Super High Roller | 2023 Poker Dream Manila

05-02-2023 18:44 UTC+9

Teoh Bows Out Right After the Break

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Fei Chen raised to 130,000 with the 3♠3♦ and William Teoh jammed for 750,000 with the A♥3♣ out of the big blind, which Chen called.

"Anyone have an ace?" Teoh grinned to the other players at the table. There was no help on the J♣6♦5♦K♦8♣ board and Teoh barely returned to the feature table to collect his belongings before leaving again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fei Chen	2,500,000 650,000	650,000
William Teoh	Busted

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05-02-2023 18:49 UTC+9

Kho Eliminated by Tang; Tournament on Final Table Bubble

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

After an elimination on the feature table, the next all-in showdown took place on the outer table.

Kitson Kho jammed his short stack from the button to get called by Danny Tang in the big blind.

Kitson Kho: K♣6♣
Danny Tang: A♠K♦

The Q♦J♥3♠5♣J♣ board failed to improve the local player and that brought the field down to the last 10 contenders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Tang	2,650,000 200,000	200,000

Kitson Kho	Busted

Tags: Danny Tang Kitson Kho

05-02-2023 18:53 UTC+9

Doddapaneni Binks River Double

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Wai Loon Ng and Sriharsha Doddapaneni got their chips stack into the middle with the former as the player at risk and trailing.

Sriharsha Doddapaneni: K♥Q♣
Wai Loon Ng: A♦Q♥

The J♥7♥5♥8♣K♦ runout gave the Indian a pair of kings on the river to survive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sriharsha Doddapaneni	710,000 220,000	220,000

Wai Loon Ng	360,000 -290,000	-290,000

Tags: Sriharsha Doddapaneni Wai Loon Ng

05-02-2023 18:56 UTC+9

Thompson Doubles Through Tang

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Over on the outer table, Gary Thompson was involved from under the gun and Danny Tang joined him on the button with the flop showing 7♣3♠3♥. Thompson's bet of 240,000 was called by Tang and the same action repeated on the 8♣ turn for 470,000.

Thompson checked the 9♣ river and Tang jammed with the covering stack. The Irishman mulled it over and made the call with Q♠8♠, which secured a large double as Tang had made a power move with the 7♦6♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Thompson	3,300,000 1,550,000	1,550,000
Danny Tang	1,200,000 -1,450,000	-1,450,000

Tags: Danny Tang Gary Thompson

05-02-2023 18:57 UTC+9

Ng Cannot Catch a Break

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Wai Loon Ng suffered several setbacks and did so again when he got it in for the last few blinds in a battle of the blinds against Fei Chen.

Wai Loon Ng: K♦5♣
Fei Chen: A♥5♠

The board ran out K♠8♣4♣7♥A♣ and Ng's cruel fate ended in tenth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fei Chen	2,600,000 100,000	100,000
Wai Loon Ng	Busted

Tags: Fei Chen Wai Loon Ng

05-02-2023 18:58 UTC+9

Unofficial Final Table Reached; Updates on a Delay

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The bubble for the unofficial final table has burst on the feature table and that brought the field down to the final nine. They are now going on a short break for the redraw and all further updates will be published according to the 30-minute delay of the live stream.

05-02-2023 19:32 UTC+9

Redraw of the Unofficial Final Table

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

There are around 25 minutes left in the level and the redraw of the final nine contenders can be found below.

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Lun Loon	Malaysia	950,000	16
2	Takashi Ogura	Japan	1,260,000	21
3	Eng Siang Ewe	Malaysia	1,170,000	20
4	Fei Chen	China	2,610,000	44
5	Gary Thompson	Ireland	3,230,000	54
6	Ajitpal Singh	Singapore	2,230,000	37
7	Sriharsha Doddapaneni	India	660,000	11
8	Danny Tang	Hong Kong	1,170,000	20
9	Eng Soon Ewe	Malaysia	6,030,000	101

Player	Chips	Progress
Eng Soon Ewe	6,030,000 -70,000	-70,000
Gary Thompson	3,230,000 -70,000	-70,000
Fei Chen	2,610,000 10,000	10,000
Ajitpal Singh	2,230,000 -70,000	-70,000
Takashi Ogura	1,260,000 -240,000	-240,000
Eng Siang Ewe	1,170,000 215,000	215,000
Danny Tang	1,170,000 -30,000	-30,000

Lun Loon	950,000 50,000	50,000
Sriharsha Doddapaneni	660,000 -50,000	-50,000

05-02-2023 19:48 UTC+9

Doddapaneni Eliminated in First Hand of Unofficial Final Table

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Fei Chen raised to 120,000 with the 10♦9♦ and then got out of the way when Sriharsha Doddapaneni jammed for the last 660,000 and Danny Tang isolated.

Sriharsha Doddapaneni: K♦Q♣
Danny Tang: 9♣9♥

The 6♦6♠2♦2♥3♣ runout provided no help to Doddapaneni and the field was reduced to the last eight contenders with six of them being in the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Tang	2,000,000 830,000	830,000

Sriharsha Doddapaneni	Busted

Tags: Danny Tang Fei Chen Sriharsha Doddapaneni

05-02-2023 19:53 UTC+9

Ewe Busts Loon and Chen to Burst Bubble in Spectacular Fashion

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Lun Loon jammed from under the gun for 950,000 and Fei Chen just flat-called. Chip leader Eng Soon Ewe then pushed all-in out of the big blind and Chen snap-called as the players at the table gasped "woooowww's".

Lun Loon: A♦K♥
Fei Chen: A♠A♥
Eng Soon Ewe: K♠K♦

The K♣8♠7♣ flop brought an uproar from the live stream table and several players took out their smart phones to record the rest of the showdown. No case ace came for Chen on the J♦ turn and 2♣ river, as the bubble burst to send the final six players in yet another short break to take a group picture.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eng Soon Ewe	9,500,000 3,470,000	3,470,000
Lun Loon	Busted
Fei Chen	Busted

Tags: Eng Soon Ewe Fei Chen Lun Loon

05-02-2023 20:06 UTC+9

Thompson Loses a Pot; Wins a Pot

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Takashi Ogura raised to 120,000 with the 8♠8♥ and Gary Thompson defended the 9♦7♦ out of the big blind. Nothing much happened after the 4♠3♠3♥ flop as Thompson quickly folded to a continuation bet.

Thompson then opened to 120,000 with the J♥J♣ from under the gun and Eng Siang Ewe called in the big blind holding K♠10♥. The 4♦3♦2♦ flop was checked by Ewe, Thompson bet 60,000 and took it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Thompson	3,300,000 70,000	70,000
Eng Siang Ewe	990,000 -180,000	-180,000

Tags: Eng Siang Ewe Gary Thompson Takashi Ogura