Main Event Day 1c | 2017 PokerStars Festival Manila

08-05-2017 15:45 UTC+8

Double For Narula

RazorSharpPro

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

A short-stacked Vijay Narula got the last of his chips in pre-flop against Gay Peng Tan and scored a timely double-up.

Vijay Narula:
Gay Peng Tan:

The window card saw Narula take a lead in the hand that he would not relinquish with the rest of the board running out to bring Narula up to just over 9,000 while Tan dropped to 24,700.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gay Peng Tan	24,700
Vijay Narula	9,150 3,150	3,150

Tags: Vijay Narula Gay Peng Tan

08-05-2017 16:00 UTC+8

India’s Keshav Chadha opened the action with a raise to 550 from under-the-gun with neighbour Gay Peng Tan making the call. Action folded around to Kai Loon Ang, sitting in the cutoff, who decided to play his position aggressively and re-raised to 2,600 in total.

While this was enough to get Chadha to bow out Tan was going nowhere and he threw in a quick call to take play heads-up to a flop of .

Tan check-called Ang’s 3,200 continuation bet and both players checked the turn. The river completed a possible club flush and saw Tan check for a third time and Ang decided to take a stab at the pot for 6,100.

“Snap call!” said Tan while snap calling and a sheepish Ang turned over for ace-high meaning Tan’s were good enough to take down the pot.

“You should never try to bluff a fish,” Tan needled Ang as he stacked up his newly won chips, though Ang still has plenty in his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kai Loon Ang	65,000 -13,000	-13,000
Gay Peng Tan	39,500 14,800	14,800

Tags: Gay Peng Tan Kai Loon Ang

08-05-2017 16:09 UTC+8

Kanjani and Georgiou Rising

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Both Georges Georgiou and Rajeev Kanjani chipped up without showdown. The former bet half pot for 5,500 on a flop of to force a fold while Georgiou had already made it to the turn of a board . There were around 9,000 in the middle and the small blind checked, while Georgiou bet 7,000.

That was enough to win the pot and Georgiou claimed the chips without having to show his cards.

Mark Gruendemann entered again and lost some chips while Vijay Narula was eliminated and entered again with a fresh stack. Table 17 opened and players were moved there, among them were Peter Plater and Yo Seb Rhee.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kai Loon Ang	94,000 29,000	29,000
Yo Seb Rhee	44,000 14,000	14,000
Peter Plater	43,000 43,000	43,000
Rajeev Kanjani	36,000 36,000	36,000
Georges Georgiou	34,000 13,000	13,000
Vijay Narula	30,000 20,850	20,850
Mark Gruendemann	16,000 16,000	16,000
Li-Yang Hsu	Busted

Tags: Georges Georgiou Mark Gruendemann Peter Plater Rajeev Kanjani Vijay Narula Yo Seb Rhee

08-05-2017 16:14 UTC+8

Chen Folds Aces

RazorSharpPro

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

An interesting hand played out between Freddy Kwek Wei and Zhining Chen and we picked up the action pre-flop. Wei (small blind) had a 2,000 bet out on the felt in front of him and was facing a re-raise of 6,500 in total from Chen, who was sitting under-the-gun plus one.

Wei thought for a minute and slid in the call and the flop fell a monochrome , which brought checks from both players and the hit the turn.

Wei now led for 7,200 and after thinking things over Chen made the call and the river completed the hand, but not the betting, with Wei tanking for around a minute before moving all-in for slightly over 20,000.

It was Chen’s turn to tank as, with 21,500 behind, this represented a big call for the majority of his chips. Eventually after three minutes or so Chen open-folded to gasps from the rest of the table. Wei did not show and quietly scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Freddy Kwek Wei	45,400 45,400	45,400
Zhining Chen	21,500 21,500	21,500

Tags: Freddy Kwek Wei Zhining Chen

08-05-2017 16:22 UTC+8

First Break on Day 1c

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

According to the screens, there are 149 players out of a 156-entry strong field remaining and they have been sent into a 10-minute break.

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 50

08-05-2017 16:40 UTC+8

More Tables Open Up

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Sam Nee was in a satellite until a few minutes ago and just entered the tournament area with a Main Event tickets in his name. Vijay Narula did so as well, having busted his second bullet for Day 1b only a few minutes into the new level, and the tables 19 and 20 opened to accomodate the growing field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Nee	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Sam Nee Vijay Narula

08-05-2017 17:02 UTC+8

Team India Is Not Running Good Yet

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Kunal Patni was eliminated for the second time and entered soon after while fellow Indian player Rajeev Kanjani lost a big chunk of his stack, 17,900 to be exact, when an opponent made top set with on a board of .

Last but not least, Sameer Rattonsey put his hopes on for the nut flush draw on the flop. He was called by Chien Huu Nguyen with and the turn and river were blanks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kunal Patni	30,000 -2,000	-2,000
Rajeev Kanjani	19,000 -17,000	-17,000
Sameer Rattonsey	Busted

Tags: Chien Huu Nguyen Kunal Patni Rajeev Kanjani Sameer Rattonsey

08-05-2017 17:10 UTC+8

Obara Down; Park Up

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

With just 2,500 in the middle and three checks on the turn, Jun Obara moved all in for his remaining 7,000 after the river and both of his opponents folded. Obara, who was an early big stack, grabbed the pot but remains with fewer than one third of the starting stack.

Two tables over, Jinyon Park used his big stack to raise the turn. The big blind had bet 3,000 and Park simply tossed in several yellow T-5,000 chips to force a fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jinyong Park	80,000 80,000	80,000
Jun Obara	9,000 -49,000	-49,000

Tags: Jinyon Park Jun Obara

08-05-2017 17:15 UTC+8

Tan Serves Up Sickness

RazorSharpPro

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

A massive three-way pot played out between Jaydeep Dawer, Johnson Tan and Hishahi Ogi that left a bad taste in Dawer’s mouth and his stack in ruins.

Pre-flop it was Dawer who was the initial aggressor, making it 800 to go from middle position with Tan and Ogi making the call in the hi-jack and cutoff respectively to take the action three-way to a flop of .

Dawer continuation bet a close to pot-sized 2,400 with Tan making the call before Ogi juiced it up to 7,500, with both Dawer and Tan making the call.

The turn saw Dawer shove for 30,200 with Tan calling off for his tournament life and the action was on Ogi who looked unsure of what to do. Eventually, the Japanese player folded and the cards were turned over.

Jaydeep Dawer:
Johnson Tan:

While Dawer had the lead Tan was drawing extremely live and the hit the river like a thunderbolt from the poker gods to give Tan the hand, much to Dawer’s displeasure. Dawer is down but not out with 10,400, Ogi dropped back down to the 30,000 starting stack and Tan climbed to 64,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnson Tan	64,500 64,500	64,500
Hisashi Ogi	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jaydeep Dawer	10,400 -32,600	-32,600

Tags: Hisashi Ogi Jaydeep Dawer Johnson Tan