Day 5 at Poker Dream Manila was filled with triumphs and defeats as a whopping five players walked away with trophies and the Short Deck Super High Roller – White Horse Cup – wrapped up with 6 players reaching the money round. Here’s a rundown of the action.
FESTIVAL RESULTS
FESTIVAL PHOTOS
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White Horse Cup Short Deck Super High Roller recap
The White Horse Cup Short Deck Super High Roller PH₱ 55,000,000 (~US$ 1M) guaranteed was under the spotlight on Day 5 especially with everyone wondering who was going to cough up the staggering PH₱ 1,380,000 (~US$ 25,300) buy in. This was to be the first of its kind in the Philippines since Triton several years back.
When the players streamed in, among them were Super High Roller gurus and enthusiasts such as triple crown Triton champion Wai Kin Yong, Triton founder Richard Yong, WSOP Online champion Paul Teoh, pros Nobuaki Sasaki and Wai Kiat Lee. At the close of registration, there were 41 entries, and by the end of Day 1 scheduled play, six remained led by Poker Dream founder Winfred Yu.
Read up on the Day 1 action and the upcoming Final Day play via the SMP Live Updates.
Final 6 by chip rank
| 1 | Winfred Yu | Hong Kong | 4,610,000 |
| 2 | Danny Tang | UK | 2,300,000 |
| 3 | Jun Yap | Malaysia | 1,860,000 |
| 4 | Ming Hong Teoh | Malaysia | 1,440,000 |
| 5 | Paul Phua | Malaysia | 1,315,000 |
| 6 | Chen Ming Kong | Malaysia | 775,000 |
FESTIVAL PHOTOS
Poker Dream – ePlayer Guide
Christopher Mateo wins the Crazy Weekend
Lower tiered buy in events, especially those with multiple entry days are the most popular, and it was no different for the Crazy Weekend with 309 entries over two starting days. 47 players advanced to Day 2 led by Lee Wee Liew who topped Day 1B. Liew went on to finish in 20th place.
Entering the final table, local player Richard Tolentino was the one to catch and who’s luck players hoped to break down. A couple of Tolentino’s exciting moments was spiking a gutshot on the river to knock out Yehonatan Behor in 14th place. He also delivered a double knockout at the final table.
Despite Tolentino’s momentum, it wasn’t enough to match the prowess of Filipino pro Christopher Mateo who went on to close it out for a payout of PHP 1,070,000 (~US$ 19,300). This was just another title added to his long list of victories both in the Philippines and abroad.
Relive the action via the SMP Live Updates and via the recorded Final Table livestream on the Poker Dream facebook page.
Buy in: PH₱ 25,000 (~US$ 460)
Entries: 309
Prize pool: PH₱ 6,722,100 (~US$ 120,670
ITM / Final Day: 47 players
Final Table payouts
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payouts in PHP
|
| 1 | Christopher Mateo | Philippines | 1,071,000 |
| 2 | Jose Colada Iii | Philippines | 1,071,000 |
| 3 | Lloyd Locsin | Philippines | 623,000 |
| 4 | Richard Tolentino | Philippines | 504,000 |
| 5 | Jukka Tjarvinen | Finland | 397,000 |
| 6 | Jeongmin Park | Korea | 303,900 |
| 7 | Raymundo Gomez Jr | Philippines | 223,000 |
| 8 | Edmil Marcelo | Philippines | 164,000 |
| 9 | Jayvon Carreon | Philippines | 134,500 |
Other Winners:
Seungsoo Jeon wins NLH Turbo
Buy in: PH₱ 15,000 (~US$ 275)
Entries: 22
Prize pool: PH₱ 288,090 (~US$ 5,190)
ITM: 4
Champion: Seungsoo Jeon – Korea – PH₱ 121,000 (~US$ 2,180)
Rene Van Krevelen dominates another Short Deck High Roller event
Buy in: PH₱ 280,000 (~US$ 5,140)
Entries: 28
Prize pool: PH₱ 6,746,544 (~US$ 121,570)
ITM: 5
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payouts in PHP
|
| 1 | Rene Van Krevelen | Netherlands | 2,495,000 |
| 2 | Ewe Eng Siang | Malaysia | 1,720,544 |
| 3 | Wai Kiat Lee | Malaysia | 1,097,000 |
| 4 | Ivan Ermin | Russia | 793,000 |
| 5 | Kim Wah Ng | Hong Kong | 641,000 |
Sang Won Song holds his head high at the KO Bounty Turbo
Buy in: PH₱ 15,000 (~US$ 275)
Entries: 47
Prize pool: PH₱ 366,788 (~US$ 6,610)
Bounty pool: PH₱ 235,000 (~US$ 4,235)
ITM: 6 places
*Payouts do not include bounties
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payouts in PHP
|
| 1 | Sang Won Song | Korea | 124,800 |
| 2 | Marvin Sumendap | Indonesia | 85,888 |
| 3 | Marcuss Liow | Australia | 55,100 |
| 4 | Ma Annunciata Trangco | Philippines | 42,200 |
| 5 | Lester Edoc | Philippines | 33,100 |
| 6 | Jimmy Johan | Philippines | 25,700 |
Duhan Lee wins the Flipout event
Buy in: PH₱ 5,000 (~US$ 90)
Entries: 20
Prize pool: PH₱ 85,360 (~US$ 1,540)
ITM: 2 places
Champion: Duhan Lee – PHP 42,680
2nd: Sandro Bruni – PHP 42,680
*Heads up even chop
Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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