2017 PokerStars Festival Manila

PHP 215,000 High Roller
Day: 2
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
Entries
47
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
3,000

Pogodin and Sushant Eliminated

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Konstantin Pogodin's miracle recovery found a sudden end when he flipped for the tournament life with {A-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} against the {3-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} of Van Sang Nguyen. The latter spiked a set on the {6-Hearts}{K-Spades}{3-Hearts} flop, and the {J-Diamonds} turn and {6-Clubs} river were both blanks.

Aditya Sushant followed suit shortly after on table one when Sathesh Muthu's run good continued with quads, while Timofey Asmolov folded pocket jacks face up during the same hand.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sathesh Muthu sg
Sathesh Muthu
330,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Timofey Asmolov ru
Timofey Asmolov
110,000
-44,400
-44,400
Profile photo of Van Sang Nguyen vn
Van Sang Nguyen
40,000
-4,000
-4,000
Profile photo of Konstantin Pogodin ru
Konstantin Pogodin
Busted
Profile photo of Aditya Sushant in
Aditya Sushant
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Aditya SushantKonstantin PogodinTimofey AsmolovVan Sang Nguyen

Muthu Tears Up Orpaz

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Tom Orpaz Slips Early on Day 2
Tom Orpaz Slips Early on Day 2

Tom Orpaz dropped down even further in the counts before he clashed with Aditya Sushant on a {q-Hearts}{5-Spades}{2-Spades} flop. Orpaz turned out to be the player at risk with {k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} for top pair only to find himself up against the {a-Clubs}{q-Spades} of Sushant. The {k-Clubs} turn improved Orpaz and the {9-Clubs} river was a blank to let Orpaz sigh with relief.

His fortune didn't last long, as he got into another big pot with Sathesh Muthu and bet 25,000 on the {10-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{2-Spades}{8-Diamonds} turn before check-folding to a shove of Muthu on the {9-Hearts} river. He was shown {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds} for a full house by Muthu and said "wow, what a safe, I had an overpair."

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sathesh Muthu sg
Sathesh Muthu
290,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Tom Orpaz il
Tom Orpaz
55,000
-80,000
-80,000
Profile photo of Aditya Sushant in
Aditya Sushant
7,000
-43,000
-43,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Aditya SushantSathesh MuthuTom Orpaz

Pogodin In Need of a Miracle

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Sparrow Cheung re-entered and that brought the number of entries up to 47, while his new table provided some fireworks.

On a flop of {A-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{2-Spades}, Konstantin Pogodin and Hermann Lee got into a raising war with near-identical stacks and Pogodin turned over {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}. Lee had {K-Clubs}{4-Clubs} for the flush draw and straight draw, and immediately got there on the {5-Hearts} turn. On top of that, Lee even improved to a flush on the {8-Clubs} river and Pogodin was left with a mere 700 chips. He first quadrupled up and then tripled up with {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades} versus {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Hermann Lee sg
Hermann Lee
165,000
84,000
84,000
Profile photo of Sparrow Cheung hk
Sparrow Cheung
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Konstantin Pogodin ru
Konstantin Pogodin
10,000
-63,000
-63,000

Tags: Hermann LeeKonstantin PogodinSparrow Cheung

Cheung Hits the Rail

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

On a flop of {7-Hearts}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds}, Alex Lee in late position called a bet of 14,000 by Hoa Thinh Nguyen on the button and checked again the {9-Clubs} on the turn. Nguyen moved all in for effectively 55,000, as that's what Lee had left, and Lee folded after having used one time-bank.

Over on table three, Sparrow Cheung moved all in for the second hand in a row. This time, he found a caller as Ken Okada re-shoved from the button with slightly more chips.

Sparrow Cheung: {A-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}
Ken Okada: {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}

The board came {8-Spades}{6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} and the kicker played to eliminate Cheung.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Hoa Thinh Nguyen vn
Hoa Thinh Nguyen
140,000
-7,900
-7,900
Profile photo of Ken Okada jp
Ken Okada
65,000
22,000
22,000
Profile photo of Alex Lee sg
Alex Lee
55,000
-27,000
-27,000
Profile photo of Sparrow Cheung hk
Sparrow Cheung
Busted

Tags: Alex LeeHoa Thinh NguyenKen OkadaSparrow Cheung

Burns Arrives and Chips Up

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Aditya Sushant and Simon Burns registered a few moments ago to bump up the attendance to 45 entries. Burns was immediately in the big blind and faced a raise to 5,000 by Alex Lee on the button. Burns three-bet to 12,000 and Lee called to see a flop of {10-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades}. The continuation bet of 9,000 by Burns forced a fold from Lee and the table was shown {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} by the Brit.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Alex Lee sg
Alex Lee
82,000
-13,000
-13,000
Profile photo of Simon Burns gb
Simon Burns
65,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Aditya Sushant in
Aditya Sushant
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Aditya SushantAlex LeeSimon Burns

Orpaz Drops Two Pots

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Tom Orpaz found himself at a table with fellow big stacks and took two hits to the stack early on to surrender the chip lead.

First he called a bet of 13,000 by Lester Edoc on the {8-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{10-Hearts} turn and did so again for 18,000 on the {q-Diamonds} river. Edoc showed {k-Hearts}{10-Spades} and that won the pot.

Soon after, Sathesh Muthu check-raised a flop of {j-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} from 10,000 to 26,000 out of the big blind and Orpaz called. The {9-Clubs} fell on the turn and Muthu's bet of 25,000 was called before the {a-Hearts} river resulted in a bet of 40,000 by Muthu and a fold by Orpaz.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sathesh Muthu sg
Sathesh Muthu
210,000
53,300
53,300
Profile photo of Tom Orpaz il
Tom Orpaz
135,000
-84,000
-84,000
Profile photo of Lester Edoc ph
Lester Edoc
130,000
26,100
26,100

Tags: Lester EdocSathesh MuthuTom Orpaz

Pogodin More Than Doubles

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Van Sang Nguyen raised to 5,000 from the hijack and Konstantin Pogodin moved all in for 31,200 from the cutoff. Sparrow Cheung asked for a count and moved all in over the top from the small blind, which forced a fold from Nguyen with {A-Spades}{J-Hearts} being sent to the muck face up.

Konstantin Pogodin: {A-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Sparrow Cheung: {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades}

The board came {A-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} and Pogodin got there with aces and tens to more than double up. Over on table four, Alex Lee also won a few pots to almost double his stack early on.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Alex Lee sg
Alex Lee
95,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Konstantin Pogodin ru
Konstantin Pogodin
73,000
37,600
37,600
Profile photo of Van Sang Nguyen vn
Van Sang Nguyen
44,000
-6,000
-6,000
Profile photo of Sparrow Cheung hk
Sparrow Cheung
19,000
-31,000
-31,000

Tags: Sparrow CheungVan Sang NguyenKonstantin PogodinAlex Lee

Three New Time-Banks; Three Further Players

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

All players received an additional three time-bank chip and new entries received a total of six chips as a result. Among those to benefit from that were Alan Lau as re-entry, as well as Shengyu Li and Tsun Ming Chan as new entries.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Shengyu Li cn
Shengyu Li
50,000
Profile photo of Alan Lau hk
Alan Lau
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Tsun Ming Chan hk
Tsun Ming Chan
50,000

Tags: Alan LauShengyu LiTsun Ming Chan

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Four New Entries for Day 2

Before the cards will go up in the air shortly, there are already four new entries confirmed. While Van Sang Nguyen has re-entered, Sparrow Cheung, Alex Lee and Xingbiao Zhu are new participants and start the tournament with 25 big blinds each.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Van Sang Nguyen vn
Van Sang Nguyen
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Sparrow Cheung hk
Sparrow Cheung
50,000
Profile photo of Alex Lee sg
Alex Lee
50,000
Profile photo of Xingbiao Zhu cn
Xingbiao Zhu
50,000

Tags: Van Sang NguyenSparrow CheungAlex LeeXingbiao Zhu