₱250,000 High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2020 PokerStars Red Dragon Manila
₱250,000 High Roller
Day: 1
After twelve levels of play on Day 1 of the PokerStars Red Dragon Manila High Roller, 33 players out of 101 entries have bagged chips for Day 2 in the iconic Okada Manila. Those 101 entries created a total prize pool of ₱23,022,950 ($450,262) for 13 players to cash and the eventual winner to walk away with the amazing first-place prize of ₱6,112,000 ($119,533).
Claiming the Day 1 chip lead is Malaysia's Natalie Teh with a whopping 582,500 in chips worth 194 big blinds at the start of Day 2. Teh is becoming a regular on all the poker tours all over the world since turning pro in 2018 and winning a Platinum Pass for the 2019 PSPC in the Bahamas when she was considered the Next Great Poker Brain by former Team PokerStars pros Liv Boeree and Igor Kurganov.
She is trailed in the chip counts by Ngoc Anh Cao, Hwany Lee, Chongxian Yang, and Andres Korn who finished in ninth place in the Main Event earlier today.
PokerStars Red Dragon High Roller Day 1 Top 5 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natalie Teh | Malaysia | 582,500 | 194 |
| 2 | Ngoc Anh Cao | Vietnam | 328,500 | 110 |
| 3 | Hwany Lee | South Korea | 311,500 | 104 |
| 4 | Chongxian Yang | China | 301,000 | 100 |
| 5 | Andres Korn | Germany | 244,000 | 81 |
Other familiar names, for the readers who followed the Main Event today, to make it through include Florencio Campomanes who won and Martin Stausholm who finished in eighth place. But they aren't the only ones who might be known in the poker world. Players like Sparrow Cheung, Nang Quang Nguyen, Dong Chen, Linh Tran, Phachara Wongwichit, and Sahil Agarwal for example must ring a bell with most people.
But there is one player who is more familiar with the Starcraft crowd: Yohwan Lim also known as "BoxeR". He is a former professional player who was also referred to as "Terran Emperor". He retired in 2013 to announce in 2014 that he switched career paths and was focused on poker now. With just over $500,000 in cashes according to The Hendon Mob, the change seems to have been pretty successful. With most of his cashes originating in Asia with some summer trips to Las Vegas, "BoxeR" is looking for a good result here in Manila.
When the players return at 1 p.m. local time on Saturday, January 11, they will start with Level 13 which features a small blind of 1,500, big blind of 3,000, and a big blind ante of 3,000. A 15-minute break has been scheduled after every two hours of play. Players bagged any time bank they had left from the 4 they received at the start of the day and will receive another 2 at the start of Day 2 as the shot clock is in play. Another two will be handed out to each player when the final table has been reached.
PokerNews will be there from the start until the winner has been crowned so follow along as the live reporting will commence from Day 2.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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| 1 | 1 | Szymon Wysocki | Poland | 31,000 | 10 |
| 1 | 2 | Chongxian Yang | China | 301,000 | 100 |
| 1 | 3 | Sparrow Cheung | Hong Kong | 197,000 | 66 |
| 1 | 4 | Paul Hong | New Zealand | 46,500 | 16 |
| 1 | 5 | Junyeob Song | South Korea | 165,000 | 55 |
| 1 | 6 | Martin Stausholm | Denmark | 124,000 | 41 |
| 1 | 8 | Jiacheng Li | China | 150,000 | 50 |
| 2 | 1 | Kannapong Thanarattrakul | Thailand | 209,000 | 70 |
| 2 | 2 | Dhaval Mudgal | India | 199,000 | 66 |
| 2 | 4 | Ben Lai | Hong Kong | 35,500 | 12 |
| 2 | 5 | Ting Yi Tsai | Taiwan | 35,500 | 12 |
| 2 | 6 | Linh Tran | Canada | 134,500 | 45 |
| 2 | 7 | Florencio Campomanes | Philippines | 113,500 | 38 |
| 2 | 8 | Hwany Lee | South Korea | 311,500 | 104 |
| 3 | 1 | Sahil Agarwal | India | 108,000 | 36 |
| 3 | 2 | Soo Jo Kim | South Korea | 111,000 | 37 |
| 3 | 3 | Zhiqiang Qian | China | 170,000 | 57 |
| 3 | 4 | Kyungkun Lee | South Korea | 129,000 | 43 |
| 3 | 6 | Yohwan Lim | South Korea | 119,000 | 40 |
| 3 | 7 | Phachara Wongwichit | Thailand | 127,000 | 42 |
| 3 | 8 | Ankit Ahuja | India | 128,000 | 43 |
| 4 | 1 | Piet Pape | Germany | 112,000 | 37 |
| 4 | 2 | Kitson Kho | Philippines | 101,500 | 34 |
| 4 | 3 | Shigeji Kusakabe | Japan | 109,500 | 37 |
| 4 | 5 | Natalie Teh | Malaysia | 582,500 | 194 |
| 4 | 6 | Ngoc Anh Cao | Vietnam | 328,500 | 110 |
| 4 | 8 | Jinho Hong | South Korea | 98,500 | 33 |
| 5 | 1 | Dong Chen | China | 140,500 | 47 |
| 5 | 2 | Andres Korn | Argentina | 244,000 | 81 |
| 5 | 4 | Nang Quang Nguyen | Vietnam | 149,000 | 50 |
| 5 | 5 | Kanishka Samant | India | 109,000 | 36 |
| 5 | 6 | Andre Lettau | Germany | 56,500 | 19 |
| 5 | 8 | Victor Chong | Malaysia | 73,000 | 24 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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582,500
532,500
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532,500 |
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328,500
278,500
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278,500 |
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311,500
261,500
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261,500 |
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301,000
251,000
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251,000 |
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244,000
194,000
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194,000 |
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209,000
159,000
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159,000 |
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199,000
149,000
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149,000 |
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197,000
147,000
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147,000 |
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170,000
120,000
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120,000 |
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165,000
115,000
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115,000 |
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150,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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149,000
99,000
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99,000 |
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140,500
90,500
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90,500 |
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134,500
84,500
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84,500 |
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129,000
79,000
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79,000 |
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128,000
78,000
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78,000 |
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127,000
77,000
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77,000 |
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124,000
74,000
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74,000 |
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119,000
69,000
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69,000 |
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113,500
63,500
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63,500 |
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112,000
62,000
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62,000 |
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111,000
61,000
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61,000 |
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109,500
59,500
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59,500 |
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109,000
59,000
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59,000 |
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108,000
58,000
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58,000 |
With the 101 entries collected out of 72 unique players, a prize pool of ₱23,022,950 ($450,262) has been created. This means that 13 players will be in the money for at least ₱460,000 ($8,996) with the winner walking away with ₱6,112,000 ($119,533).
This is what they are all competing for:
| Place | Prize (PHP) | Prize (USD) |
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| 1 | ₱6,112,000 | $119,533 |
| 2 | ₱4,248,000 | $83,079 |
| 3 | ₱2,809,000 | $54,936 |
| 4 | ₱2,199,000 | $43,006 |
| 5 | ₱1,773,000 | $34,675 |
| 6 | ₱1,381,000 | $27,008 |
| 7 | ₱1,094,000 | $21,395 |
| 8 | ₱852,000 | $16,663 |
| 9 | ₱644,950 | $12,613 |
| 10-11 | ₱495,000 | $9,681 |
| 12-13 | ₱460,000 | $8,996 |
The first ten levels of Day 1 of the High Roller are done and the tournament attracted 101 entries in total with 72 unique players.
The prize pool details are to be announced with the end-of-day chip counts and the seat draw to follow at the end of the day.
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Day 1 of the PokerStars Red Dragon ₱250,000 High Roller started today at 5 p.m. local time for all interested players in the Okada Manila. The last high roller of the festival gives players the last chance to cash big here at the inaugural festival. Many winners have already been crowned with the wins of Lester Edoc in the Super High Roller and Florencio Campomanes in the Main Event reported here on PokerNews. Liuheng Dai won two High Rollers in Jeju, will Edoc or Campomanes be able to win two titles too?
The players started with 50,000 in chips for their buy-in and had twelve levels of 40 minutes each on the schedule for Day 1. Late registration remains open for the first ten levels of the day with players allowed to reenter an unlimited amount of times if they run out of chips.
Day 2 will start at 1 p.m. local time on Friday, January 11 with all surviving players return to battle it out for one of the last trophies and the prize money that comes with it. PokerNews will provide the chip counts at the end of the play today and pick up the live reporting from the start of Day 2 so make sure to return then.
₱250,000 High Roller
Day 1 Started