PokerStars Festival Manila Main Event Smashes Guarantee; Yang Leads
An impressive 207 players stumped up the PHP55,000 entrance fee for Day 1c of the PokerStars Manila Main Event.
With the format offering unlimited re-entry, there were another 78 bullets fired to bring the total number of entries up to 285 for the day. That brought the total number of entries up to 594, easily surpassing the ?20 million (~$397,230) guarantee. That astounding figure creates the largest international tournament in the history of the Philippines with a buy-in of ?30,000 or more, ballooning the prize pool to a hefty ?28,809,000 (~$572,190).
However, it is the ?5,515,000 (~$109,536) first prize that all will have their eye on and the man best positioned to take that down is Woohyuk Yang. The Korean bagged up a monstrous 417,400, nearly five times the average stack and over 110,000 in chips more than next closest rival – Day 1b frontrunner Michael Falcon (307,100).
Yang made the majority of his chips after clashing in a huge hand with one-time chip leader Mazyar Misaghian, who made an ill-timed river bluff shortly before the last break of the day with a missed straight draw.
Unfortunately for Misaghian, Yang had flopped top two pairs and made the call to send the Australian player to the cash desk to re-buy, though he was unable to recreate his early run of form and bowed out before the close of play.
Japan’s Masatoshi Tanaka finished the day as Yang’s next closest rival after a late gift from Vietnam’s Chien Huu Nguyen on the last hand of play.
Tanaka – who had flopped the nut flush holding a suited ace-eight – moved all in on a paired turn in a three-bet pot, with Nguyen making the call with top pair and an open-ended straight draw.
The Japanese player faded Nguyen’s full house re-draw to bag up 287,800 while Nguyen took a big hit but finished the day with a stack of 117,600. It was another Japanese player, Yo Seb Rhee, who rounded out the day’s top three stacks, finishing with a very respectable 265,300.
Just 87 of the Day 1c entrants managed to successfully circumnavigate the tournament minefield to join the 38 Day 1a survivors and 43 Day 1b survivors.
Other notables to make it though included High Roller Shot Clock champion Peter Plater (40,900), Manila Megastack 7 champion Po-Yi Wu (30,200), Malaysia’s Boon Leong Tan (260,600) and Sam Nee (99,500), Finland’s Antti Halme (159,900) and Australia’s Geoff Mooney (82,500).
Notables who failed to make the cut included India’s first (joint) World Series of Poker bracelet winner Aditya Sushant as well as fellow countryman Dhaval Mudgal, Japan’s Iori Yogo, the Philippines’ top eight tournament earner Flo Campomanes and High Roller Shot Clock final tablist Hermann Lee.
With 73 unique players, the Philippines dominated the player pool, representing 22% of the total players. Following closely behind were Korea and Singapore which each brought in 34 unique players and roughly 20% of the total field together. India and Malaysia also showed up in full force with 25 (roughly 7% of the total field) and 33 (roughly 10%) unique players respectively.
A total of 167 players will be returning for Day 2 when play resumes at 2pm local time (GMT+7) on Sunday 6 August as Brandon Shim made it through on Day 1b and 1c. Shim will pilot the larger of his two stacks with the other being removed from play.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the tournament floor all day as the PokerStars Festival Manila Main Event plays into the hallowed money spots and beyond so join us then.
Day 2 Seat Draw
Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
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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 | Dhane Chainani | India | 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 |