Joining the action on the flop, Simon Hermann bet 300 out of the small blind and preflop aggressor Kota Miyakita called in early position. The on the turn went check, check, before Hermann bet the river for 600. Miyakita called and won the pot without showdown, as Hermann sent his cards into the muck.
While the Satellite is on the ticket bubble with three players out of a 17-entry strong field remaining, the High Roller has just kicked off with six players. Among those already seated are Simon Hermann, Maxim Sorokin, Kota Miyakita, Yo Seb Rhee, Jun Obara and Georges Georgiou.
As is usually the case with High Roller events, there is a slight delay in starting. So far, there are 6 registered players but all are yet to take their seat. However, we are certain that it won't be long until the cards are in the air so watch this space.
In one hour from now as of 5 p.m. local time, the 2017 PokerStars Festival Manila PHP215,000 High Roller gets underway at the PokerStars LIVE Manila, and the buy-in equals approximately $4,268.
The festival in the Philippines already kicked off a few days ago and Hong Kong's Park Yu "Sparrow" Cheung took over the lead in the 2017 Asia Player of the Year Race with four final table appearances and a fifth place for PHP351,000 in the PokerStars Open here at the Grand Ballroom at City of Dreams.
Cheung also cashed in the PokerStars Festival Korea Main Event and finished 8th in the very same 30-second Shot Clock High Roller tournament in Incheon just a few weeks ago.
PokerStars Festival High Roller history
Year
PSF Stop
Buy In
Entries
Prize Pool
Champion
Prize
Prize (USD)
2016
New Jersey
$2,200
16
$31,040
Jack Duong
$15,520
$15,520
2017
London
£2,200
178
£345,320
Joe Johnson
£59,912
$74,525
2017
Rozvadov
€2,200
118
€228,920
Boris Kuzmanovic
€37,791
$40,319
2017
Chile
$3,300
15
$43,650
Leo Fernandez
$20,950
$20,950
2017
Marbella
€2,200
184
€ 353,280
Oriol Vaquero
€78,200
$87,283
2017
South Korea
KRW 4,350,000
62
KRW 240,560,000
Boyuan Qu
KRW72,160,000
$64,195
2017
Lille
€2,200
151
€289,920
Olli Autio
€69,600
$81,081
2017
Manila
PHP215,000
Day one is scheduled to play a total of 11 levels of 40 minutes each with unlimited re-entries allowed throughout, and the registration remains available until the end of level 12 on August 3rd 2017. All participants receive 50,000 in chips and the event will be playing down to a winner tomorrow.
High Roller Day 1 Level Structure
Level
Duration
Small Blind
Big Blind
Ante
1
40 min
50
100
2
40 min
75
150
3
40 min
100
200
25
4
40 min
150
300
25
5
40 min
200
400
50
6
40 min
250
500
50
7
40 min
300
600
75
8
40 min
400
800
100
9
40 min
500
1,000
100
10
40 min
600
1,200
200
11
40 min
800
1,600
200
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action until a winner is crowned, so make sure to tune back in regularly.
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flop, Simon Hermann bet 300 out of the small blind and preflop aggressor Kota Miyakita called in early position. The 
on the turn went check, check, before Hermann bet the 
river for 600. Miyakita called and won the pot without showdown, as Hermann sent his cards into the muck.
