Kenneth Buck moved all-in on the very first hand but found no customers, flashing the table .
Germany’s Raphael Gall raised the action to 70,000 from the cutoff the next hand but folded when Uday Bansal re-raised to 170,000 from the small blind.
Buck shoved again and found no customers once more, flashing this time. Yo Seb Rhee took down the next pot with a pre-flop raise and then Duc Nguyen got a walk from Buck in the big blind, and then walked Raphael Gall the hand after.
We were treated to the first flop of the day the hand afterward, with Hoa Thinh Nguyen opening the action to 70,000 from middle position and Rhee called from the big blind.
Rhee checked the flop over to Nguyen, who took it down with a continuation bet and that’s all we have so far.
Sam Razavi defended his big blind against a raise by Antti Halme and bet the flop for 70,000, which Halme called. On the turn, both players checked and Razavi then bet the river for 400,000 with 235,000 behind. Halme folded and Razavi bumped his stack above one million.
Sam Razavi raised and showed when all opponents folded, while over on the other table Kenneth Buck's shove went through and he showed pocket queens.
Then, Corbin White raised to 65,000 and chip leader Michael Falcon three-bet to 150,000 in the small blind. White moved all in and the 150,000 were pulled into the middle. Falcon had to call another 455,000 and did so after brief consideration.
Corbin White:
Michael Falcon:
The board ran out and White had to settle for 14th place and a payday of PHP285,000, which equals approximately $5,661.
Just 14 players remain out of the 594-strong field in the PokerStars Festival Manila Main Event, with play re-starting at 2pm local time (GMT+7) on Monday 7 August.
All 14 remaining players are guaranteed a payday of at least ₱285,000 (~$5,663) but it is the trophy, title and ₱5,515,000 (~$109,563) first prize that all will have their eye on.
The man flying high is Day 1b frontrunner Michael Falcon who ran hotter than the sun for the majority of Day 2, busting players left, right and centre to bag up an absolutely monstrous 3,820,000 in chips – nearly 1 million more than next closest rival Uday Bansal who finished the day with a stack of 2,950,000.
Finland’s Antti Halme rounds out the top three after gunning down Chi Thinh Nguyen with pocket aces shortly after the last five hands were announced in the early hours of Sunday night/Monday morning. Halme bagged 2,130,000 in chips – the only other player to have more than 2 million – with the rest of the field stacking up as follows:
Day 3 Redraw:
Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
1
Raphael Gall
Germany
430,000
14
1
2
Yo Seb Rhee
Japan
1,765,000
59
1
3
empty
-
-
-
1
4
Uday Bansal
India
2,950,000
98
1
5
Hoa Thinh Nguyen
Vietnam
1,055,000
35
1
6
Andre Peters
Germany
1,260,000
42
1
7
Kenneth Buck
Australia
455,000
15
1
8
Duc Nguyen
Vietnam
150,000
5
2
1
Tien Than Nguyen
Vietnam
675,000
23
2
2
Jaehyun Lim
South Korea
1,140,000
38
2
3
Michael Falcon
Denmark
3,820,000
127
2
4
empty
-
-
-
2
5
Sam Razavi
United Kingdom
775,000
26
2
6
Mike Takayama
Philippines
745,000
25
2
7
Corbin White
United States
620,000
21
2
8
Antti Halme
Finland
2,130,000
71
Blinds will be starting at 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 running ante and the levels have been extended from 60-minutes to 75-minutes when the cards are back in motion. You can read a full recap of the Day 2 action here.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the tournament floor in the Grand Ballroom at the City of Dreams casino until a champion is crowned and will be bringing you all the action as it happens. Stick around and we’ll see who has what it takes to become the first everPokerStars Festival Manila Main Event champion.
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this time. Yo Seb Rhee took down the next pot with a pre-flop raise and then Duc Nguyen got a walk from Buck in the big blind, and then walked Raphael Gall the hand after.
flop over to Nguyen, who took it down with a continuation bet and that’s all we have so far.
flop for 70,000, which Halme called. On the 
turn, both players checked and Razavi then bet the 
and White had to settle for 14th place and a payday of PHP285,000, which equals approximately $5,661.
