2017 PokerStars Festival Manila

Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Festival Manila

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
4,676,000 PHP
Event Info
Buy-in
55,000 PHP
Prize Pool
28,809,000 PHP
Entries
594
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

PokerStars Festival Manila Main Event Smashes Guarantee; Yang Leads

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

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 �C 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 �C who had flopped the nut flush holding a suited ace-eight �C 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

TableSeatNameCountryChipsBig Blinds
11Xingbiao ZhuChina125,50052
12Pete ChenTaiwan165,30069
13Ddingxiang OngSingapore96,40040
14Tran Hung ManhVietnam180,70075
15Kien Seng LooMalaysia24,90010
16James MendozaUSA29,90012
17Yii Shyang LaiMalaysia53,50022
18Boon Leong TanMalaysia260,600109
19Segundo BartePhilippines151,00063
      
21Jensen ChowUSA52,30022
22Kian Weng ChoongMalaysia169,60071
23Vikram PalanisamyIndia79,60033
24Corbin WhiteUSA44,30018
25Kuldeep PawarIndia71,80030
26Jiunn NgSingapore50,20021
27Richard MarquezPhilippines117,90049
28Changha WooKorea102,50043
29Trung Hieu LeVietnam118,00049
      
31Sok Meng HunCambodia82,00034
32Kenneth BuckAustralia61,80026
33Jean IssaUK83,10035
34Peter PlaterAustralia40,90017
35Yoshiniri TsujiJapan69,70029
36Yan da Tyronne SohSingapore124,00052
37Hoang Anh DoVietnam125,00052
38Yow Hui NgSingapore97,30041
39Uday BansalIndia148,30062
      
41Jesse RosenSouth Africa136,20057
42Euryd RiveraPhilippines100,50042
43Ronnie TateUSA71,30030
44Geoff MooneyAustralia82,50034
45Sparrow CheungHong Kong120,20050
46Andre PetersGermany241,500101
47Duc NguyenVietnam92,70039
48Eugene KhooMalaysia95,50040
49Eric TsaiTaiwan112,50047
      
51Jae Wook ShinKorea71,10030
52Celine LeeChina101,20042
53Hoa Thinh NguyenVietnam206,20086
54Jae Chul ChangKorea32,60014
55Seun OluwoleUK79,60033
56Kevin AngMalaysia20,3008
57Zhi Han NeoSingapore104,30043
58Daryl LohSingapore203,90085
59Badri Kedar GosaviAustralia117,00049
      
61Tung Wing WongHong Kong29,10012
62Shinji KatsushimaJapan171,90072
63Johnson TanPhilippines42,40018
64Jongjun ParkKorea114,10048
65Vi Khoa DuongVietnam55,60023
66Michael FalconDenmark307,100128
67Ming Ken ThooMalaysia97,50041
68Sam NeeMalaysia99,50041
69Franklin AcfalleUSA89,90037
      
71Jin Hwang YongMalaysia257,500107
72Zhe LiChina102,00043
73Po-yi WuTaiwan30,20013
74Xiang Wei LeeSingapore212,50089
75Junghwan OhKorea137,80057
76Chi Thinh NguyenVietnam192,90080
77Paphawin LaodeeThailand73,40031
78Min Soon LimSingapore150,60063
79Stuart BrodieSouth Africa27,90012
      
81Duc BuiVietnam50,30021
82Woohyuk YangKorea417,400174
83Dhane ChainaniIndia235,20098
84Jongyoung MoonKorea171,10071
85Du-ming TsaiTaiwan66,70028
86Wai Hong WongMalaysia59,00025
87Jun ObaraJapan174,40073
88Kai Loon AngSingapore126,90053
89Hoon Chai RaKorea87,10036
      
91Hassen JudehUK33,50014
92Alan LauHong Kong42,60018
93van Sang NguyenVietnam115,40048
94Lai Heng FooMalaysia78,10033
95Seung Soo JeonKorea114,80048
96Tien Than NguyenVietnam156,70065
97Naohito TamayaJapan91,80038
98Mike TakayamaPhilippines118,30049
99Francis VillamarPhilippines27,60012
      
101Seung Yong YiKorea178,40074
102Niilo HeinikangasFinland84,50035
103Ming Kee LiowMalaysia42,60018
104Soon Ann GanMalaysia51,90022
105Zhining ChenChina4,2002
106Jack WuTaiwan53,80022
107Freddy WeiSingapore124,70052
108Wei Han WangTaiwan139,70058
109Victor ChongMalaysia148,60062
      
111James ChongMalaysia125,10052
112Aki VirtanenFinland156,30065
113Brandon ShimAustralia80,50034
114Heng Seng LauSingapore55,70023
115Jeffrey ShultzUSA65,40027
116Hyung Chul HyunKorea129,40054
117Michael BrunnerSwitzerland211,40088
118Alexander GrocottAustralia157,20066
119Siddarth SinghviIndia135,80057
      
121Roger SpetsSweden42,10018
122Abhineet JainIndia75,20031
123Masato NikawadoriJapan145,40061
124Yo Seb RheeKorea265,300111
125Jaehyun LimKorea125,10052
126Mark PagsuyuinPhilippines61,60026
127John DalessandriAustralia76,30032
128Tzu Chieh LoTaiwan86,90036
129Yau Shern YenMalaysia99,10041
      
131Toshifumi HashimotoJapan124,10052
132Anna BajasPhilippines149,60062
133Kunal PatniIndia10,3004
134Anton WidjayaIndonesia41,30017
135Sam RazaviUK57,20024
136Andy Xueyan LiSingapore218,00091
137Tze Yen WongMalaysia15,4006
138Pranay KapoorIndia115,00048
139Van Tran ThanhVietnam51,90022
      
141Reigin LeongsonPhilippines33,80014
142Antti HalmeFinland159,90067
143Jun Yi OngSingapore61,60026
144Bruce FabillaranPhilippines24,90010
145Christopher MorrisonUK70,10029
146Daniel BenorIsrael53,60022
147Wendell BartePhilippines102,90043
148Joseph SiaPhilippines41,80017
149Tsun Ming ChanHong Kong74,20031
      
151Rajeev KanjaniIndia11,6005
152Kwangyeop ChoiKorea66,80028
153Anthony GabitanPhilippines64,40027
154John SayoPhilippines23,20010
155Anh NguyenVietnam56,30023
156Si Yang PhuaSingapore92,40039
157Jun Zhong LooMalaysia50,00021
158Mark AmparoPhilippines73,10030
159Kwok Chun LaiHong Kong28,40012
      
161Mc Yeldarb MantosPhilippines80,90034
162Linh TranCanada194,30081
163Adones CarmonaPhilippines236,10098
164Joohyun ParkKorea49,40021
166Wenceslao SomberoPhilippines59,10025
167Khanh Le NgocVietnam80,40034
168Wendell GarciaPhilippines148,00062
169Raphael GallGermany141,40059
      
171Elan ZakPhilippines234,00098
172Frederick DimayugaPhilippines42,20018
173Wai Kiat LeeMalaysia26,30011
174Kok Hou TohMalaysia150,10063
175Ming Suan TanMalaysia92,60039
176Manuel MascunanaPhilippines85,20036
177Vikram VermaIndia61,90026
179Tom Or-PazIsrael186,50078
      
181Chien Huu NguyenVietnam117,60049
182Jannodin RigaPhilippines184,80077
184Mun Fei ChowMalaysia56,70024
185Thanh Ha DuongVietnam137,60057
186Hisashi OgiJapan90,30038
187Thomas LeeCanada156,10065
188Sejin ParkKorea261,300109
189Masatoshi TanakaJapan287,800120
      
191Soo Jo KimKorea56,50024
192Chee Sun TongSingapore99,10041
194Romit AdvaniIndia38,10016
195Kenny ShihUSA67,40028
196Vijay NarulaAustralia146,70061
197Ken OkadaJapan121,00050
198Hoang Huy TranVietnam93,30039
199Wan YusufMalaysia57,50024

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