2017 PokerStars Festival Manila

PHP 215,000 High Roller
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2017 PokerStars Festival Manila
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j7
Prize
3,100,000 PHP
Event Info
Buy-in
215,000 PHP
Prize Pool
9,118,000 PHP
Total Entries
47
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
3,000
Players Left 1 / 47
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Break Time and Stacks

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

The 20 High Rollers are on their first 10-minute break of the day with the field stacking up as follows:

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Edward Yam hk
Edward Yam
77,600
10,400
10,400
Profile photo of Simon Burns gb
Simon Burns
69,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Wai Kiat Lee my
Wai Kiat Lee
62,150
350
350
Profile photo of Ken Okada jp
Ken Okada
58,100
5,900
5,900
Profile photo of Hoang Long Do vn
Hoang Long Do
57,500
6,500
6,500
Profile photo of Bach Hoang Nguyen vn
Bach Hoang Nguyen
57,000
7,250
7,250
Profile photo of Yo Seb Rhee jp
Yo Seb Rhee
56,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Antti Halme fi
Antti Halme
54,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Hermann Lee sg
Hermann Lee
50,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Peter Plater au
Peter Plater
49,400
6,800
6,800
Profile photo of Kota Miyakita jp
Kota Miyakita
49,375
1,625
1,625
Profile photo of Celine Lee cn
Celine Lee
49,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Aki Virtanen fi
Aki Virtanen
47,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Georges Georgiou gb
Georges Georgiou
44,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Van Sang Nguyen vn
Van Sang Nguyen
43,300
1,300
1,300
Profile photo of Timofey Asmolov ru
Timofey Asmolov
41,100
900
900
Profile photo of Hoa Thinh Nguyen vn
Hoa Thinh Nguyen
40,500
13,500
13,500
Profile photo of Maxim Sorokin ru
Maxim Sorokin
39,000
250
250
Profile photo of Michael Falcon dk
Michael Falcon
28,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Jun Obara jp
Jun Obara
24,300
13,800
13,800

Li and Hermann Chop It Up

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Hand 1

Edward Yam raised to 500 from the cutoff and Hoang Long Do defended the small blind to see a flop of {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}. Do checked, Yam bet 600 and called a check-raise to 1,600. Do then checked the Ah] turn and Yam won the pot with a bet of 1,350.

Hand 2

With 4,500 in the middle and the turn showing {K-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{J-Hearts}{5-Clubs}, Xiaoling Li checked and Simon Hermann bet 2,500 into a pot of 4,500. Li check-raised to 6,900 and Hermann called before the {8-Spades} river completed the board. Li made it 10,200 to go and Hermann used one time-bank chip, the second player to do so after Jun Obara, before eventually tossing in a single chip for the call.

Li turned over {K-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} for kings and queens, and Hermann had an equally strong hand with {K-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Edward Yam hk
Edward Yam
77,800
10,200
10,200
Profile photo of Hoang Long Do vn
Hoang Long Do
61,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Celine Lee cn
Celine Lee
60,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Hermann Lee sg
Hermann Lee
46,500
2,500
2,500

Tags: Edward YamHoang Long DoJun ObaraSimon HermannXiaoling Li

Lee Off to a Good Start

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

The field has grown to 20 with the arrival of Malaysia’s Wai Kiat Lee, whom we caught involved in a sizable pot against Japan’s Jun Obara.

We missed the pre-flop raise sizing but arrived just in time to see the dealer spread the {q-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} flop in a three-way hand involving Obara (small blind), Lee (middle position) and Bach Hoang Nguyen (button) with over 2,000 in blinds and antes already in the pot.

Obara checked the action over to Lee, who led out for 800 and while this was enough to get Nguyen to bow out Obara made the call to take play heads-up to the {6-Hearts} turn.

Obara checked once more and Lee fired a 2,800 second barrel, which Obara called fairly swiftly and the dealer peeled off the {a-Diamonds} river.

The Japanese player checked for a third time and Lee bet big, firing out a bet of 8,100. Obara called immediately but could only tap the table and muck when Lee turned over {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs} for a rivered top set.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Wai Kiat Lee my
Wai Kiat Lee
62,500
62,500
62,500
Profile photo of Jun Obara jp
Jun Obara
10,500
41,000
41,000

Tags: Jun ObaraWai Kiat Lee

Asmolov Finds a Double

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

With just around 5,000 in the middle and the turn reading {J-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{5-Spades}, Timofey Asmolov got the remainder of his stack in after being put at risk by Yo Seb Rhee. Asmolov had already locked up the double with {K-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} for trips fives, as Rhee only held {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts} for ace-king high, making the {2-Hearts} river a formality.

Asmolov doubled for 17,975 and gets closer to the starting stack once again after a disastrous early spell in this High Roller tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Yo Seb Rhee jp
Yo Seb Rhee
58,000
21,000
21,000
Profile photo of Timofey Asmolov ru
Timofey Asmolov
42,000
15,000
15,000

Tags: Timofey AsmolovYo Seb Rhee

Falcon Escapes from Elimination

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Michael Falcon raised to 625 and Yo Seb Rhee in the big blind asked for his stack size. "Around 20,000, the rest is over there," Falcon replied and pointed back at Rhee, who then called. On the {5-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} flop, Rhee check-raised from 800 to 2,100 and Falcon clicked it back to 6,800, which Rhee then called.

After the {A-Diamonds} fell on the turn, Rhee checked and Falcon moved all in to pick up a quick call by Rhee.

Michael Falcon: {A-Spades}{2-Hearts}
Yo Seb Rhee: {4-Clubs}{2-Spades}

Falcon was drawing to an ace or deuce to double and a four to chop. Once the {4-Diamonds} fell on the river, Falcon grabbed his belongings and was ready to leave before it was pointed out that both chopped it up thanks to the straight on the board. "Oh, I was looking for ace deuce," the Dane added before sitting back down.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Yo Seb Rhee jp
Yo Seb Rhee
79,000
26,500
26,500
Profile photo of Michael Falcon dk
Michael Falcon
20,000
28,000
28,000

Tags: Michael FalconYo Seb Rhee

Okada Sits Down and Flushes Nguyen

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

After just having sat down a few minutes ago, Ken Okada just took a big pot off Van Sang Nguyen. Joining the action on the three-way flop of {8-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}, Edward Yam in the small blind, Nguyen in the big blind and Okada all checked.

The {9-Clubs} appeared on the turn and Yam checked, Nguyen bet 600 and Okada raised to 1,800. Yam got out of the way and Nguyen reraised to 4,700, which Okada quickly called. Nguyen also bet the {K-Clubs} river for 3,700 and Okada's raise to 8,000 was reluctantly called to see Okada turn over {J-Clubs}{10-Clubs} for a flush as winning hand.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Edward Yam hk
Edward Yam
88,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Ken Okada jp
Ken Okada
64,000
64,000
64,000
Profile photo of Van Sang Nguyen vn
Van Sang Nguyen
42,000
7,000
7,000

Tags: Edward YamKen OkadaVan Sang Nguyen

Yam Pushes Off Sorokin to Take Lead

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

The field has climbed to 19 with the arrivals of Xioling Li, Ken Okaea, Aki Virtanen and Antii Halme all taking their seats.

We caught the latter involved in a hand, though it was Hoang Long Do who kick started proceedings with an early position limp before Halme made it 500 to go from the cutoff.

Maxim Sorokin (button) re-raised to 1,750 and the action was on Edward Yam in the small blind. Yam let the shot clock tick down to 5 seconds before announcing ‘raise’ and slid out a chunky cold three-bet of 6,750.

While this was enough to get Do and Halme to bow out Sorokin was not deterred and made the call to take play heads-up to a flop of {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}.

Yam did not take long to lead out for 5,000 and Sorokin quickly folded leaving Yam free to scoop in a sizable pot without showdown and the Hong Kong player climbed to 89,000 to take an early lead.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Edward Yam hk
Edward Yam
89,000
Profile photo of Celine Lee cn
Celine Lee
50,000
Profile photo of Aki Virtanen fi
Aki Virtanen
50,000
Profile photo of Antti Halme fi
Antti Halme
50,000
Profile photo of Ken Okaea jp
Ken Okaea
50,000
Profile photo of Maxim Sorokin ru
Maxim Sorokin
38,750
11,250
11,250

Tags: Maxim SorokinEdward Yam

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Burns Leads the Charge

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Hand 1

On the flop of {10-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{4-Spades}, Michael Falcon bet 600 and Timofey Asmolov called. The {9-Diamonds} appeared on the turn and Falcon check-called a bet of 750 before checking again the {4-Hearts} on the river. Asmolov bet 3,100 and Falcon check-raised to 7,000, which the Russian called.

"That was not a good river," Falcon said and tabled his {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts} for nines over fours.

Hand 2

After two limps by Hoang Long Do and Asmolov, Simon Burns squeezed to 700 and was called by John Plater, Falcon in the big blind and Do. The flop brought {10-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{2-Hearts} and Do bet 1,700. Burns called, Plater folded and Do came along as well to go three-handed to the {4-Spades} turn. The action checked to Burns and the bet of 4,500 by the Brit was called only by Do.

After the {4-Spades} river, Do's check was followed by a bet of 13,000 by Burns and that won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Simon Burns gb
Simon Burns
63,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Hoang Long Do vn
Hoang Long Do
51,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of Michael Falcon dk
Michael Falcon
48,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Timofey Asmolov ru
Timofey Asmolov
27,000
8,200
8,200

Tags: Hoang Long DoJohn PlaterMichael FalconSimon BurnsTimofey Asmolov