Main Event Day 2 | 2017 PokerStars Festival Manila

08-06-2017 20:27 UTC+8

Park Busts Tran

Ben Wilson

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

Kenneth Buck was kind enough to call our attention to a huge hand that played out between Linh Tran and Sejin Park that saw the latter bring the former’s tournament to a close.

According to Buck Park and Tran became involved in a progressive betting war with the board running out and all the chips going in on the river. Unfortunately for Tran, Park was holding a jack the the Vietnamese-Canadian departed in 55th place for a PHP112,000 (~$2,225) payday.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sejin Park	900,000 200,000	200,000

Linh Tran	Busted
Jesse Rosen	Busted
Jae Wook Shin	Busted
Ming Suan Tan	Busted
Mc Yeldarb Mantos	Busted

Tags: Linh Tran Sejin Park

08-06-2017 20:20 UTC+8

Setback for Peters

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Christian Zetzsche

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

In a battle of the blinds, a raising war broke out between Andre Peters and Duc Nguyen. The former ended up as the player at risk for his last 190,000 and Peters had him easily covered.

Duc Nguyen:
Andre Peters:

The board came and Nguyen back-doored a straight to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andre Peters	445,000 203,500	203,500
Duc Nguyen	390,000 297,300	297,300

Tags: Andre Peters Duc Nguyen

08-06-2017 20:10 UTC+8

Two More Down the Drain

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Christian Zetzsche

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

In quick succession, Mike Takayama busted another opponent. Tran Hung Manh open-shoved for 100,000 with ace-seven and Takayama just flat-called on the button with . The board ran out queen-high and that was it for Manh as well.

Soon after, Aki Virtanen got into a battle with table neighbor Sejin Park and put his hopes on an open-ended straight draw on the flop. Virtanen was at risk for 134,000 with and Park had him covered by far, turned over for top pair and blocked one of Virtanen's outs.

The on the turn and the on the river failed to improve Virtanen and he became the next casualty.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sejin Park	700,000 300,000	300,000

Mike Takayama	355,000 65,000	65,000

Tran Hung Manh	Busted
Aki Virtanen	Busted

Tags: Aki Virtanen Mike Takayama Sejin Park Tran Hung Manh

08-06-2017 20:00 UTC+8

More Pictures from Day 2

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Christian Zetzsche

08-06-2017 20:00 UTC+8

Gall Busts Duang, Katsushima Cracks Patni’s Aces

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Ben Wilson

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

Down to his last 69,000 in chips Vietnam’s Thanh Ha Duong moved all-in from early position and the action folded around to Raphael Gall in the big blind, who asked for a count and then plonked out the call.

Thanh Ha Duong:
Raphael Gall:

“It’s my turn to hit,” said Duang, standing up as his fate was decided. The flop appeared to be the perfect one for Duang, but unfortunately the hit the turn to give Gall a full house and the lead in the hand. The river saw Gall stack up to 500,000 while Duang headed for the exit.

Another man who is no longer in the running is Kunal Patni who took a brutal beat at the hands of Shinji Katsushima, who opened the action from early position and Kunal Patni re-raised from middle position with the Japanese player making the call and taking the action heads-up to a flop of .

Katsushima check-called Patni’s flop continuation bet and all the chips ended up in the middle on the turn.

Kunal Patni:
Shinji Katsushima:

Unfortunately for Patni his aces had just been out-turned by Katsushima’s set of nines and the river saw the Indian player drop down to 20,000 while Katsushima stacked up to 425,000. Patni was unable to recover from that rather brutal setback and departed shortly afterward.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raphael Gall	500,000 358,600	358,600
Shinji Katsushima	425,000 165,000	165,000
Thanh Ha Duong	Busted
Kunal Patni	Busted

Tags: Kunal Patni Raphael Gall Shinji Katsushima Thanh Ha Duong

08-06-2017 19:56 UTC+8

Park Busts to Singhvi

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Among the next players to fall was also Jongjun Park.

Siddarth Singhvi raised to 16,000 and picked up two callers in Tien Than Nguyen and Jaehyun Lim. Park moved all in after Lim out of the big blind and Singhvi reshoved to force out the other duo.

Jongjun Park:
Siddarth Singhvi:

The board ran out and Park failed to improve.

Player	Chips	Progress
Siddarth Singhvi	425,000 135,000	135,000
Jaehyun Lim	390,000 85,000	85,000
Tien Than Nguyen	355,000 75,000	75,000
Mun Fei Chow	Busted
Thanh Ha Duong	Busted
Jongjun Park	Busted
Soon Ann Gan	Busted
Eugene Khoo	Busted
Brandon Shim	Busted
Kian Weng Choong	Busted

Tags: Jaehyun Lim Jongjun Park Siddarth Singhvi Tien Than Nguyen

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

08-06-2017 19:46 UTC+8

Ong and Thoo Eliminated

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Ddingxiang Ong got his stack in with and failed to get there against the of Sam Razavi.

As for Ming Ken Thoo, he was at risk for 133,000 and Siddarth Singhvi had an almost even stack.

Ken Thoo:
Siddarth Singhvi:

The board came and Thoo was covered by just 4,000 to also join the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Razavi	650,000 170,000	170,000
Siddarth Singhvi	290,000 154,200	154,200
Ken Thoo	Busted
Ddingxiang Ong	Busted

Tags: Ddingxiang Ong Ken Thoo Sam Razavi Siddhart Singhvi

08-06-2017 19:42 UTC+8

Post Bubble Spin Ups for Lee and White

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Celine Lee scored another double up soon after and Corbin White, who was equally short on the bubble with just 19,000, just managed to do so as well. In a raising war with Freddy Wei, he faced a raise and a four-bet to 65,000 before five-bet shoving. Wei asked for the amount and had to call another 70,000 on top. Wei obliged after some consideration and the cards were tabled.

Corbin White:
Freddy Wei:

The board came and White doubled to an average stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corbin White	280,000 235,700	235,700
Celine Lee	180,000 100,000	100,000
Freddy Wei	50,000 74,700	74,700

Tags: Celine Lee Corbin White Freddy Kwek Wei

08-06-2017 19:32 UTC+8

Oh Wins One, Zak Wins Another

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Ben Wilson

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Following a slew of speedy eliminations there has been a period of relative calm. We caught a short-stacked Junghwan Oh limping in from under-the-gun with Chi Thinh Nguyen, Min Soon Lim and both blinds called to take the action five-way to a flop of .

With so many players in the hand the action was checked all round and the came in on the turn. This saw both blinds check once more and Oh lead for 11,000 with Nguyen and Lim the only two customers.

The river saw Oh fire again, this time for 25,000 and that was enough to take down the hand and the Korean climbed back up to 140,000.

We caught Elan Zak involved in a three-way hand immediately afterward, picking up the action on a flop of just as Michael Brunner (small blind) checked the action over to Zak (under-the-gun).

Zak fired out a bet of 26,000 with Jae Wook Shin making the call in the h-jack and Brunner calling also. Brunner checked the turn over to Zak, who bet 46,000 and that was enough to take down the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elan Zak	400,000 90,000	90,000
Michael Brunner	260,000 110,000	110,000
Jae Wook Shin	70,000 190,000	190,000

Tags: Elan Zak Jae Wook Shin Michael Brunner Min Soon Lim Thinh Nguyen Chi