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Flight B of the PokerStars Red Dragon has seen four levels played so far here at the PokerStars poker room at Okada Manila. There have been 142 entries so far who paid up the PHP 70,000 (~US$ 1,200) reg fee for a chance to earn a payout from the PHP 25,000,000 (~US$ 428,300) prize pool. Registraion is still open until the end of Level 10, so we can expect more entries to rise and boost the prize pool beyond the guarantee.

114 players are still in contention with Guan Leong Yap of Singapore sitting with the most chips at 84,600. Khoa Anh Ngo of Vietnam is at a distance with 71,000 while Nukul Janardhana Niranjan of India rounds up the top three with 58,400.

PokerStars Red Dragon (PHP 25M GTD) (Flight B, October 26)

Date(s): Oct 25 to 27, 2024

Buy in: PHP 70,000 (~US$ 1,200)

Entries: 142

Guarantee: PHP 25,000,000 (~US$ 428,300)

ITM: TBA

Starting Stack: 30,000

Total Chips: 4,260,000

Average Stack: 37,300

Players Remaining: 114

Flight B PokerStars Red Dragon (PHP 25M GTD)

Blinds: 100/200 Ante 200 (Level 2)

Nukul Janardhana Niranjan limped in from the cut-off for the minimum, but ended up calling a 1,200 raise from Luis Garrido on the button. Both players were shown a flop of 3♣ 3♦ 9♣. Niranjan checked to Garrido, who teased with 400. Niranjan called to see a T♠ on the turn. Niranjan tapped twice and Garrido added some spice to 1,500. Niranjan avoided any more damage and awarded the pot to Garrido.

Flight B PokerStars Red Dragon (PHP 25M GTD)

Blinds: 100/200 Ante 200 (Level 2)

Nukul Janardhana Niranjan raised to 1,000 from under the gun and got called by Sanjeev Kapoor in the hi-jack and Anju Abrol at the big blind. The flop presented was J♣ Q♥ J♠. Action was checked to Kapoor, who made a 1,000 bet that no one wanted to match to finally take down a pot.

Flight B PokerStars Red Dragon (PHP 25M GTD)

Blinds: 100/100 Ante 100 (Level 1)

The cut-off player made a raise to 300 with the dealer and blinds making the call for a juicy pre-flop pot. The flop came 3♦ 7♠ K♥ and everyone checked to see a 4♠ turn. Action was checked to Lenart Ecarma at the button, who fired 700. Only Nukul Janrdhana Niranjan made the call from the small blind to see an 8♠ on the river. Niranjan checked his option. Ecarma fired 2,500. Niranjan took a peek into his cards and folded.

Flight B PokerStars Red Dragon (PHP 25M GTD)

Blinds: 100/100 Ante 100 (Level 1)

Seounggun Kim made a 200 min-raise frmo the cut-off and got called by both blinds to see a 7♣ 4♠ A♠ flop. Action was checked to Kim who followed up with a 400 bet. Only Nukul Janardhana Niranjan made the call to proceed to the A♥ turn. Niranjan check-called the 800 bet of Kim t se a 4♣ on the river. Niranjan checked , but couldn't match the 4,000 bet of Kim and folded.

Buy in: PHP 60,000 (~US$ 1,050)

Guarantee: PHP 15,000,000 (~US$ 262,000)

Starting stack: 30,000

Level increases: 30 minutes

End of Registration: start of Level 10 / 4:30pm

Current entries: 128

Chips in play: 3,840,000

Average stack: 36,111

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante 600