Main Event Day 2 | 2017 PokerStars Festival Manila

08-06-2017 22:06 UTC+8

Buck Busts Lee

Ben Wilson

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Play had not long resumed after the break and Celine Lee moved all-in for a little over 100,000 from under-the-gun and Australia’s Kenneth Buck made the call from the button for a little more than Lee.

Celine Lee:
Kenneth Buck:

The field’s sole remaining female player was in bad shape with a dominated hand and did not improve when the board ran out to hit the rail in 45th for a PHP112,000 payday. Buck stacked up to 280,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenneth Buck	280,000 45,000	45,000
Celine Lee	Busted

Tags: Kenneth Buck Celine Lee

08-06-2017 22:00 UTC+8

White Doubles; Grocott Doesn't

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Corbin White pushed for nine big blinds from under the gun and Yo Seb Rhee looked him up from one seat over.

Corbin White:
Yo Seb Rhee:

The flop gave White trips, and he stayed in the lead after the turn and river.

Alexander Grocott was less fortunate. His shove with was called by Mike Takayama with and the flop left the Aussie in desperate shape. It was all over fter the turn, making the river a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Takayama	430,000 75,000	75,000

Yo Seb Rhee	360,000 75,000	75,000
Corbin White	200,000 80,000	80,000
Alexander Grocott	Busted

Tags: Alexander Grocott Corbin White Mike Takayama Yo Seb Rhee

08-06-2017 21:52 UTC+8

Roller Coaster Run Out Lets Lee Double

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Soon after coming back from dinner, Thomas Lee open-shoved for his last 14 big blinds out of the small blind and Zhe Li in the big blind reluctantly called.

Thomas Lee:
Zhe Li:

The flop improved Lee, while Li regained the lead with the turn. After the river, Lee improved to two pair and doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Lee	295,000 155,000	155,000
Zhe Li	120,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Thomas Lee Zhe Li

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

08-06-2017 20:51 UTC+8

Dinner Break with 45 Players Remaining

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The remaining 45 players have been sent into a 60-minute dinner break and action will resume at approximately 9.47 p.m. local time.

08-06-2017 20:49 UTC+8

2017 APOY Leader Cheung Eliminated; Yang Cut Short

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The hole cards were all but rushed away when Sparrow Cheung was spotted leaving the table. He shoved with and Andre Peters, who had previously seen Cheung doubled through him, called with and the board of ensured that the kicker would play.

Start-of-the-day chip leader Woohyuk Yang suffered a massive setback and has a mere 100,000 left after a big clash with Mark Amparo. Yang check-raised all in after the turn of a board and Amparo, who had bet 100,000, called it off for 268,000 in total.

Mark Amparo:
Woohyuk Yang:

The open-ended straight draw and flush draw of Yang was no good, as a blank river completed the board to award a big double to Amparo.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Amparo	655,000 285,000	285,000
Andre Peters	650,000 95,000	95,000
Woohyuk Yang	100,000 120,000	120,000
Sparrow Cheung	Busted

Tags: Andre Peters Mark Amparo Sparrow Cheung Woohyuk Yang

08-06-2017 20:45 UTC+8

Another Four Players Eliminated

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Kok Hou Toh lost a flip with against the pocket jacks of Junhwan Oh before Toshifumi Hashimoto and Jiunn Ng followed to the rail. James Chong was also among those to run out of chips entirely and it was Antti Halme who knocked him out.

Tien Than Nguyen raised to 24,000 and Chong shoved for 65,000 on the button. Halme four-bet to 121,000 out of the big blind and that forced out Nguyen.

James Chong:
Antti Halme:

The flop game Halme a flush draw, while Chong himself also had a flush draw on the turn. However, it was not meant to be, as the river improved Halme to a flush, eliminating Chong as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antti Halme	830,000 70,000	70,000
Junghwan Oh	560,000 140,000	140,000
Tien Than Nguyen	420,000 65,000	65,000
Kok Hou Toh	Busted
Toshifumi Hashimoto	Busted
Jiunn Ng	Busted
James Chong	Busted

Tags: Antti Halme Jiunn Ng Junhwan Oh Kok Hou Toh Tien Than Nguyen Toshifumi Hashimoto

08-06-2017 20:40 UTC+8

Oh Jacks it Up and Busts Spets

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Ben Wilson

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The carnage continues in the PokerStars Festival Manila Main Event with a sizable pot playing out in a three-way hand that saw Sweden’s Roger Spets depart and Victor Chong take a big hit at the hands of Junghwan Oh.

Pre-flop it was Min Soon Lim who lit the fuse with an early position raise to 19,000 with Chong making the call from the next seat over before Spets, sitting on the button, moved all-in for his last 49,000.

Oh flat called from the small blind leaving himself 116,000 behind, the big blind folded and the action was back on Lim, who looked torn between calling and folding, eventually choosing the latter. Chong made the call and the action when three-handed to a flop of .

First to act, Oh moved all-in and Chong called immediately.

“Well I’m dead…” muttered Spets as the cards were turned over.

Junghwan Oh:
Victor Chong:
Roger Spets:

Spets was wrong about drawing dead, but the Swedish player was drawing pretty thin with Oh holding the lead with middle set, which was ahead of Chong’s top pair, top kicker.

The turn and river brought no help for Spets or Chong and although the Swede paired his eight it was not enough to keep him alive. Spets headed for rail, Chong dropped down to 110,000 and Oh stacked up to 420,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Junghwan Oh	420,000 300,000	300,000
Victor Chong	110,000 335,000	335,000
Roger Spets	Busted

Tags: Junghwan Oh Min Soon Lim Roger Spets Victor Chong

08-06-2017 20:38 UTC+8

Run Like Razavi

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

While Sam Razavi made it to Day 2 with just over 50,000 in chips, he is certainly well known to run particularly well when it matters and the Brit jumped up the leader board throughout the day. Just now, he called the shove of James Mendoza and wished his opponent good luck just before the flop fell and improved Razavi's hand.

James Mendoza:
Sam Razavi:

The board ultimately came and that was it for Mendoza. Right after, Richard Marquez followed to reduce the field further.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Razavi	865,000 215,000	215,000
James Mendoza	Busted
Richard Marquez	Busted

Tags: James Mendoza Richard Marquez Sam Razavi

08-06-2017 20:33 UTC+8

Shultz Doubles Through Cheung; Peters Can't Bust Cheung

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Sparrow Cheung raised to 20,000 and Jeffrey Shultz three-bet all in out of the big blind. Cheung asked for a count and the shove was for 165,000 in total, which Cheung called after his fidget spinner told him to do so. On a more serious note, Cheung has been using his three lucky charms and the complimentary fidget spinner for all major decisions and took one minute before calling.

Jeffrey Shultz:
Sparrow Cheung:

The board came and Shultz got there on the river.

Right after, Cheung was all in for 10 big blinds with and Andre Peters called with the . The board came and Cheung doubled.