Two starting days remain for poker enthusiasts from near and far to enter the 2023 Poker Dream Manila Main Event in the Grand Wing Casino at Newport City, Metro Manila, just across the street of the international airport. The flagship tournament of the fourth ever Poker Dream live poker stop comes with a price tag of PHP66,000 ($1,211) and PHP20,000,000 guarantee ($362,000).
Yesterday's first starting day generated a field of 141 entries of which 22 players made it through when the action concluded. Each of the three flights is scheduled to play down to the top 15% of the field, all of which will then have locked up a portion of the prize money already.
Day 1b is slated to kick off at 1pm local time in the grand ballroom with a level duration of 40 minutes each. Furthermore, there is also a Turbo Day 1c as of 8pm local time as well with a reduced level duration of 20 minutes each. For both of these flights, the late registration remains open until the start of level ten. All participants receive 30,000 in chips and unlimited re-entries are available during the registration period.
All those who failed to advance on Day 1a can take another shot throughout the day and even those unhappy with their chips accumulated so far can buy-in again and try to run up their stack further. Should one or more player bag up chips more than once, they will carry forward the bigger stack to Day 2 and receive a min-cash for their efforts as the lesser stack gets taken out of play.
Whether or not anyone will be able to surpass the 421,000 chips of Wai Keong Yong last night remains to be seen. One thing, however, is for certain. A long day of live poker action in Asia is ahead for all those wishing to secure a portion of the prize pool. There is also a PHP15,000 NLHE Turbo Side Event available as well which kicks off at noon local time and plays down to a winner today.
The PokerNews live updates will focus on Day 1b, which features a 15-minute break every three levels and a 50-minute dinner break after level nine which lasts until approximately 8.20 pm local time.
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