Poker Dream Manila: Ogura Takashi ships Super High Roller; Beh Kok Weng bags two events; How Chee Chong wins Bubble Rush

Another day of champions at Poker Dream Manila with three players outplaying the competition. At the Super High Roller, Ogura Takashi climbed from just 6 big blinds at the final table to the top.

It was a double take over at the 300K NLH and 6-Handed with Beh Kok Weng winning both events. He became the second player to achieve this at the series. To wrap up Day 7 at Newport World Resorts, How Chee Chong shipped the Bubble Rush. Scroll down for the results.

Also on the floor was Day 1B of the Mystery Bounty. 149 signed up with 23 players reaching ITM. They join the 18 survivors of Day 1A on Wednesday, May 3 at 1pm for the race to the top and to hunt down the biggest bounty of PHP 630,000. Chuning Tan from China leads the race, trailed closely by Japan’s Yuta Kitazumi. Chip counts can be found in the Mystery Bounty Live Updates.

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Ogura Takashi takes down the Super High Roller

Ogura Takashi outlasted the 39 hard hitters of the Super High Roller event to capture the title, trophy, and a cool PHP 6,170,000 (~US$ 111,350). Takashi entered the final table running lowest rank with just 6 bb then proceeded to win multiple showdowns to take command. Despite Gary Thompson’s efforts, Takashi was tough to break. The final hand was flush beating You can read up on the SHR action via the SMP Live Updates.  

Date: May 1 to 2
Buy in: PH₱ 500,000 (~US$ 9,175)
Entries: 39
Prize pool: PH₱ 18,154,500 (~US$ 327,650)
ITM: 6 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payouts in PH₱
1	Ogura Takashi	Japan	6,170,000
2	Gary Thompson	Ireland	4,270,000
3	Ewe Eng Soon	Malaysia	2,720,000
4	Ajitpal Singh	Singapore	2,090,000
5	Danny Tang	UK	1,634,500
6	Ewe Eng Siang	Malaysia	1,270,000

Beh Kok Weng bags two events in a single day

What a day for Malaysia’s Beh Kok Weng who shipped two events back to back. His first takedown was at the 6-Handed event, besting a field of 29 runners for a score of PHP 137,216 (~US$ 2,475). He then jumped into the 300K NLH, just making it before registration closed. Heads up Weng faced off against Gary Thompson who finished 2nd at the SHR event earlier in the day. Weng outlasted the Irish pro for his second title and a huge payout of PHP 1,218,000 (~US$ 21,980).

How Chee Chong wins the Bubble Rush

16 players battled for the Bubble Rush which was the last event of the day. In the end, it was Malaysia’s How Chee Chong winning it for a payout of PHP 86,000 (~US$ 1,550).

Buy in: PH₱ 15,000 (~US$ 275)
Entries: 16
Prize pool: PH₱ 204,864 (~US$ 3,700)
ITM: 4 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payouts in PH₱
1	How Chee Chong	Malaysia	86,000
2	Sumendap Marvin Leonardo	Indonesia	57,364
3	Leong Theng Aik James	Malaysia	36,900
4	Soo Sing Foong	Malaysia	24,600