Main Event Day 1c | 2017 PokerStars Festival Manila

08-05-2017 18:14 UTC+8

Park Chips Up

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

There are several players with more than double the starting stack halfway through the day and among those is South Korea's Seijn Park. He recently got into a bigger pot and didn't believe his sole opponent with the river showing . Facing a bet of 7,000 for half the pot, Park called and was shown ace-queen, which was not good enough as Park had that beat with for a pair of jacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sejin Park	80,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Sejin Park

08-05-2017 18:08 UTC+8

Ang on Top; Plater Takes from Misaghian

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

In a battle cutoff versus button, former and current table neighbors Mazyar Misaghian and Peter Plater saw a flop of and Misaghian continued for 1,700. Plater immediately announced a raise and made it 5,500 to go, which saw Misaghian ask "did you see my cards?"

Plater snap-replied with a "yes" and Misaghian folded soon after, while more friendly banter followed. While Misaghian is among the biggest stacks, there is one with even more chips and on the same table, as Kai Loon Ang has him covered.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kai Loon Ang	121,000 27,000	27,000
Mazyar Misaghian	103,000 -7,000	-7,000
Peter Plater	55,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Kai Loon Ang Mazyar Misaghian Peter Plater

Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

08-05-2017 17:57 UTC+8

Rush Hour for Neo

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

On the river of a board , the player in the big blind faced a hefty bet of 16,500 by Zhi Han Neo from under the gun and took one minute before check-raising all in. Neo quickly tossed in a call and the big blind shook his head and turned over . Neo had that beat with for a full house and didn't bother stacking just yet.

One hand later, the small blind raised and Neo called from the big blind. The flop fell and Neo called a bet worth 1,600 before the turn was checked. There was no betting action on the river either and Neo's won the pot.

The next hand, Hassen Judeh raised and Neo called in the small blind. Neo check-called a bet of 1,500 by Judeh on the flop and did so again for 2,500 on the turn. After the river, Neo checked and Judeh's bet of 4,000 was quickly called. Judeh flipped over and Neo had that beat with to make it three in a row.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhi Han Neo	100,000
Hassen Judeh	47,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Zhi Han Neo Hassen Judeh

08-05-2017 17:45 UTC+8

Misaghian Plays Sheriff

RazorSharpPro

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

With the player in the big blind was away from the table Mazyar Misaghian decided to play sheriff, warning the table in no uncertain terms that any attempt to steal the free 400 on offer would be met with swift retribution.

Apparently, Pranay Kapoor and Akash Chandrashekhar were not listening however, with Kapoor making it 900 to go from early position and Chandrashekhar making the call in the hi-jack.

Misaghian splashed out a sizable re-raise, along with some stern words.

“I told you not to steal that 400,’ Misaghian lectured the pair “now look what you’ve made me do, I warned you what would happen with me on the button…”

After being ear-bashed for 30-seconds or so Kapoor made the fold but Chandrashekhar seemed keen to continue.

“You’ve made my friend [Kapoor] look bad now,’ joked Chandrashekhar, “I might have to defend his honor.”

After tanking for a couple of minutes Chandrashekhar moved all-in for close to 45,000 and was beaten into the pot by Misaghian, who it seemed, had a had to go along with all his trash talk.

Akash Chandrashekhar:
Mazyar Misaghian:

Unfortunately for Chandrashekhar, his pocket pair was dominated by Misaghian’s bigger pair and the Indian player received no help when the board ran out .

Misaghian stacked up to 110,000 while an unhappy looking Chandrashekhar headed for the cash desk for a re-buy.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mazyar Misaghian	110,000 110,000	110,000
Akash Chandrashekhar	Busted

Tags: Akashi Chandrasekhar Mazyar Misaghian Pranay Kapoor

08-05-2017 17:40 UTC+8

Khoo Busts Sim

RazorSharpPro

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Eugene Khoo made it 1,100 to go on the button and a short-stacked Kah Seng Sim moved all-in from the small blind for 3,300. Big blind Kuniyoshi Imazu made the call, as did Khoo.

Imazu checked the [ks8cd7] flop over to Khoo who bet out 5,000, which was enough to get Imazu to give it up and the two remaining players turned their cards over.

Kah Seng Sim:
Eugene Khoo:

While Sim had started with the best hand and flopped top pair he was trailing to Khoo’s bottom two and the turn and river saw Sim hit the rail while Khoo stacked up to 23,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eugene Khoo	23,000 23,000	23,000
Kah Seng Sim	Busted

Tags: Kah Seng Sim Eugene Khoo

08-05-2017 17:34 UTC+8

Strongest Starting Day Brings Field to 500+ Entries

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

There are already more than 200 entries for Day 1c, 205 to be exact, and that brings the total attendance to 514 entries. According to the screens, there are 184 players remaining and below are recent casualties that may or may not enter again to take a shot at more than $500,000 in the prize pool.

Player	Chips	Progress
Youngsu Kim	Busted
Changjo Im	Busted
Rajeev Kanjani	Busted
Sebastian Quan	Busted
Mark Rirod de La Cruz	Busted
Sung Ho Kim	Busted
Mohammad Samara	Busted

08-05-2017 17:26 UTC+8

Or-Paz Let's Go

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

After two limpers, Tom Or-Paz raised to 2,000 from the button and the big blind as well as both limpers called. The flop fell and no betting action took place. With the addition of the turn, the big blind made it 2,000 to go and the first limper from under the gun raised to 7,000.

That essentially shut down all further action and Or-Paz dropped to just above average.

Ayhan Agdas has fewer than half the starting stack while Linh Hoang was eliminated. Bach Hoang Nguyen chipped up lately and Badri Kedar Gosavi joined the biggest stacks early into level five.

Player	Chips	Progress
Badri Kedar Gosavi	78,000 18,500	18,500
Bach Hoang Nguyen	41,000 11,000	11,000
Tom Or-Paz	34,000 6,150	6,150
Ayhan Agdas	13,500 13,500	13,500
Linh Hoang	Busted

Tags: Ayhan Agdas Bach Hoang Nguyen Badri Kedar Gosavi

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

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