2017 PokerStars Festival Manila

Main Event
Day: 1b
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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
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Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

Crazy Three-Way All In Vaults Jeon to Big Stack

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Seung Soo Jeon
Seung Soo Jeon

After a raise to 900 and several callers, Seung Soo Jeon three-bet to 3,600 and five players called to go six-way to a flop of {K-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds}. Daryl Lim on the hijack bet 8,000 and Sam Polishetty called from one seat over before Seung Soo Jeon moved all in from the button for what appeared to be another 9,000 on top.

It folded to Andre Peters and he moved all in, which saw Jeon jump out of his seat and celebrate with a "big pot, come on." Lim called all in after some consideration for less than Peters' 35,000 and the action was back on Polishetty. "There are just four kings in the deck, right?" he asked and folded {K-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} face-up.

Seung Soo Jeon: {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}
Andre Peters: {A-Spades}{8-Spades}
Daryl Lim: {J-Spades}{6-Spades}

The {10-Hearts} turn and {2-Clubs} river were both blanks and Jeon tripled up while Lim hit the rail to leave the smaller side pot to Peters.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mark Gruendemann ie
Mark Gruendemann
85,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Seung Soo Jeon kr
Seung Soo Jeon
80,000
48,000
48,000
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Sam Polishetty
32,200
16,300
16,300
Profile photo of Andre Peters de
Andre Peters
23,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Daryl Lim
Daryl Lim
Busted

Tags: Andre PetersDaryl LimSam PolishettySeung Soo Jeon

Rhee Gets Lucky

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

After a raise to 1,050 and a call, Yo Yeb Rhee moved all in for his last 6,325 from the small blind. The initial raiser called while the other player folded and Rhee showed {Q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}. His opponent held {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} and flopped top pair on {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}. However, the magic {J-Spades} on the turn improved Rhee to a straight and he dodged the river with a blank {2-Hearts} to double.

A limp from under the gun was followed by the limp of Duc Nguyen on the button and the small blind called. Kunal Patni, who had recently re-entered, raised to 3,000 and picked up two callers from Nguyen and the small blind. Patni's bet on the {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{3-Clubs} for 6,500 won the pot and Patni bumped his stack.

Nguyen is also on the second bullet and one of the chip leaders.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Michael Brunner us
Michael Brunner
110,000
110,000
110,000
Profile photo of Duc Nguyen us
Duc Nguyen
100,000
100,000
100,000
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Victor Chong
45,000
14,000
14,000
Profile photo of Alex Lee sg
Alex Lee
43,000
43,000
43,000
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Ayhan Agdas
25,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Yo Seb Rhee jp
Yo Seb Rhee
14,800
13,200
13,200

Tags: Duc NguyenKunal PatniYo Seb Rhee

Nguyen Annoys Kim

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

We picked up the action on the turn in a heads-up pot between a player in the big blind and SJ Kim on the button with the community cards spread {k-Spades}{4-Spades}{j-Hearts}{6-Clubs}.

Kim had moved all-in for 32,300 as we arrived though there had evidently been a raising war going on as there was a little over 5,500 in blinds and antes in the pot already and a bet of 15,000 in front of the big blind, who had around the same amount behind.

Eventually, the big blind chose to call off the remainder of his chips, turning over {a-Spades}{9-Spades}, which was trailing to Kim’s {q-Spades}{k-Diamonds}.

“Come on spade!” piped up another player at the table, Anh Nguyen.
The river was the {9-Hearts} to give Kim the hand and reduce the field by one, but the Korean player looked distinctly unhappy with Nguyen.

“Why are you calling for a spade?” Kim grumbled.

“It’s ok,” said Nguyen.

“No, it’s not,’ shot back Kim, “Don’t do it.”

Suitably chastised Nguyen sat back in his chair as Kim stacked up his new chips, climbing to 65,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of SJ Kim kr
SJ Kim
65,000
28,975
28,975

Tags: SJ Kim

Falcon's Wild Ride Continues

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Chris Morrison was pushed out of a big pot after massive action between Michael Falcon and Jaehyun Lim. The duo clashed on a flop of {9-Spades}{7-Spades}{5-Clubs} and Lim ended up as the player at risk for 19,950 with {10-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} for top pair. Falcon had {8-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for bottom pair and a gutshot, and the {J-Clubs} turn and {4-Diamonds} river were both blanks.

Falcon had previously been down to a mere 8,000, spun that back up and now experienced yet another big setback.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jaehyun Lim kr
Jaehyun Lim
48,000
48,000
48,000
Profile photo of Christopher Morrison gb
Christopher Morrison
32,000
6,700
6,700
Profile photo of Michael Falcon dk
Michael Falcon
16,000
8,000
8,000

Tags: Chris MorrisonJaehyun LimMichael Falcon

Polishetty Shoves on Sia

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

A pre-flop raising war developed in a three-way hand between Changjo Im, Joseph Sia and Sam Polishetty that saw quite a few chips change hands without a flop being dealt.

Im was the initial aggressor, making it 2,000 to go from the hi-jack, before Sia pumped it up to 4,200 from the cutoff.

Action folded around to Polishetty in the big blind who cold three-bet to 11,100 in total. While Im got out of the way quickly Sia looked interested.

“Will you show if I fold?” Sia quizzed Polishetty, who gave nothing away and Sia grudgingly folded dropping down to 30,300 while Polishetty climbed to 48,500.

Player Chips Progress
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Sam Polishetty
48,500
Profile photo of Joseph Sia ph
Joseph Sia
30,300

Tags: Sam PolishettyJoseph Sia

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Edoc Scores Full Double in First Hand

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Lester Edoc had just sat down and got into a raising war with the player in the small blind, ultimately resulting in the all in of the local player and seventh on the Filipino all-time money list for 100 big blinds.

Lester Edoc: {A-Hearts}{K-Spades}
Small blind: {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{J-Clubs} and Edoc doubled for 29,950, as 50 chips had gone for the ante.

Player Chips Progress
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Lester Edoc
60,500

Tags: Lester Edoc

New Arrivals and Stacks

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

There have been some more late arrivals to grow the field to 140 entrants, 127 of whom still remain in the running. Celine Li and Kai Paulsen are just some of the new faces with some of the rest of the field stacking up as follows:

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kwong Yuen Pang my
Kwong Yuen Pang
65,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Li Yu cn
Li Yu
58,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Bach Hoang Nguyen vn
Bach Hoang Nguyen
45,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Aditya Sushant in
Aditya Sushant
44,500
44,500
44,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sam Nee my
Sam Nee
43,900
43,900
43,900
Profile photo of Christopher Morrison gb
Christopher Morrison
38,700
12,700
12,700
Profile photo of SJ Kim kr
SJ Kim
36,025
36,025
36,025
Profile photo of Celine Lee cn
Celine Lee
30,000
Profile photo of Kai Paulsen no
Kai Paulsen
30,000
Profile photo of Linh Tran ca
Linh Tran
61
57,939
57,939