2017 PokerStars Festival Manila

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2017 PokerStars Festival Manila
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
4,676,000 PHP
Event Info
Buy-in
55,000 PHP
Prize Pool
28,809,000 PHP
Total Entries
594
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 594

Big Movements in the APOY Race

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Sparrow Cheung
Sparrow Cheung

Joining the action on the {Q-Clubs}{9-Spades}{3-Diamonds} turn, Euryd Rivera and Sparrow Cheung invested 15,000 each to see the {6-Spades} appear on the turn. Rivera bet 15,000 and Cheung asked to see the stack of his opponent. He then took some time before moving all in for more than 60,000 and Rivera took equally long to call it off for slightly less.

Euryd Rivera: {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}
Sparrow Cheung: {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds}

The {J-Hearts} river was a blank and Rivera was eliminated.

Over on table one, a costly misstep may have put fellow Asian Player of the Year contender Pete Chen at a disadvantage against Cheung. In a raising war, Chen faced a three-bet to 12,200 by Segundo Barte and eventually put the Filipino at risk.

Segundo Barte: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades}
Pete Chen: {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}

The board came {8-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{4-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and the pair of queens held up. "How much is it?" Chen asked and his eyes grew bigger when Barte's stack was counted to be for 142,200, a hugeportion of Chen's stack.

Tags: Sparrow CheungSegundo BarteEuryd RiveraPete Chen