shot Clock champion Peter Plater and fourth place finisher Yo Seb Rhee just two of the contenders who have signed up for the action.
It was Rhee driving the action in this particular hand, making it 250 to go from the button with newly arrived big blind Kunal Patni making the call to take the action heads-up to a flop of 
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Patni checked the flop over to Rhee, who c-bet 225, only to see Patni check-raise to 625 in total. Rhee shot Patni a calculating stare and slid out the extras and the dealer burned and turned 
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The Indian player chose to continue the aggression on the turn, firing for 1,075, which Rhee called after a few seconds. The 
river brought checks from both players and Patni turned over 
for top pair. However, Rhee had him just out-pipped and took down the pot with 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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31,900 | |
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30,000 | |
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28,100 | 28,100 |