Poker Dream Manila: Ricardo Singapan bags first title at Warm Up Event; Darren Abdullah wins the KO Bounty Turbo

Poker Dream indeed makes dreams come true with Filipino Ricardo Singapan and Malaysia’s Darren Abdullah locking up first time live career wins. More champions to be crowned as the festival heads into Day 3 of its twelve-day run at the Grand Wing of Newport World Resorts in Manila, Philippines. Here are the results.

Filipino Ricardo Singapan clinches first title at the Warm Up Event

Filipino Ricardo Singapan was barely in radar until he reached the final table and was in contention for his first ever live title. Big hands helped him on his road to victory with pocket Aces earning him an early double up and pocket Kings eliminating Cezar Quiambao in 5th place.

Entering heads up against USA’s Ryan McAllister, Singapan quickly doubled up to take the lead and went on to close it out. He pocketed a career high PH₱ 807,000 (~US$ 14,500) and the first trophy of the series. You can relive all the action via the SMP Live Updates. 

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

Final table payouts

Place	Player	Flag	Payouts in PHP
1	Ricardo Singapan	Philippines	807,000
2	Ryan Patrick Mc Allister	United States	514,000
3	Jessie Leonarez	Philippines	382,000
4	Jeffrey Calonge	Philippines	309,000
5	Cezar Quiambao Ii	Philippines	244,000
6	Danilo Ola	Philippines	183,200
7	Wei-Jung Tsai	Taiwan	136,000
8	Cheong Yew Lee	Malaysia	100,000
9	David Jansen Erquiaga	Philippines	83,100

For the complete list head to the FESTIVAL RESULTS

Malaysia’s Darren Abdullah holds his head high at the KO Bounty Turbo

First time victory for Malaysia’s Darren Abdullah at the KO Bounty Turbo event. Abdullah outlasted the 52-entry field for a first prize payout of PH₱ 127,808 (~US$ 2,300) and a slew of bounty rewards to pad up his score.

Buy in: ₱ 15,000 (~US$ 270)
Entries: 52
Prize pool: ₱ 665,808 (~US$ 11,950) 
ITM: 7 places

Payouts

Place	Player	Flag	Payouts in PHP
1	Darren Danial Ong Abdullah	Malaysia	127,808
2	Soo Sing Foong	Malaysia	92,300
3	Richard Nakila	Philippines	58,800
4	Seungeon Lee	Philippines	44,600
5	Christopher Mateo	Philippines	34,500
6	Theng Aik James Leong	Malaysia	26,400
7	Sandro Marco Burkhard	Switzerland	21,400

*Bounties not included in payouts