Warm up

40,000 ante

Preflop war starts with Wei Jung Tsai bumping it up to 90,000, small blind calls, big blind Ricardo Singapan three-bets to 290,000, Tsai four-bet jams, sb folds, Singapan calls.

Tsai A♦ K♦ Singapan A♥ A♣

The board runs out 5♠ T♥ 9♣ 7♣ J♣ for a huge double up to Singapan.

40,000 ante

From button position, Cheong Yew Lee jams, small blind Wei Jung Tsai re-jams, big blind Jessie Leonarez joins for a three-way party.

Lee Q♣ Q♠ Tsai 5♣ 3♣ Leonarez A♥ J♥

The board runs out T♦ 3♦ K♥ Q♦ J♦ and with none of the players holding a diamond, Leonarez’s straight wins to score the side pot against Tsai and the main pot to boot Lee.

30,000 ante

25,000 ante

Button player Wei Jung Tsai raises to 55,000, small blind calls, big blind Wai Leong Lee three-bets all in, Tsai four-bet jams, small blind folds.

Lee Q♥ J♣ Tsai J♥ T♣

The cards land Q♠ 9♦ K♠ 8♦ 9♥ for a straight to Tsai and the exit for Lee

12,000 ante

6,000 ante

End of the line for Geeheon Lee with A♥ 7♣ losing the race against Wei-Jung Tsai’s K♥ Q♠ on a board running J♠ 7♥ K♣ 9♦ 6♥ .

6,000 ante

The first Poker Dream title is up for grabs! Welcome to the final day of the Warm Up event! 48 players out of 314 entries are back on the felt, all of them ready to chase down the bragging rights first win and the PH₱ 807,000 (~US$ 14,500) champion’s purse.

Leading the charge with an uber-massive stack is Filipino lion David Erquiaga who has been tearing up the felt around Asia since last year. Erquiaga enters with a jaw dropping 135 big blinds which players will attempt to shave down. Given the pro’s impressive stats it will be tough a challenge for all.

Running second in chips is China’s Xiyu Xie who enters with 58 bb. We will keep a close watch to see how she fares on her first tournament in the country. Here are the top 10 in chips.

Buy in: PH₱ 15,000 (~US$ 270) Guarantee: PH₱ 54,000 Entries: 314 Prize pool: PH₱ 4,158,000 (~US$ 74,870) ITM: 48 players

Chips in play: 7,850,000 Average stack: 163,540