After six days of Main Event action, the Manila Super Series headliner has reached its pinnacle as the final day sees the last 9 players return to battle for the title, trophy, the PHP 1,762,000 (~US$ 31,460) top prize, and a package to the APPT Manila Main Event worth PHP 105,000.
The 17th edition of the MSS Main Event is one for the history books with 746 entries amassing a record prize pool of PHP 9,551,784 (~US$ 170,918). At Day 2, 113 players shaved down respective portions. The heat closed with the Final 9 players established with Singapore’s Yun Rong Cheong as chip leader. Read up on the action via the live updates.
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The race to the top begins at 1pm today, June 4, at Okada Manila, Philippines. Track the action as Somuchpoker brings you live updates from start to finish.
Date: May 29 to June 4, 2023
Buy in: PHP 15,000 (~US$ 270)
Guarantee: PHP 3,000,000 (~US$ 53,320)
Total entries: 746
Prize pool: PHP 9,551,784 (~US$ 170,918)
ITM: 113 players
| Rank | Player | Flag | Stack | BB |
| 1 | Yun Rong Cheong | Singapore | 5,590,000 | 93 |
| 2 | Hai Shien Tan | Singapore | 4,050,000 | 68 |
| 3 | William Ysmael | Philippines | 3,420,000 | 57 |
| 4 | Takashi Shiono | Japan | 3,370,000 | 56 |
| 5 | Ting Yi Chen | Taiwan | 1,770,000 | 30 |
| 6 | Gerardo Lubas III | Philippines | 1,235,000 | 21 |
| 7 | Joven Huerto | Philippines | 1,125,000 | 19 |
| 8 | Ronny Lee | Malaysia | 950,000 | 16 |
| 9 | Edgar Asehan | Philippines | 875,000 | 15 |
Remaining payouts
| Place | Payout in PHP | Payout in USD |
| 1 | ₱1,867,000 | 33,339 |
| 2 | ₱1,140,000 | 20,357 |
| 3 | ₱765,000 | 13,661 |
| 4 | ₱577,000 | 10,304 |
| 5 | ₱457,500 | 8,170 |
| 6 | ₱346,000 | 6,179 |
| 7 | ₱248,500 | 4,438 |
| 8 | ₱169,784 | 3,032 |
| 9 | ₱134,500 | 2,402 |
Final 9 players
Yun Rong Cheong – Singapore – 5,590,000 (93 bb)
Hai Shien Tan – Singapore – 4,050,000 (68 bb)
William Ysmael – Philippines – 3,420,0,000 (57 bb)
Takashi Shiono – Japan – 3,370,000 (56 bb)
Ting Yi Chen – Taiwan – 1,770,000 (30 bb)
Gerardo Lubas III – Philippines – 1,235,000 (21 bb)
Joven Huerto – Philippines – 1,125,000 – (19 bb)
Ronny Lee – Malaysia – 950,000 (16 bb)
Edgar Asehan – Philippines – 875,000 (15 bb)
Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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