2020 PokerStars Red Dragon Manila

?500,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2020 PokerStars Red Dragon Manila

Final Results
Winner
Lester Edoc
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
5,222,000 PHP
Event Info
Buy-in
500,000 PHP
Prize Pool
14,113,500 PHP
Entries
30
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
30
Players Left
11

?500,000 Super High Roller

Day 1 Completed

Campomanes Looking for Another Win in Manila in the PokerStars Red Dragon Manila Super High Roller

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Florencio Campomanes
Florencio Campomanes

After twelve levels of play, Day 1 of the PokerStars Red Dragon Manila Super High Roller has come to an end with eleven players making it through to Day 2 out of 30 entries in total. Those 30 entries created a total prize pool of ?14,113,500 ($276,019) with 25 unique players and 5 reentries during the first ten levels of Day 1. Five players will be in the money for at least ?1,341,500 ($26,236) while the winner will walk away with ?5,222,000 ($102,127).

Taking the overnight chip lead is Philippines�� own Florencio Campomanes with 1,665,000 in chips which will be worth 104 big blinds at the start of Day 2. Campomanes is a local player with over $600,000 in life time cashes already. He always does well here in Manila, he won the APPT Main Event a few months ago for $218,166 and had a supportive rail all day. ��Flo�� himself says he doesn��t really travel much for poker anymore but has been playing poker for ten years or so already, racking up cashes all over Asia.

Campomanes was already doing really well with almost a million in chips but then scored a double knock-out just before the final two table redraw when he called a three-bet shove and four-bet shove of Yilu Yuan and Thai Le with pocket tens. Yuan held king-jack while Le was ahead with the rockets but the ten on the flop spelled the end for both of his opponents. Campomanes jumped into the chip lead at that point and didn��t let it go anywhere.

Nang Quang Nguyen
Nang Quang Nguyen

Trailing Campomanes is Nang Quang Nguyen from Vietnam with 940,000 in chips. Nguyen stands in seventh place in the Vietnam all-time money list according to The Hendon Mob with just over $300,000 in cashes over the past twelve years. Nguyen was all-in for his tournament life at one point against Huidong Gu who had turned a full house but Nguyen had rivered the higher one to double up with. After that hand, Nguyen won hands left, right, and center to finish in second place in the chip counts.

Closing out the podium is Lester Edoc with 888,000 with Xiao Ling Li and Phachara Wongwichit completing the top five.

Red Dragon Manila ?500,000 Super High Roller Top 5 Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Florencio CampomanesPhilippines1,665,000104
2Nang Quang NguyenVietnam940,00059
3Lester EdocPhilippines888,00056
4Xiao Ling LiChina703,00044
5Phachara WongwichitThailand688,00043

Day 1 Action

As usual in the High Roller tournaments, the event started with a slight delay to allow players to enter the field. Three players started from the first card off the deck and by the time the first break came, sixteen players had entered with Kirk Steele having had to reenter after busting to Jun Obara. Ryan Yu used two bullets but ended up busting just after the final two table redraw. He did manage to claim a bust-out himself when he took out Edgar Kim with a runner-runner flush.

Yake Wu
Yake Wu

Yake Wu made it through on his second bullet after being sent to the cashier by Edoc when he five-bet shoved with ace-king and was called. Edoc held pocket kings and those held throughout the board. Wu's second try delivered and got him to Day 2 with 450,000 in chips. Weihao Ma was left with one big blind after he doubled Lei Yu up but managed to win several all-ins in the end to bag 288,000 which is still the shortest stack of all eleven players.

Steele found his Waterloo when he flopped two pair and shoved on the nine-deuce-ten-seven-six board and was called by Yufei Hui who had hit a runner-runner flush. He wasn��t the only one to fall at one of the many hurdles on Day 1. Darren Chan, Gu, Mike Takayama, Ryan Yu, Dong Chen, Obara, and Martin Stausholm were all eliminated throughout Day 1.

When the players return at 1 p.m. local time on Sunday, January 5 to the beautiful Okada Manila, they will resume with Level 13 which features a small blind of 8,000, big blind of 16,000, and a big blind ante of 16,000. They will get 2 more time banks at the start of the day worth 30 seconds each and another two when the final table has been reached. The PokerNews live reporting team will be there from the moment the first bag gets opened until the final all-in has been won, so make sure to keep following the action right here!

Day 2 Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
14Florencio CampomanesPhilippines1,665,000104
15Lester EdocPhilippines888,00056
16Minh LeVietnam291,00018
17Weihao MaChina288,00018
18Xiao Ling LiChina703,00044
      
22Lei YuChina375,00023
23Yake WuChina450,00028
24Yufei HuiChina644,00040
26Phachara WongwichitThailand688,00043
27Meng LiChina575,00036
28Nang Quang NguyenVietnam940,00059

Tags: Darren ChanDong ChenEdgar KimFlorencio CampomanesHuidong GuJun ObaraKirk SteeleLei YuLester EdocMartin StausholmMike TakayamaNang Quang NguyenPhachara WongwichitRyan YuThai LeWeihao MaXiao Ling LiYake WuYilu YuanYufei Hui

End-of-Day Chip Counts

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Florencio Campomanes ph
Florencio Campomanes
1,665,000
165,000
165,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Nang Quang Nguyen vn
Nang Quang Nguyen
940,000
581,000
581,000
Lester Edoc ph
Lester Edoc
888,000
335,000
335,000
Xiao Ling Li cn
Xiao Ling Li
703,000
338,000
338,000
Phachara Wongwichit th
Phachara Wongwichit
688,000
-28,000
-28,000
Yufei Hui cn
Yufei Hui
644,000
216,000
216,000
Meng Li cn
Meng Li
575,000
45,000
45,000
Yake Wu cn
Yake Wu
450,000
-30,000
-30,000
Lei Yu cn
Lei Yu
375,000
-535,000
-535,000
Minh Le vn
Minh Le
291,000
-281,000
-281,000
Weihao Ma cn
Weihao Ma
288,000
110,000
110,000

Seven More Hands

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Florencio Campomanes had the honor to draw the card for how many more hands need to be played before play ends as the tournament clock has been paused. The seven was drawn so the 11 remaining players need to play 7 more hands before they can bag and tag their chips for Day 2.

Prize Pool Details Confirmed

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Okada Poker Room
Okada Poker Room

The prize pool details have been confirmed and with 30 entries a total prize pool of ?14,113,500 ($276,019) has been created. Five players will be in the money for at least ?1,341,500 which equals around $26,236. The winner will walk away with ?5,222,000 ($102,127) and the trophy.

This is what they are all playing for:

PlacePrize (PHP)Prize (USD)
1?5,222,000$102,127
2?3,599,000$70,386
3?2,293,000$44,844
4?1,658,000$32,426
5?1,341,500$26,236

Stausholm Busts to Li

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Meng Li raised from the hijack and Martin Stausholm shoved from the hijack. Action folded back to Li who made the call.

Martin Stausholm: {a-Hearts}{j-Spades}
Meng Li: {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {j-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} for Li to hold with the pocket queens to eliminate Stausholm.

Over on Table #1, Jun Obara was eliminated at the same time.

Player Chips Progress
Meng Li cn
Meng Li
530,000
135,000
135,000
Martin Stausholm dk
Martin Stausholm
Busted
Jun Obara jp
Jun Obara
Busted

Tags: Jun ObaraMartin StausholmMeng Li

Wongwichit Almost Triples Up

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Phachara Wongwichit
Phachara Wongwichit

Meng Li raised to 22,000 from under the gun and Martin Stausholm called in the hijack. Dong Chen shoved in the small blind for 218,000 and Phachara Wongwichit shoved too for 243,000 in total. Li quickly folded and Stausholm called.

Dong Chen: {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
Phachara Wongwichit: {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
Martin Stausholm: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}

The flop came {q-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{8-Spades} to keep Stausholm ahead.

The turn was the {10-Diamonds} for Wongwichit to pick up the gutshot to a straight.

The river completed the board with the {j-Spades} to give Wongwichit the straight indeed to eliminate Chen and earn a full double through Stausholm.

Player Chips Progress
Phachara Wongwichit th
Phachara Wongwichit
716,000
426,000
426,000
Martin Stausholm dk
Martin Stausholm
175,000
-162,000
-162,000
Dong Chen cn
Dong Chen
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Dong ChenMartin StausholmMeng LiPhachara Wongwichit

Level: 12

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Final Two Tables

Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Ryan Yu was eliminated shortly after the redraw of the final two tables and Florencio Campomanes was moved to Table #1 to balance the tables out.

SeatTable #1Table #2
1Jun ObaraMartin Stausholm
2Yufei HuiLei Yu
3 Yake Wu
4Florencio Campomanes 
5Lester EdocDong Chen
6Minh LePhachara Wongwichit
7Weihao MaMeng Li
8Xiao Ling LiNang Quang Nguyen
Player Chips Progress
Ryan Yu ca
Ryan Yu
Busted

Tags: Florencio CampomanesRyan Yu