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Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
2017 PokerStars Festival Manila
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2017 PokerStars Festival Manila
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
55,000 PHP
Prize Pool
28,809,000 PHP
Total Entries
594
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 594
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Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
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 
. 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 
face-up.
Seung Soo Jeon: 
Andre Peters: 
Daryl Lim: 
The 
turn and 
river were both blanks and Jeon tripled up while Lim hit the rail to leave the smaller side pot to Peters.
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 
. His opponent held 
and flopped top pair on 
. However, the magic on the turn improved Rhee to a straight and he dodged the river with a blank 
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 
for 6,500 won the pot and Patni bumped his stack.
Nguyen is also on the second bullet and one of the chip leaders.
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 
.
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 
, which was trailing to Kim’s 
.
“Come on spade!” piped up another player at the table, Anh Nguyen.
The river was the 
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.
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 
and Lim ended up as the player at risk for 19,950 with 
for top pair. Falcon had 
for bottom pair and a gutshot, and the 
turn and 
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.
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.
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
As expected, the field size for Day 1b has increased as of lately and the tournament screens show a total of 143 entries. Of those, 126 currently remain and below are the latest casualties.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
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:
Small blind: 
The board ran out 
and Edoc doubled for 29,950, as 50 chips had gone for the ante.
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:
