Antti Halme Eliminated in 2nd Place (PHP4,273,000)

The PokerStars Festival Manila has a champion and it is India’s Uday Bansal who is victorious. Bansal continued to apply the pressure and kept Antti Halme on the back foot and while the Finnish player shoved on two occasions to take the blinds and antes he could not recover.

Uday Bansal moved all-in from the button and whittled down to his last 1.45 million in chips and sitting in the small blind Halme peeked down at his cards and made the call immediately for his tournament life and the cards were turned over.

Antti Halme:
Uday Bansal:

The cards have not been falling the Finn’s way since heads-up started and Halme was behind again, his ace dominated by Bansal’s and the flop was of no help and Bansal was just two cards away from fortune and glory and the watching rail crowded around.

The turn brought cheers from the watching Team India and left Halme drawing dead and Halme got to his feet to shake his opponent’s hand.

The river was merely a formality and the PokerStars Festival Manila has its first ever champion in the form of India’s Uday Bansal who takes the trophy, title and the equivalent of $86,836 with Antti Halme taking home $84,797 for his runner up finish.