Final Day
John Joseph Panish out in 10th for PhP425,000 (~US$7,353)

John Joseph Panish of the United States open shoves from UTG for his last 410,000 and it gets folded to the BB of Filipino Sergius Santos who makes the call.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
SS Sergius Santos | K♠Q♠ BB | 1,285,000(32 BB) |
JJ John Joseph Panish | A♠J♥ UTG | busted |
The outdraw accomplished by Santos now brings the Pokerstars Red Dragon event to the Final Table.
Chip Counts of the final 11 players
The next bust out will be receiving PhP425,000 (~US$7,353).
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JT Joshua Tjan | 2,100,000(70 BB) |
SS Sergius Santos | 1,920,000(64 BB) |
AB Alfonso Baja | 1,600,000(53 BB) |
MS Martin Sedlak | 1,495,000(50 BB) |
CR Czardy Rivera | 955,000(32 BB) |
CC Carlos Chang | 950,000(32 BB) |
ZL Zhe Li | 905,000(30 BB) |
AR Aladin Reskallah | 720,000(24 BB) |
JJ John Joseph Panish | 570,000(19 BB) |
TY Takashi Yagura | 565,000(19 BB) |
YW Yan Wen Yee | 315,000(11 BB) |
Panish calls down Santos with queens

American John Joseph Panish opens from UTG for 60,000 and the action goes all the way to the BB of Filpino Sergius Santos who defends.
The flop comes 6♦ 7♥ 8♠ as both players check. The turn is the 7♣ and this time Santos leads in for 50,000 which gets a call from the American. The river is the K♣ as the Filipino fires 125,000 and gets snap called by Panish.
Although Santos is first to show, Panish turns over Q♥ Q♠ . Santos mucks his hand and takes another hit to his stack, falling way below the one million mark anew.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
SS Sergius Santos | 750,000(25 BB) |
JJ John Joseph Panish | 660,000(22 BB) |
Chip Counts of the 13 remaining players

Everyone still in is guaranteed PhP350,000 (~US$6,055).
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JT Joshua Tjan | 1,740,000(70 BB) |
AB Alfonso Baja | 1,450,000(58 BB) |
MS Martin Sedlak | 1,320,000(53 BB) |
SS Sergius Santos | 970,000(39 BB) |
DB Daniel Benor | 940,000(38 BB) |
CC Carlos Chang | 915,000(37 BB) |
YW Yan Wen Yee | 900,000(36 BB) |
ZL Zhe Li | 895,000(36 BB) |
CR Czardy Rivera | 725,000(29 BB) |
TY Takashi Yagura | 555,000(22 BB) |
JJ John Joseph Panish | 550,000(22 BB) |
AR Aladin Reskallah | 475,000(19 BB) |
GS Go Saito | 285,000(11 BB) |
Panish trips up Santos' monster stack

Israel's Daniel Benor has it folded to him on the HJ and raises to 50,000. Sergius Santos of the Philippines calls from the CO. Then on the D American John Joseph Panish 3-bets all-in for his stack of 385,000. Benor folds but Santos, one of the chip leders of the tournament, makes the call.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
JJ John Joseph Panish | A♥Q♠ D | 880,000(35 BB) |
DB Daniel Benor | HJ | 840,000(34 BB) |
SS Sergius Santos | K♣J♥ CO | 730,000(29 BB) |
Panish did even have to hit to beat his Filipino opponent, but getting trips made the win even sweeter for a double up. Santos, who was contending for the chip lead, now has to restart the grind.
Tomoyuki Yoshimiya out in 18th for PhP225,000 (~US$3,893)

John Joseph Panish of the United States opens from the HJ for 40,000 and gets called by Malaysian Joshua Tjan. In the BB, Tomoyuki Yoshimiya of Japan re-raises all-in for his remaining 45,000. Panish and Tjan call to double team.
Both players opt not to create a side pot as they check down the board of J♠ 7♠ 2♥ and then A♦ J♣ .
Panish shows K♦ Q♠ while Tjan tables 9♥ 9♠. Yoshimiya busts holding 6♥ 6♠ .
Tjan is now a legitimate contender for the chip lead anew.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JT Joshua Tjan | 1,700,000(85 BB) |
JJ John Joseph Panish | 320,000(16 BB) |
TY Tomoyuki Yoshimiya | busted |
Leaderboard Update
Here's a look at the current top ten in chips:
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AB Alfonso Baja | 1,070,000(134 BB) |
SS Sergius Santos | 716,000(90 BB) |
YW Yan Wen Yee | 605,000(76 BB) |
TY Tomoyuki Yoshimiya | 590,000(74 BB) |
CC Carlos Chang | 520,000(65 BB) |
TY Takashi Yagura | 507,000(63 BB) |
JJ John Joseph Panish | 445,000(56 BB) |
DB Daniel Benor | 442,000(55 BB) |
JH Jian Hui Giam | 372,000(47 BB) |
VC Victor Chong | 340,000(43 BB) |
Panish breaches 500k on Pham's botched bluff

The action is folded to the HJ of John Joseph Panish and the American raises it to 10,000. But he gets a re-raise to 32,000 when it gets to Vietnam's Pham Bao on the D. Panish makes the call.
The flop is J♥ 6♦ 9♥ as Panish checks. Pham CBets to 21,000 and gets called. The turn is the 8♣ and this time, both players check. The river is the Q♥ as Panish bets 50,000 but gets raised to 200,000. The American snap calls.
Pham shows A♥ 5♦ while Panish has T♦ T♥ .
The win raises Panish's stack to well over the half million mark while Pham has to restart the grind.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JJ John Joseph Panish | 525,000(105 BB) |
PB Pham Bao | 70,000(14 BB) |