Poker Dream Manila: Second win for Christopher Mateo; Jiaqi He ships Big Bounty; Yuta Kitazumi tops Mystery Bounty Day 1A

Poker Dream Manila crossed the halfway mark with Day 6 of games in the books. The event has been ongoing since April 26 and will run through May 7 at Newport World Resorts. Several big stories emerged, Winfred Yu clinched the featured White Horse Cup Short Deck SHR, make sure to read up on his win via the link provided.

Winfred Yu wins the White Horse Cup

Over at the side games, Christopher Mateo lifted his second title at the NLH Turbo. Mateo was the first two-time champion of the ongoing series. At the Big Bounty, Jiaqi He shipped it, and over at the Mystery Bounty, 118 poured in for Day 1A with 18 advancing to the final day. Here are the results.

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Mystery Bounty Day 1A results

The Mystery Bounty was the hottest item of the day with 118 signing up for a chance at the PHP 5,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. Just under ten hours in, the bubble burst with Jinlong Hu’s standing firm against a player’s overcards . Hu bagged up the heat’s 8th largest stack. Topping the counts was Japan’s Yuta Kitazumi with 425,000.

Buy in: PH₱ 36,000 (~US$ 36,000)
Guarantee: PH₱ 5,000,000 (~US$ 90,240)
Day 1A: 118 entries

End of Day 1A – 18 players

Rank	Player	Flag	Stack
1	Yuta Kitazumi	Japan	425,000
2	Wai Keong Yong	Malaysia	358,000
3	Tian Yu Lee	Taiwan	324,000
4	Lijun Zhang	China	286,000
5	Masashi Yoshikawa	Japan	270,000
6	Xiyu Xie	China	241,000
7	Jason Kyle Magbanua	Philippines	240,000
8	Jinlong Hu	China	212,000
9	Yin Liu	China	187,000
10	Lloyd Locsin	Philippines	163,000
11	Hou Hyin Bryan Khoo	Malaysia	148,000
12	I Hsuan Liu	Taiwan	145,000
13	Joseph Sia	Philippines	119,000
14	Tor Anton Welo	Norway	113,000
15	Suya Lee	Korea	100,000
16	Long Meng	China	95,000
17	Edgar Asehan Jr.	Philippines	79,000
18	Joseph Magnotti	USA	43,000

Mystery Bounty continues with Day 1B kicking off at 3pm on Tuesday, May 2. This is the last chance to join this event.

Christopher Mateo becomes first two-time champion

Filipino pro Christopher Mateo is on fire! Two days prior, he shipped the Crazy Weekend event then last night, he won the NLH Turbo. Mateo is the first two-time side event champion of the series. His latest win earned him PH₱ 200,384 (~US$ 3,615) for a combined PH₱ 1,271,384 (~US$ 22,940). 

Buy in: PH₱ 15,000 (~US$ 275)
Entries: 46
Prize pool: PH₱ 588,984 (~US$ 10,630)
ITM: 6 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payouts in PH₱
1	Christopher Mateo	Philippines	200,384
2	Tin Lam Wong	Hong Kong	138,000
3	Lee Wee Liew	Malaysia	88,400
4	Maggy Mae Domingo Cenon	Philippines	67,800
5	Teng Kah Yew	Malaysia	53,100
6	Sungkyu Jeon	Korea, South	41,300

Jiaqi He wins the Big Bounty

Buy in: PH₱ 27,000 (~US$ 550)
Entries: 97
Prize pool: PH₱ 1,085,430
Bounty pool: PH₱ 1,455,000
ITM: 13 places

*Bounty prizes not included

Place	Player	Flag	Payouts in PH₱
1	Jiaqi He	China	288,000
2	Alfredo Boligor	Philippines	200,000
3	Masashi Yoshikawa	Japan	132,330
4	Richard Nakila	Philippines	103,700
5	Sandro Bruni	Italy	83,600
6	Thijs Ar Hilberts	Netherlands	65,200
7	Andrew Desmarais	USA	51,600
8	Bell John Perez	Philippines	40,200
9	Seung Hun Han	Korea	30,400
10	Wai Keong Yong	Malaysia	23,400
11	Jonald Garcia	Philippines	23,400
12	Ellezer Jose Castillo	Philippines	21,800
13	Yosuke Sanehira	Japan	21,800