Super High Roller | 2023 Poker Dream Manila

05-02-2023 21:41 UTC+9

Ogura Takes Over the Lead

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Eng Soon Ewe lost another small pot in a battle of the blinds with Ajitpal Singh and the next hand saw an open raise to 200,000 by Gary Thompson with the J♣10♣. Takashi Ogura flat-called with the 4♠4♣ in the big blind and both players checked the 8♣7♦3♠ flop, which led them to the Q♣ turn.

Ogura checked again and Thompson bet 170,000 into 550,000, as Ogura stuck around with his pair. The Japanese checked the 8♠ river, too, and Thompson mulled over his next move for a while. The Irishman checked it down and Ogura won the pot to take over the lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Takashi Ogura	7,000,000 500,000	500,000
Gary Thompson	4,000,000 -400,000	-400,000

Tags: Ajitpal Singh Eng Soon Ewe Gary Thompson Takashi Ogura

05-02-2023 21:35 UTC+9

Ogura Closes the Gap to Ewe

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Eng Soon Ewe made it 200,000 to go with the 10♠10♥ and Takashi Ogura flat-called from one seat over on the button with A♥8♥.

The J♥9♥2♣ flop gave Ogura the nut flush draw and he faced a bet of 250,000 by Ewe, then improved to the nuts on the 6♥ turn.

Ewe now bet another 600,000 and Ogura flat-called once more with the dead lock on the hand. The 3♦ on the river was checked by Ewe and Ogura bet 1,400,000 to get paid off by Ewe, essentially evening out the stack sizes atop the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eng Soon Ewe	6,600,000 -2,500,000	-2,500,000
Takashi Ogura	6,500,000 2,600,000	2,600,000

Tags: Eng Soon Ewe Takashi Ogura

05-02-2023 21:29 UTC+9

Ogura Spikes the River Against Singh

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Ajitpal Singh raised it up to 200,000 with the A♦3♥ on the button for Takashi Ogura to defend the 10♣3♣ in the big blind. Ogura check-called for 200,000 with the flop showing 9♥7♥3♦ and did so again for 350,000 on the J♥ turn. Both checked the 10♦ river and Singh was visibly disgusted after getting shown the bad news.

Player	Chips	Progress
Takashi Ogura	3,900,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Ajitpal Singh	2,200,000 -700,000	-700,000

Tags: Takashi Ogura Ajitpal Singh

05-02-2023 21:25 UTC+9

Ewe Rivers a Flush Against Singh

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Gary Thompson raised the button to 200,000 with the 10♠9♥ for Ajitpal Singh in the small blind to come along with the Q♣9♣, Eng Soon Ewe also called with the 10♣9♦. The trio checked the K♦J♦10♦ flop and Singh led the K♣ turn for 350,000, which only Ewe called. Both checked the 4♦ river and Ewe won the pot to regain his comfortable lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eng Soon Ewe	9,100,000 400,000	400,000
Gary Thompson	3,600,000
Ajitpal Singh	2,900,000 -600,000	-600,000

Tags: Ajitpal Singh Eng Soon Ewe Gary Thompson

05-02-2023 21:16 UTC+9

Ogura Jams Into Ewe

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Takashi Ogura made it 200,000 to go from under the gun with the A♦A♣. It folded all the way back to chip leader Eng Soon Ewe in the big blind with the 4♦3♠ and he three-bet to 700,000. There was no immediate reaction by Ogura but he then jammed and Ewe asked for an exact count.

However, no call followed and Ogura boosted his stack while the first misstep of Ewe on the final table cost him a portion of the leverage over his contenders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eng Soon Ewe	8,700,000 -800,000	-800,000
Takashi Ogura	2,900,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Tags: Eng Soon Ewe Takashi Ogura

05-02-2023 21:11 UTC+9

Thompson Wins Small Pot Off Chip Leader Ewe

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Eng Soon Ewe made it 200,000 to go one hand after he had three-bet Gary Thompson, and the Irishman defended the 10♦8♥ while Ewe only held 2♠2♦. Following the A♠10♥5♣ flop, Thompson check-called for 200,000 and the K♦ turn was checked by both.

Thompson bet the 8♠ river for 700,000 and found no call.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eng Soon Ewe	9,500,000 -500,000	-500,000
Gary Thompson	3,600,000

Tags: Eng Soon Ewe Gary Thompson

05-02-2023 21:05 UTC+9

Danny Tang Eliminated in 5th Place (PHP1,634,000/$29,474)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

After the blinds had moved up, Ajitpal Singh jammed out of the small blind and Danny Tang called all-in from the big blind for the 12 blinds he had behind.

Danny Tang: A♠3♥
Ajitpal Singh: A♣10♠

While Tang picked up some further equity until the J♠9♦2♠4♣ turn, the kicker of Singh played when the 8♠ river ended Tang's run in fifth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ajitpal Singh	3,500,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Danny Tang	Busted

Tags: Ajitpal Singh Danny Tang

Level: 20

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

05-02-2023 21:01 UTC+9

Thompson Forces Out Tang With Aggression

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Danny Tang made it 160,000 to go with the A♦Q♣ for Gary Thompson to defend the J♦9♣ out of the big blind. That led them to the 10♦6♥2♠ flop on which the Irishman check-raised from 120,000 to 380,000. Thompson bet the 7♦ turn for 440,000 and Tang folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Thompson	3,600,000 600,000	600,000
Danny Tang	1,200,000 -300,000	-300,000

Tags: Danny Tang Gary Thompson

05-02-2023 20:58 UTC+9

Eng Siang Ewe Eliminated in 6th Place (PHP1,270,000/$22,908)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

For the second hand in a row, Gary Thompson opened the action with a preflop raise, this time from under the gun. It folded to Eng Siang Ewe in the big blind, who pulled the trigger with a shove for 1.1 million. Thompson called and they were off to the races.

Eng Siang Ewe: 9♠9♥
Gary Thompson: A♦K♠

The 8♦7♦6♦7♥5♦ board eventually improved Thompson to the nut flush to dispatch one of the Ewe brothers on this final table.