2017 PokerStars Festival Manila

Main Event
Day: 2
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

167 Players Remain for Day 2 of the 2017 PokerStars Festival Manila Main Event

Yo Seb Rhee among big stacks heading into Day 2
Yo Seb Rhee among big stacks heading into Day 2

After three starting days with 12 levels of 45 minutes each, a field of 594 entries has emerged for the 2017 PokerStars Festival Manila Main Event at the PokerStars LIVE Manila poker room in the City of Dreams complex. The guaranteed prize pool of ₱20 million was easily surpassed and ₱28,809,000 (~$572,190) are up for grabs.

More than half of the 167 Day 1 survivors will be leaving empty handed still. The top 87 spots will receive a portion of the prize pool, however it is the ₱5,515,000 (~$109,536) first prize and the elusive golden PokerStars festival trophy that comes along with it that everyone has their eyes set on.

Best-positioned to claim the title here in Manila is Korea's Woohyuk Yang with a monster stack of 417,400 followed by Day 1b chip leader Michael Falcon with 307,100. Masatoshi Tanaka, who scored a massive double just before play concluded on Day 1c, follows in third place overall with 287,800 while fellow Japanese and High Roller Shot Clock finalist Yo Seb Rhee is hot on his heels with 265,300.

Other big stacks and notables still in contention include Andre Peters (241,500), Dhane Chainani (235,200), Day 1a chip leader Elan Zak (234,200), Alex Lee (212,500), Michael Brunner (211,400), Linh Tran (194,300), Tom Or-Paz (186,500), Jun Obara (174,400), former Asian player of th year Pete Chen (165,300), Antti Halme (159,900) and Alexander Grocott (157,200) to name just a few.

2017 Asian Player of the Year contenders Sparrow Cheung (120,200), Alan Lau (53,800) and Jack Wu (42,600) are also among those through to Day 2, while JunZhong Loo (50,000) and High Roller champion Peter Plater (40,900) will be among the short stacks when action resumes at 2 p.m. local time in the Grand Ballroom.

The action recommences in level 13 at blinds of 1,200-2,400 with a running ante of 400 and the level duration increases to 60 minutes each. A maximum of 11 levels or until the final table of the last nine are scheduled for Day 2, whichever of the two comes first. The winner will then be determined on Monday August 7th, where the levels last 75 minutes each.

PokerStars Festival Main Event history

YearPSF StopBuy InEntriesPrize PoolChampionPrizePrize (USD)
2016New Jersey$1,100208$201,760Jason Acosta$38,220$38,220
2017London£ 990944£ 824,112Rehman Kassam£89,320$111,638
2017Rozvadov€1,1001126€ 1,089,310Petr Svoboda€124,346$131,283
2017Chile$1,650329$500,000Christopher Franco$97,360$97,360
2017Marbella€1,100949€911,040Ignacio De Maturana€168,700$188,017
2017South KoreaKRW1,650,000285KRW414,675,000Taehoon HanKRW83,130,000$73,954.00
2017Lille€1,100800€768,000Philippe Le Touche€143,000$164,849
2017ManilaPHP55,000594PHP28,809,000 PHP5,515,000$109,536
2017Bucharest€1,100736€705,560 €133,400 

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the tournament floor to provide all the action until a winner is crowned.

Tags: Alan LauAlex LeeAlexander GrocottAndre PetersAntti HalmeDhane ChainaniElan ZakJack WuJun ObaraJunzhong LooLinh tranMasatoshi TanakaMichael BrunnerMichael FalconPeter PlaterPo-Yi WuSparrow CheungWoohyuk YangYo Seb Rhee