Main Event Day 2 | 2017 PokerStars Festival Manila

Main Event

Day 2 Started

08-06-2017 13:09 UTC+8

Day 2 Seat Draw

Christian Zetzsche

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	1	Xingbiao Zhu	China	125,500	52
1	2	Pete Chen	Taiwan	165,300	69
1	3	Ddingxiang Ong	Singapore	96,400	40
1	4	Tran Hung Manh	Vietnam	180,700	75
1	5	Kien Seng Loo	Malaysia	24,900	10
1	6	James Mendoza	USA	29,900	12
1	7	Yii Shyang Lai	Malaysia	53,500	22
1	8	Boon Leong Tan	Malaysia	260,600	109
1	9	Segundo Barte	Philippines	151,000	63

2	1	Jensen Chow	USA	52,300	22
2	2	Kian Weng Choong	Malaysia	169,600	71
2	3	Vikram Palanisamy	India	79,600	33
2	4	Corbin White	USA	44,300	18
2	5	Kuldeep Pawar	India	71,800	30
2	6	Jiunn Ng	Singapore	50,200	21
2	7	Richard Marquez	Philippines	117,900	49
2	8	Changha Woo	Korea	102,500	43
2	9	Trung Hieu Le	Vietnam	118,000	49

3	1	Sok Meng Hun	Cambodia	82,000	34
3	2	Kenneth Buck	Australia	61,800	26
3	3	Jean Issa	UK	83,100	35
3	4	Peter Plater	Australia	40,900	17
3	5	Yoshiniri Tsuji	Japan	69,700	29
3	6	Yan da Tyronne Soh	Singapore	124,000	52
3	7	Hoang Anh Do	Vietnam	125,000	52
3	8	Yow Hui Ng	Singapore	97,300	41
3	9	Uday Bansal	India	148,300	62

4	1	Jesse Rosen	South Africa	136,200	57
4	2	Euryd Rivera	Philippines	100,500	42
4	3	Ronnie Tate	USA	71,300	30
4	4	Geoff Mooney	Australia	82,500	34
4	5	Sparrow Cheung	Hong Kong	120,200	50
4	6	Andre Peters	Germany	241,500	101
4	7	Duc Nguyen	Vietnam	92,700	39
4	8	Eugene Khoo	Malaysia	95,500	40
4	9	Eric Tsai	Taiwan	112,500	47

5	1	Jae Wook Shin	Korea	71,100	30
5	2	Celine Lee	China	101,200	42
5	3	Hoa Thinh Nguyen	Vietnam	206,200	86
5	4	Jae Chul Chang	Korea	32,600	14
5	5	Seun Oluwole	UK	79,600	33
5	6	Kevin Ang	Malaysia	20,300	8
5	7	Zhi Han Neo	Singapore	104,300	43
5	8	Daryl Loh	Singapore	203,900	85
5	9	Badri Kedar Gosavi	Australia	117,000	49

6	1	Tung Wing Wong	Hong Kong	29,100	12
6	2	Shinji Katsushima	Japan	171,900	72
6	3	Johnson Tan	Philippines	42,400	18
6	4	Jongjun Park	Korea	114,100	48
6	5	Vi Khoa Duong	Vietnam	55,600	23
6	6	Michael Falcon	Denmark	307,100	128
6	7	Ming Ken Thoo	Malaysia	97,500	41
6	8	Sam Nee	Malaysia	99,500	41
6	9	Franklin Acfalle	USA	89,900	37

7	1	Jin Hwang Yong	Malaysia	257,500	107
7	2	Zhe Li	China	102,000	43
7	3	Po-yi Wu	Taiwan	30,200	13
7	4	Xiang Wei Lee	Singapore	212,500	89
7	5	Junghwan Oh	Korea	137,800	57
7	6	Chi Thinh Nguyen	Vietnam	192,900	80
7	7	Paphawin Laodee	Thailand	73,400	31
7	8	Min Soon Lim	Singapore	150,600	63
7	9	Stuart Brodie	South Africa	27,900	12

8	1	Duc Bui	Vietnam	50,300	21
8	2	Woohyuk Yang	Korea	417,400	174
8	3	Dhanesh Chainani	Singapore	235,200	98
8	4	Jongyoung Moon	Korea	171,100	71
8	5	Du-ming Tsai	Taiwan	66,700	28
8	6	Wai Hong Wong	Malaysia	59,000	25
8	7	Jun Obara	Japan	174,400	73
8	8	Kai Loon Ang	Singapore	126,900	53
8	9	Hoon Chai Ra	Korea	87,100	36

9	1	Hassen Judeh	UK	33,500	14
9	2	Alan Lau	Hong Kong	42,600	18
9	3	van Sang Nguyen	Vietnam	115,400	48
9	4	Lai Heng Foo	Malaysia	78,100	33
9	5	Seung Soo Jeon	Korea	114,800	48
9	6	Tien Than Nguyen	Vietnam	156,700	65
9	7	Naohito Tamaya	Japan	91,800	38
9	8	Mike Takayama	Philippines	118,300	49
9	9	Francis Villamar	Philippines	27,600	12

10	1	Seung Yong Yi	Korea	178,400	74
10	2	Niilo Heinikangas	Finland	84,500	35
10	3	Ming Kee Liow	Malaysia	42,600	18
10	4	Soon Ann Gan	Malaysia	51,900	22
10	5	Zhining Chen	China	4,200	2
10	6	Jack Wu	Taiwan	53,800	22
10	7	Freddy Wei	Singapore	124,700	52
10	8	Wei Han Wang	Taiwan	139,700	58
10	9	Victor Chong	Malaysia	148,600	62

11	1	James Chong	Malaysia	125,100	52
11	2	Aki Virtanen	Finland	156,300	65
11	3	Brandon Shim	Australia	80,500	34
11	4	Heng Seng Lau	Singapore	55,700	23
11	5	Jeffrey Shultz	USA	65,400	27
11	6	Hyung Chul Hyun	Korea	129,400	54
11	7	Michael Brunner	Switzerland	211,400	88
11	8	Alexander Grocott	Australia	157,200	66
11	9	Siddarth Singhvi	India	135,800	57

12	1	Roger Spets	Sweden	42,100	18
12	2	Abhineet Jain	India	75,200	31
12	3	Masato Nikawadori	Japan	145,400	61
12	4	Yo Seb Rhee	Korea	265,300	111
12	5	Jaehyun Lim	Korea	125,100	52
12	6	Mark Pagsuyuin	Philippines	61,600	26
12	7	John Dalessandri	Australia	76,300	32
12	8	Tzu Chieh Lo	Taiwan	86,900	36
12	9	Yau Shern Yen	Malaysia	99,100	41

13	1	Toshifumi Hashimoto	Japan	124,100	52
13	2	Anna Bajas	Philippines	149,600	62
13	3	Kunal Patni	India	10,300	4
13	4	Anton Widjaya	Indonesia	41,300	17
13	5	Sam Razavi	UK	57,200	24
13	6	Andy Xueyan Li	Singapore	218,000	91
13	7	Tze Yen Wong	Malaysia	15,400	6
13	8	Pranay Kapoor	India	115,000	48
13	9	Van Tran Thanh	Vietnam	51,900	22

14	1	Reigin Leongson	Philippines	33,800	14
14	2	Antti Halme	Finland	159,900	67
14	3	Jun Yi Ong	Singapore	61,600	26
14	4	Bruce Fabillaran	Philippines	24,900	10
14	5	Christopher Morrison	UK	70,100	29
14	6	Daniel Benor	Israel	53,600	22
14	7	Wendell Barte	Philippines	102,900	43
14	8	Joseph Sia	Philippines	41,800	17
14	9	Tsun Ming Chan	Hong Kong	74,200	31

15	1	Rajeev Kanjani	India	11,600	5
15	2	Kwangyeop Choi	Korea	66,800	28
15	3	Anthony Gabitan	Philippines	64,400	27
15	4	John Sayo	Philippines	23,200	10
15	5	Anh Nguyen	Vietnam	56,300	23
15	6	Si Yang Phua	Singapore	92,400	39
15	7	Jun Zhong Loo	Malaysia	50,000	21
15	8	Mark Amparo	Philippines	73,100	30
15	9	Kwok Chun Lai	Hong Kong	28,400	12

16	1	Mc Yeldarb Mantos	Philippines	80,900	34
16	2	Linh Tran	Canada	194,300	81
16	3	Adones Carmona	Philippines	236,100	98
16	4	Joohyun Park	Korea	49,400	21
16	6	Wenceslao Sombero	Philippines	59,100	25
16	7	Khanh Le Ngoc	Vietnam	80,400	34
16	8	Wendell Garcia	Philippines	148,000	62
16	9	Raphael Gall	Germany	141,400	59

17	1	Elan Zak	Philippines	234,000	98
17	2	Frederick Dimayuga	Philippines	42,200	18
17	3	Wai Kiat Lee	Malaysia	26,300	11
17	4	Kok Hou Toh	Malaysia	150,100	63
17	5	Ming Suan Tan	Malaysia	92,600	39
17	6	Manuel Mascunana	Philippines	85,200	36
17	7	Vikram Verma	India	61,900	26
17	9	Tom Or-Paz	Israel	186,500	78

18	1	Chien Huu Nguyen	Vietnam	117,600	49
18	2	Jannodin Riga	Philippines	184,800	77
18	4	Mun Fei Chow	Malaysia	56,700	24
18	5	Thanh Ha Duong	Vietnam	137,600	57
18	6	Hisashi Ogi	Japan	90,300	38
18	7	Thomas Lee	Canada	156,100	65
18	8	Sejin Park	Korea	261,300	109
18	9	Masatoshi Tanaka	Japan	287,800	120

19	1	Soo Jo Kim	Korea	56,500	24
19	2	Chee Sun Tong	Singapore	99,100	41
19	4	Romit Advani	India	38,100	16
19	5	Kenny Shih	USA	67,400	28
19	6	Vijay Narula	Australia	146,700	61
19	7	Ken Okada	Japan	121,000	50
19	8	Hoang Huy Tran	Vietnam	93,300	39
19	9	Wan Yusuf	Malaysia	57,500	24

08-06-2017 13:31 UTC+8

167 Players Remain for Day 2 of the 2017 PokerStars Festival Manila Main Event

Christian Zetzsche

Yo Seb Rhee among big stacks heading into Day 2

After three starting days with 12 levels of 45 minutes each, a field of 594 entries has emerged for the 2017 PokerStars Festival Manila Main Event at the PokerStars LIVE Manila poker room in the City of Dreams complex. The guaranteed prize pool of ₱20 million was easily surpassed and ₱28,809,000 (~$572,190) are up for grabs.

More than half of the 167 Day 1 survivors will be leaving empty handed still. The top 87 spots will receive a portion of the prize pool, however it is the ₱5,515,000 (~$109,536) first prize and the elusive golden PokerStars festival trophy that comes along with it that everyone has their eyes set on.

Best-positioned to claim the title here in Manila is Korea's Woohyuk Yang with a monster stack of 417,400 followed by Day 1b chip leader Michael Falcon with 307,100. Masatoshi Tanaka, who scored a massive double just before play concluded on Day 1c, follows in third place overall with 287,800 while fellow Japanese and High Roller Shot Clock finalist Yo Seb Rhee is hot on his heels with 265,300.

Other big stacks and notables still in contention include Andre Peters (241,500), Dhane Chainani (235,200), Day 1a chip leader Elan Zak (234,200), Alex Lee (212,500), Michael Brunner (211,400), Linh Tran (194,300), Tom Or-Paz (186,500), Jun Obara (174,400), former Asian player of th year Pete Chen (165,300), Antti Halme (159,900) and Alexander Grocott (157,200) to name just a few.

2017 Asian Player of the Year contenders Sparrow Cheung (120,200), Alan Lau (53,800) and Jack Wu (42,600) are also among those through to Day 2, while JunZhong Loo (50,000) and High Roller champion Peter Plater (40,900) will be among the short stacks when action resumes at 2 p.m. local time in the Grand Ballroom.

The action recommences in level 13 at blinds of 1,200-2,400 with a running ante of 400 and the level duration increases to 60 minutes each. A maximum of 11 levels or until the final table of the last nine are scheduled for Day 2, whichever of the two comes first. The winner will then be determined on Monday August 7th, where the levels last 75 minutes each.

PokerStars Festival Main Event history

Year	PSF Stop	Buy In	Entries	Prize Pool	Champion	Prize	Prize (USD)
2016	New Jersey	$1,100	208	$201,760	Jason Acosta	$38,220	$38,220
2017	London	£ 990	944	£ 824,112	Rehman Kassam	£89,320	$111,638
2017	Rozvadov	€1,100	1126	€ 1,089,310	Petr Svoboda	€124,346	$131,283
2017	Chile	$1,650	329	$500,000	Christopher Franco	$97,360	$97,360
2017	Marbella	€1,100	949	€911,040	Ignacio De Maturana	€168,700	$188,017
2017	South Korea	KRW1,650,000	285	KRW414,675,000	Taehoon Han	KRW83,130,000	$73,954.00
2017	Lille	€1,100	800	€768,000	Philippe Le Touche	€143,000	$164,849
2017	Manila	PHP55,000	594	PHP28,809,000		PHP5,515,000	$109,536
2017	Bucharest	€1,100	736	€705,560		€133,400

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the tournament floor to provide all the action until a winner is crowned.

Tags: Alan Lau Alex Lee Alexander Grocott Andre Peters Antti Halme Dhane Chainani Elan Zak Jack Wu Jun Obara Junzhong Loo Linh tran Masatoshi Tanaka Michael Brunner Michael Falcon Peter Plater Po-Yi Wu Sparrow Cheung Woohyuk Yang Yo Seb Rhee

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

08-06-2017 14:15 UTC+8

The First Three Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Tung Wing Wong was the first casualty and Johnson Tan followed, sending his short stack over to Michael Falcon. Last but notleast, it was Stuart Brodie who picked the right hand but wrong time to move all in. Chi Thinh Nguyen raised and Min Soon Lim called before Brodie shoved for 27,000 with pocket jacks.

Jin Hwang Yong had just arrived in his seat and looked him up to turn over pocket aces in the showdown, eliminating Brodie early on Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Falcon	355,000 47,900	47,900
Jin Hwang Yong	310,000 52,500	52,500
Stuart Brodie	Busted
Tung Wing Wong	Busted
Johnson Tan	Busted

Tags: Jin Hwang Yong Johnson Tan Michael Falcon Min Soon Lim Stuart Brodie

08-06-2017 14:26 UTC+8

Double for Verma

RazorSharpPro

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

There have been five speedy eliminations already so far and the first level of the day is just minutes old. One man who has managed to survive the early carnage, however, is Vikram Verma who has just doubled up through Tom Or-Paz.

Verma, holding , got all the chips in pre-flop against Or-Paz’s with the board running out to grant the Indian the double to 128,300 while Or-Paz dropped down to 124,100.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vikram Verma	128,300 66,400	66,400
Tom Or-Paz	124,100 -62,400	-62,400

Tags: Vikram Verma Tom Or-Paz

08-06-2017 14:26 UTC+8

Woo Busts to Marquez

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

In a battle of the blinds, Richard Marquez four-bet all in and Changha Woo called.

Changha Woo:
Richard Marquez:

The board came and Marquez spiked his jack on the turn to eliminate Woo, who wasn't amused at all and banged his hands on the table. All early casualties included, six players have ran out of chips so far.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Marquez	205,000 87,100	87,100
Changha Woo	Busted

Tags: Richard Marquez Changha Woo

08-06-2017 14:33 UTC+8

Chong Loses Small Pot, Busts Wu

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Victor Chong bet the turn for 7,100 from the cutoff and Niilo Heinikangas in the small blind called. The river was checked and the Finn showed for pair of kings to win the pot.

Soon after, though, Jack Wu was spotted leaving the table. The board of [8d3c2s19d8s] was all but rushed away and Wu joined the rail with against the for trips eights of Chong.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Chong	175,000 26,400	26,400
Niilo Heinikangas	103,000 18,500	18,500
Jack Wu	Busted

Tags: Jack Wu Niilo Heinikangas Victor Chong

08-06-2017 14:44 UTC+8

Moon Busts Bui

RazorSharpPro

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Jongyoung Moon opened the action with a raise to 6,000 and small blind Hoon Chai Ra flat called before Duc Bui moved all-in from the big blind for another 47,800.

Moon re-shoved to isolate, sending Ra deep into the think tank, where he remained for a good five minutes until an irate tablemate called for the clock. Ra let the full minute pass before open-folding and the other two players turned their hands over.

Duc Bui:
Jongyoung Moon:

The flop put Moon in front and Ra looked pretty happy with his fold. The turn and river provided Bui no help and he headed for the rail while Moon stacked up to 230,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Jongyoung Moon	230,000 58,900	58,900
Hoon Chai Ra	81,000 -6,100	-6,100
Duc Bui	Busted

Tags: Jongyoung Moon Hoon Chai Ra Duc Bui

08-06-2017 14:46 UTC+8

Big Movements in the APOY Race

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Joining the action on the turn, Euryd Rivera and Sparrow Cheung invested 15,000 each to see the appear on the turn. Rivera bet 15,000 and Cheung asked to see the stack of his opponent. He then took some time before moving all in for more than 60,000 and Rivera took equally long to call it off for slightly less.

Euryd Rivera:
Sparrow Cheung:

The river was a blank and Rivera was eliminated.

Over on table one, a costly misstep may have put fellow Asian Player of the Year contender Pete Chen at a disadvantage against Cheung. In a raising war, Chen faced a three-bet to 12,200 by Segundo Barte and eventually put the Filipino at risk.

Segundo Barte:
Pete Chen:

The board came and the pair of queens held up. "How much is it?" Chen asked and his eyes grew bigger when Barte's stack was counted to be for 142,200, a hugeportion of Chen's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Segundo Barte	290,000 139,000	139,000
Sparrow Cheung	220,000 99,800	99,800
Pete Chen	30,000 -135,300	-135,300

Euryd Rivera	Busted

Tags: Sparrow Cheung Segundo Barte Euryd Rivera Pete Chen