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Mystery Bounty (PHP 2 Million Guaranteed) Day 1B

Play stopped after the bubble burst with everyone asked to bag their chips. There would be a temporary ceasefire with the action set to continue when the Day 2 final opens tomorrow.

The top 21 survivors of Day 1B will combine with the 11 from Day 1A as the Mystery Bounty event will take a reset.

The big chip leader of Day 1B was Jonaldo Auza with 417,000 to bring with him to the Day 2 Final. Not far behind was Kim Woojin with 389,000. Rounding up the top three is Mike Takayama with 364,000.

Buy-in: Php 20,000 (~USD 360)

Guaranteed: PHP 2,000,000 (~USD 36,000)

Flight B Total Entries: 140

Starting Stack: 30,000

Chips In Play: 4,200,000

Average Stack: 200,000

Blinds: 3,000/6,000 Ante 6,000

Here are the chip counts of all Day 1B survivors so far:

Knockout Hyper Turbo (PHP 2,000 Bounty)

Blinds 15,000/30,000 Ante 30,000

Following some raise and re-raises both Renniel Galves and Keita Kitamura finally agree to go all-in with Kitamura a little bit ahead in chips.

Renniel Galvez: A♦ Q♣

Keita Kitamura: K♥ 9♥

Board 7♥ 2♣ K♣ 4♦ 2♠

Kitamura spikes a king on the flop and the board didn't help Galvez catch an ace. Galvez is knocked-out at 2nd place and earns PHP 107,000 (~USD 1,900).

Keita Kitamura wins the PokerStars spade trophy and a champion's payout of PHP165,420 (~USD 2,900).

So far, in this Manila Megastack 19 series, Kitamura placed 4th in the Pot Limit Omaha event, and also now has this championship under his belt. Both wins will make push his total live earnings to above USD 70,000, inching his way to earning a 100K marker at his Hendon Mob profile.

Renniel Galvez has a long list of poker ITM accomplishments. The runner-up finish in this event is another feather in his cap of achievements and add more weight to his total live earnings of over USD 330,000.

Knockout Hyper Turbo (PHP 2,000 Bounty)

Date: September 22, 2024

Buy-in: Php 10,000

Entries: 95

Prize Pool: PHP 620,920 (~USD 11,100)

ITM: 13

1st - Keita Kitamura PHP 165,420 (~USD 2,900)

2nd - Renniel Galvez PHP 107,000 (~USD 1,900)

3rd - Taisaku Iwao PHP 76,500 (~USD 1365)

4th - Cris Leonen PHP 58,500 (~USD 1,045)

5th - Karl Aden Javier PHP 47,000 (~USD 840)

6th - Sang Yoon Song PHP 37,500 (~USD 670)

7th - Battulga Ganbold PHP 30,000 (~USD 535)

8th - Kento Nakamura PHP 24,000 (~USD 425)

9th - Satoru Yamamoto PHP19,000 (~USD 340)

10th - Wei Loh PHP 15,500 (~USD 275)

11th - Kinoshita Hirotika PHP 15,500 (~USD 275)

12th - Kento Shimizu PHP 12,500 (~USD 220)

13th - Asakawa Yoshihito PHP12,500 (~USD 220)

Knockout Hyper Turbo (PHP 2,000 Bounty)

Blinds 5,000/10,000 Ante 10,000

With bounties being collected left and right from all the knockouts, the top 9 KO artists enter the final table for one big royal rumble to see who keeps his bounty. There can be only one!

Chips In Play: 1,900,000

Average Stack: 200,200

Remaining Players: 9

Double Stack (PHP 1 Million Guaranteed)

And the winner is...

Koki Itabashi of Japan is the champion of The Double Stack (PHP 1 Million Guaranteed), outlasting a field of 280 players to claim the champion's share of PHP 440,500 (~USD 8,000). Itabashi also wins a PokerStars spade trophy and a ticket to the Manila Megastack Main Event in a few days.

Double Stack (PHP 1M Guaranteed)

Date: September 22, 2024

Buy-in: Php 12,000

Entries: 208

Prize Pool: PHP 2,130,586 (~USD 38,200)

ITM: 31



Double Stack (PHP 1 Million Guaranteed)

Blinds 80,000/160,000 Ante 160,000

Koki Itabashi had a near 3:1 advantage over Reynaldo Ong at the start of heads-up battle. A few blind steal tug-of-wars didn't do much to make any drastic changes to the situation, and eventually... Reynaldo Ong pushes all-in and Koki Itabashi makes the call.

Reynaldo Ong: J♣ T♣

Koki Itabashi: K♣ 8♠

Board Q♥ 2♠ 3♣ 8♣ 6♠

The pair of eights wins the championship and Reynaldo Ong has to settle for a runner-up finish, earning him PHP 275,500 (~USD 4,950).

Reynaldo Ong's runner-up finish marks his 23rd career live cash and pushes his career winnings to almost USD 60,000.

Knockout Hyper Turbo (PHP 2,000 Bounty)

Blinds 1,500/3,000 Ante 3,000

Just like that! In a span of a few levels, the field has been cut in half. That's the nature of Knockout Hyper Turbo for you. Can you say "quick punch"?

Knockout Hyper Turbo (PHP 2,000 Bounty)

Date: September 22, 2024

Buy-in: Php 10,000

Entries: 95

Prize Pool: PHP 620,920

ITM: 13

Chips In Play: 1,900,000

Average Stack: 79,200

Remaining Players: 23

Meanwhile, feast on some of the knock out artists of the event:

Double Stack (PHP 1 Million Guaranteed)

Blinds 80,000/160,000 Ante 160,000

In a battle of the blinds, Koki Itabashi raised to 575,000 from the small blind with Jonathan Studer going all-in at the big blind for his remaining chips. Itabashi makes the quick call.

Koki Itabashi: A♣ K♦

Jonathan Studer: 6♦ 6♠

Board T♥ Q♥ 7♣ 7♦ A♠

The classic "ace on the river" propels Itabashi to win the coin-toss and eliminates Jonathan Studer at 3rd for a payout of PHP 196,500 (~USD 3,500). Koki Itabashi's stack rockets to 5,200,000 chips.

Jonathan Studer won the Showtime Hold'em event just the night prior and with very little rest, has cashed in at 3rd in this event. That's a pretty solid performance in this Manila Megastack 19 series.

Expect more to come from Studer.

Double Stack (PHP 1 Million Guaranteed)

Blinds 80,000/160,000 Ante 160,000

Keijiro "Master" Shimojo busts out at 4th place to take home a payout of PHP 151,500 (~USD 2,700). Shimojo has 2 championships and a runner-up finish from 3 events at Manila Megastack 18 last February 2024. But today, he has to settle for a decent 4th place finish, adding yet another live cash to a very impressive poker portfolio. Maybe the poker gods said "Not today". Still, it's a well-earned ITM.

6+ Hold'Em Turbo

Japan's Daijiro Tomoto bested 17 players at the 6+ Hold'em Turbo.

6+ Hold'em has very different rules from your regular Texas No Limit Hold'em.

All the cards below a 6 are removed from the deck, and only high cards are played.

A flush beats a full house and A-6-7-8-9 classifies as a low straight.

All players must post an ante and only the dealer posts a blind known as a "button blind"

With that in mind, there are only few who might give this game much serious thought. The total entries may not have been as big, but those who made it deep were definitely still rewarded a handsome payout.

6+ Hold'em Turbo

Date: September 22, 2024

Buy-in: Php 15,000

Entries: 17

Prize Pool: PHP 217,668 (~USD 1,100)

ITM: 4

Payouts:

1st - Daijiro Tomoto PHP 93,500 (~USD 1,600)

2nd - Nerbotas Popa PHP 58,500 (~USD 1,000)

3rd - Jeong Chang Kyun PHP 39,000 (~USD 700)

4th - Peter Khamas PHP 26,668 (~USD 485)

Knockout Hyper Turbo (PHP 2,000 Bounty)

Blinds 500/1,000 Ante 1,000

With registration closed, the total tally of 95 entries finalizes the prize pool to over PHP 620,000 (~USD 11,100). 58 players remain vying for a chance to claim back their buy-ins (and some) by knocking out other players to collect a PHP 2,000 bounty. Of course, the top 13 survivors also get a payout from the prize pool with the champion winning PHP 165,420 (~USD 3,000)

Knockout Hyper Turbo (PHP 2,000 Bounty)

Date: September 22, 2024

Buy-in: Php 10,000

Entries: 95

Prize Pool: PHP 620,920 (~USD 11,100)

ITM: 13

Chips In Play: 1,900,000

Starting Stack: 20,000

Average Stack: 32,700

Remaining Players: 52

Double Stack (PHP 1 Million Guaranteed)

Blinds 60,000/120,000 Ante 120,000

Jonathan Studer made a min-raise from the cutoff then called after Ando Mototsugu pushed his remaining chips from the big blind.

Jonathan Studer: T♥ T♠

Ando Mototsugu: A♣ Q♣

Board: 6♦ 2♦ 3♦ K♥ 2♥

Studer's tens hold and Mototsugu finishes at 5th place and earns PHP 116,500 (~USD 2,000) for the effort. This also marks his 11th career live cash.

Mystery Bounty (PHP 2 Million Guaranteed) Day 1B

Blinds 3,000/6,000 Ante 6,000

Filipino David Erquiaga is a decorated poker pro with over USD 1,000,000 in tournament winnings. Erquiaga has over 10 PokerStars spade trophies and is a constant ITM placer. He makes most final tables and is almost a sure bet to win most tournaments. However, there are days - he can also be the bubble boy. Such is life. Such is poker.

Jared Carter pushed all-in at the cut-off with David Erquiaga making the call from the small blind for all his chips.

Jared Carter: A♣ 4♣

David Erquiaga: J♦ J♥

Erquiaga is clearly ahead and dominating, but anything can happen. And anything did.

Board runs T♣ Q♣ K♣ 9♦ Q♥

Carter flops the nut flush and Erquiaga is drawing dead on the turn.

With the exit of Erquiaga at the bubble, the remaining 21 survivors will move on to the Mystery Bounty Day 2 Final tomorrow. All Day 2 finalists. are guaranteed the minimum ITM payout with a chance to improve their share and also a chance to win a mystery bounty for every player knocked out.

Double Stack (PHP 1 Million Guaranteed)

Blinds 50,000/100,000 Ante 100,000

Suguru Katawaki goes out at 7th place to earn PHP 75,500 (~USD 1,300). It is another top ten finish for Katawaki, who has another 2 so far in his career. The most significant win being a 3rd place finish for a NLHE Deepstack event at a World Poker Tour Prime series in Taipei, Taiwan, for USD 5,380.

Early chip leader Tai Weiliang from Singapore has over 20+ career tournament cashes and can add this 6th place finish for PHP 91,000 (~USD 1,600) to his resumé.

Double Stack (PHP 1 Million Guaranteed)

Blinds 30,000/60,000 Ante 60,000

Siddharth Mishra pushes all-in for his last 290,000. Keijiro Shimojo re-raises all-in from the small blind to keep the big blind out of play. It works.

Siddharth Mishra: A♥ 3♦

Keijiro Shimojo: A♣ J♦

Board: 6♥ Q♠ 2♠ 5♠ 7♠

Mishra is eliminated at 8th place with a payout of PHP 63,000 (~USD 1,100). Siddharth Mishra can add that to his PLO championship win from yesterday's event.

Double Stack (PHP 1M Guaranteed)

Blinds 25,000/50,000 Ante 50,000

Koki Itabashi raises from UTG+1 to 200,000 with Yuya Kobayashi calling to defend his big blind. Flop comes J♣ 9♦ 9♣ . Kobayashi pushes his remaining 180,000 all-in and Itabashi makes the call.

Yuya Kobayashi: K♥ T♥

Koki Itabaashi: K♠ J♠

Kobayashi needs a queen to stay alive, but the board runs 2♣ J♥ , eliminating him at 9th place for a PHP55,586 (~USD 1,000) payout.

Double Stack (PHP 1M Guaranteed)

Blinds 25,000/50,000 Ante 50,000

After a grueling day playing down from 208 entries. The final table is finally underway with the top 9 survivors still fighting it out for bigger and better payouts. 9th place is guaranteed PHP 55,586 (~USD 1,000). Yesterday's Showtime Hold'em winner Jonathan Studer is the chip leader with 1,500,000.

Double Stack (PHP 1M Guaranteed)

Date: September 22, 2024

Buy-in: Php 12,000

Entries: 208

Prize Pool: PHP 2,130,586 (~USD 38,200)

ITM: 31

Chips In Play: 8,320,000

Average Stack: 485,500

Remaining Players: 9

6+ Hold'Em Turbo

Ante 1,000 BB 3,000

Turbo! That changes everything. In just a blink, the final table is under way.

6+ Hold'em Turbo

Date: September 22, 2024

Buy-in: Php 15,000

Entries: 17

Prize Pool: PHP 217,668 (~USD 1,100)

ITM: 4

Payout Structure:

1st - 93,500

2nd - 58,500

3rd - 39,000

4th - 26,668

Chips In Play: 5,100,000

Average Stack: 75,000

Remaining Players: 7

Double Stack (PHP 1 Million Guaranteed)

Blinds 20,000/40,000 Ante 40,000

It was a battle of the blinds. Siddharth Mishra just limped from the small blind, and

with just 10 big blinds left in his stack, Keijiro Shimojo pushed his remaining 445,000 all-in from his big blind. Siddharth Mishra quick-called, like he was waiting trapping almost wanting Shimojo to go all-in.

Siddharth Mishra: K♥ J♥

Keijiro Shimojo: K♣ 9♥

Shimojo was dominated - the king not an out, both cards not even suited. Only a 9.

Board ran A♣ 5♠ 6♦ 3♣ ... bleak, hopeless. Ready to go home, and then... 9♣ on the river.

Shimojo survives and brings his stack to 930,000 while Mishra gets dented to 315,000.

In the next level, with blinds at 25,000/50,000, Shimojo min-raises and faces an all-in by Yohei Namiki at the BB. Shimojo makes the call.

Yohei Namiki: J♦ 8♦

Keijiro Shimojo: 4♣ 4♠

Board: Q♣ K♣ J♣ 2♠ ... Namiki is ahead and about to double-up, and then - 8♣ . At first glance, they thought the two pair won but they checked the suit. Shimojo rivered a flush to eliminate Yohei Namiki at 10th place to set up the final table.

Keijiro Shimojo bumps his stack to 1,385,000, second over-all in chips entering the final table.

Mystery Bounty (PHP 2 Million Guaranteed) Day 1B

Blinds 1,500/3,000 Ante 3,000

With 31 survivors remaining, only 10 more bust-outs are needed for the top 21 survivors to move on the Mystery Bounty Day 2 Final. It sounds like an easy thing to ask for, but definitely a difficult thing to accomplish with all the remaining players on their A-Game.

Mystery Bounty (PHP 2 Million Guaranteed) Day 1B

Date: September 22, 2024

Buy-in: Php 20,000

Entries: 140

Prize Pool: PHP 3,448,544 (~USD 62,000)

ITM: 21 players to advance to Day 2 Final

Chips In Play: 4,170,000

Average Stack: 140,400

Remaining Players: 31

Top Chip Leaders:

Knockout Hyper Turbo (PHP 2,000 Bounty)

Blinds 100/100 Ante 100

Another Knockout event has just taken flight with 26 players ready to knock each other out for a bounty. The number is expected to grow before registration ends at the end of level 8. The Hyper Turbo format is bound to force some action and makes for some exciting poker.

Knockout Hyper Turbo (PHP 2,000 Bounty)

Date: September 22, 2024

Buy-in: Php 10,000

Entries: 26

Prize Pool: PHP 169,936

ITM: TBD

Chips In Play: 520,000

Starting Stack: 20,000

Average Stack: 20,000

Remaining Players: 26

Double Stack (PHP 1 Million Guaranteed)

Blinds 20,000/40,000 Ante 40,000

Some elimination updates:

Alvir Inocentes ends his run at 14th place when his A♥ 7♥ loses to a coin flip against the 6♦ 6♥ of Jonathan Studer. The 280,000 chips from Inocentes improves Studer's stack to 610,000.

Mukai Kentai falls at 13th place. Early chip leader Keisuke Tateishi can only go as far as 12th place. Takahashi Kyo falls at 11th place.

6+ Hold'em Turbo

Ante 200 BB 400

6+ Hold'em is a different beast.

Some basic rules:

All the cards below a 6 are removed from the deck, and only high cards are played.

A flush beats a full house and A-6-7-8-9 classifies as a low straight.

All players must post an ante and only the dealer posts a blind known as a "button blind"

It may be too hard to take in, but like all good things in life - it just takes some getting used to.

14 brave souls with a different poker mindset are taking on the task of competing in this event. More are expected to follow before registration closes at the end of level 8. With 15 minute Turbo levels plus a shortened deck equals some crazy fun poker action.

6+ Hold'em Turbo

Date: September 22, 2024

Buy-in: Php 15,000

Entries: 14

Actual Prize Pool: PHP 66,452 (~USD 1,100)

ITM: TBD after registration closes

Chips In Play: 4,170,000

Starting Stack: 30,000

Average Stack: 30,000

Remaining Players: 14

Double Stack (PHP 1 Million Guaranteed)

Blinds 15,000/ 30,000 Ante 30,000

Japanese poker pro Takuo Serita takes a bow at 15th place. Takuo Serita is no stranger to the Asian poker scene, having played in events all over. Here in the Philippines, Serita is best remembered for his PHP 80,000 High Roller championship at the Asian Poker Tour a few years ago.

Serita's 15th place finish earns him PHP 36,000 (~USD 645). Serita will hope to bounce back in other upcoming Manila Megastack 19 events this week.

Double Stack (PHP 1 Million Guaranteed)

Blinds 10,000/25,000 Ante 25,000

Ando Mototsugu made it 60,000 to go from the cut-off. Action was folded to Joseph Sia in the big blind who pushed his remaining 230,000 chips all-in Mototsugu tanked, but eventually made the call for a shoot out.

Joseph Sia: 9♠ 9♣

Ando Mototsugu: J♣ J♠

Board: 8♦ Q♥ 4♠ 6♥ 2♥

Mototsugu's jacks hold and Joseph Sia leaves the tournament at 16th place, taking with him a payout of PHP 31,500 (~USD 560).

Ando Mototsugu improves his stack to 725,000.

Mystery Bounty (PHP 2 Million Guaranteed) Day 1B

Blinds 1,000/2,500 Ante 2,500

21. That's the magic number of players that will advance to the Mystery Bounty Day 2 Final tomorrow. They will be joined by the 10 survivors from Day 1A.

42 players still remain, which means half will have to go.

The total prize pool from both flights reached just a little over PHP 3,400,000 and is way beyond the guaranteed PHP 2,000,000. That's good news for all players who enter Day 2 as they are guaranteed a bigger share from the prize pool not to mention the juicy mystery bounties that will be awarded for every player knocked out.

Mystery Bounty (PHP 2 Million Guaranteed) Day 1B

Date: September 22, 2024

Buy-in: Php 20,000

Entries: 140

Prize Pool: PHP 3,448,544 (~USD 62,000)

ITM: 21 players to advance to Day 2 Final

Chips In Play: 4,170,000

Average Stack: 102,400

Remaining Players: 42

Double Stack (PHP 1M Guaranteed)

Last two tables with 17 players remaining. Tai Weiliang is still the chip leader, increasing his stack size to 1,020,000. Weiliang is the only player so far in the million chip count. A little further back with the second overall biggest stack is Siddharth Mishra with 795,000.

Double Stack (PHP 1M Guaranteed)

Date: September 22, 2024

Buy-in: Php 12,000

Entries: 208

Actual Prize Pool: PHP 2,130,586 (~USD 38,200)

ITM: 31

Chips In Play: 8,320,000

Average Stack: 485,500

Remaining Players: 17

With the average stack at 485,500 chips, these are the players who are above average:

Random pictures from The Mystery Bounty and Double Stack events. Because poker pictures are pretty.

Apart from these two events, there will also be 6+ Hold'Em Turbo later tonight at 20:00 and a Knockout Hyper Turbo at 22:00.

Mystery Bounty (PHP 2 Million Guaranteed) Day 1B

Blinds 600/1,200 Ante 1,200

Registration is closed and the final tally of entries is for Day 1B is 140 entries, pushing the total prize pool of the Mystery Bounty way past the guaranteed PHP 2,000,000 to a little over PHP 3,400,000. 53 players are still competing to advance to the Day 2 Final tomorrow. Leading the field is new chip leader Ming Siong See with 205,000 chips followed closely by Ashley Patterson with 195,000.

Mystery Bounty (PHP 2 Million Guaranteed) Day 1B

Date: September 22, 2024

Buy-in: Php 20,000

Entries: 140

Prize Pool: PHP 3,448,544 (~USD 62,000)

ITM: TBD after registration closes

Chips In Play: 4,170,000

Average Stack: 79,400

Remaining Players: 53

Here are the chip leaders so far:

Double Stack (PHP 1 Million Guaranteed)

Blinds 6,000/12,000 Ante 12,000

Yang Jun Hung raised from under the gun to 30,000 and Alvir Inocentes re-raised all-in from the big blind. Yang Jun Hung made the call for a showdown.

Yang Jun Hung: 4♦ 4♠

Alvir Inocentes: A♣ K♠

Board: T♦ K♠ 9♥ 9♠ 2♦

Inocentes wins the coin flip and sends Yang Jun Hung packing for home. Alvir Inoncentes builds his stack to 333,000 and assures that he is in the money because he burst the bubble.

After that pop, the sweet words to follow are, "Congratulations! you are all in the money." That is usually followed by a bit of cheer, and then, in a split second, it's back to serious poker faces. Now, the real journey begins to the top of the payout ladder.

Double Stack (PHP 1 Million Guaranteed)

Blinds 5,000/10,000 Ante 10,000

With 36 players, 5 more players need to be eliminated so the 31 can be guaranteed a payday of at least PHP 31,000 (~USD 555). That's a good enough consolation for any tournament poker player because at least they didn't lose any money. Of course, why stop there when you can climb all the way to the top to win the champion's share of PHP 440,500 (~USD 8,000).

Five more players!

Meanwhile, these top chip leaders may be in the safe zone.

Mystery Bounty (PHP 2 Million Guaranteed) Day 1B

Blinds 400/800 Ante 800

Right on cue! After announcing that Alexis Lim may be a heavy favorite to win this event, he goes right ahead and grabs the chip lead with a stack of 81,000. Perhaps the cosmic revelation may hold some truth after all. But then, there's still much poker to play and so many more players are expected to join before registration ends.

The total prize pool from both flights has overtaken the guaranteed PHP 2,000,000. It is currently a little over PHP 3,000,000 and still growing.

Cheong Yon Rong is not far behind the leader with 77,000 and Nakajima Tomoki is a close third with 76,000 chips

Mystery Bounty (PHP 2 Million Guaranteed) Day 1B

Date: September 22, 2024

Buy-in: Php 20,000

Entries: 97

Prize Pool: PHP 3,141,248 (~USD 48,500)

ITM: TBD after registration closes

Chips In Play: 2,910,000

Average Stack: 37,700

Remaining Players: 77

Here are the chip leaders so far:

Double Stack (PHP 1 Million Guaranteed)

Blinds 2,000/4,000 Ante 4,000

82 players remain and only 31 will make it to the payout circle. The champion gets a payout of PHP 440,500 (~USD 8,000), a PokerStars spade trophy and a seat to the Manila Megastack 19 Main Event that plays in afew days.

Keisuke Tateishi leads the field so far with 322,000 chips. Let's see if the big stack can maintain its direction towards the top.

Double Stack (PHP 1M Guaranteed)

Date: September 22, 2024

Buy-in: Php 12,000

Entries: 208

Prize Pool: PHP 2,130,586 (~USD 38,200)

ITM: 31

Chips In Play: 8,320,000

Average Stack: 101,500

Remaining Players: 82

Top chip leaders so far are:

Mystery Bounty (PHP 2 Million Guaranteed) Day 1B

Blinds 100/300 Ante 300

The registrants have jumped to 42 since the opening bell, and there are some key figures who are heavy favorites to make their way to the Day 2 Final tomorrow. Like who?

Filipino poker pro Alexis Lim has over 100 tournament career cashes and has already made ITM in The Kickoff - one of many multi-day events in this series. Multi-day tournaments require the resolve of a long-distance runner, and in the realm of poker - Alexis Lim is an Iron Man.

Slovakian poker pro Andrej Nagy has booked cashes around the world with over USD 100,000 in earnings.

Michael Bueza is also a formidable force with several ITMs to his name. Bueza made big waves earlier this year with a championship win at the Mega Stack - Turbo event of Manila Megastack 18.

Here are pictures of more players. Maybe one of these poker faces will be in the headlines as this event's champion.

Double Stack (PHP 1M Guaranteed)

10 levels have passed and registration is now officially closed. There are 208 total entries with 145 players remaining. The prize pool has more than doubled the guarantee at just over PHP 2,100,000.

Haechang Lee still holds the highest chip count with 159,000. Just within arm's length is Kirihara Sayuri with 155,000 chips and Dante Kaito with 150,000.

Double Stack (PHP 1M Guaranteed)

Date: September 22, 2024

Buy-in: Php 12,000

Entries: 208

Prize Pool: PHP 2,130,586 (~USD 38,200)

ITM: TBD after registration closes

Chips In Play: 8,320,000

Average Stack: 57,000

Remaining Players: 145

Here's the chip leader board:

Mystery Bounty (PHP 2 Million Guaranteed) Day 1B

Cards are in the air for the second and last flight of Mystery Bounty event. 15 players are getting an early start with more participants expected before registration closes after level 10.

Mystery Bounty (PHP 2 Million Guaranteed) Day 1B

Date: September 22, 2024

Buy-in: Php 20,000

Guaranteed: PHP 2,000,000 (~USD 36,000)

Entries: 15

ITM: TBD after registration closes

Starting Stack: 30,000

Chips In Play: 450,000

Average Stack: 30,000

Remaining Players: 15

Double Stack (PHP 1 Million Guaranteed)

Blinds 600/1,2000 Ante 1,200

Maybe not single, but definitely double! Meaning that these ladies are taking part in the Double Stack event. Some of them even made their mark among the early chip leaders.

The prize pool is almost about to double the guarantee at just a little over PHP 1,800,000 at the moment. There are 181 total entries thus far with more to come while registration remains open.

Of the 181 entries, there are these wonderful ladies:

Double Stack (PHP 1 Million Guaranteed)

Blinds 500/1,000 Ante 1,000

The total entries has grown to 157 with 138 still in the game. It's a very colorful field of international characters coming together in the name of poker... and maybe also in the name of winning some big bucks.

Here's a look at some of the players in attendance:

Double Stack (PHP 1M Guaranteed)

Korean Haechang Lee is leading the field so far with 129,000 in chips. Haechang Lee has only 2 recorded tournament cashes to his name according to Hendon Mob, but that may change today if he can take his chip lead all the way to the payout counter.

135 have registered with 124 still having a wonderful Sunday playing some poker. Already the prize pool has surpassed the guarantee. More players are still expected to sign up before registration closes, so the prize pool will still grow.

Double Stack (PHP 1M Guaranteed)

Date: September 22, 2024

Buy-in: Php 12,000

Entries: 135

Prize Pool: PHP 1,382,832 (~USD 24,800)

ITM: TBD after registration closes

Starting Stack: 40,000

Chips In Play: 5,400,000

Average Stack: 43,500

Remaining Players: 124

Here are the top chip stacks so far:

Double Stack (PHP 1 Million Guaranteed)

Blinds: 200/400 Ante 400

The field has gone up to 90 entries so far and more still to come. Some notable players spotted at the felt include the likes of J Michael Shell, who already bagged a championship in the Super Knockout PHP 10,000 Bounty event of this Manila Megastack 19 series.

Lenart Ecarma is in the thick of the action. Ecarma became the champion of the Super Stack PHP 1,000,000 guaranteed - the first event of this series - and has also cashed in 3 other events.

Japanese poker pro Koji Takagi is also throwing some chips around. Takagi has over 40 tournament winnings in his career.

Team Metro Poker's Joseph Sia is also in the house. Sia has a shiny collection of maybe 9 or 10 PokerStars trophies to his name, and is an easy favorite to win one again.

And here are some pictures of other players in the field. Certainly, one of them could be the Double Stack champion.

Double Stack PHP 1 Million Guaranteed

Day 4 of Manila Megastack 19 opens the day with Double Stack (PHP 1 Million Guaranteed). It maybe a lazy Sunday for some, but here at Okada Manila, the players are getting busy for a day of poker action. So far, 62 players have signed up for the event with more expected to follow before registration officially closes after level 10.

Action can be expected to be a bit more relaxed with players given a double stack and a comfortable 20 minutes before blind levels increase. The comfortable tournament structure will allow players to take some risks and make some moves, being able to recover from big hits to their stack. Certainly, it will be exciting.

Double Stack (PHP 1M Guaranteed)

Date: September 22, 2024

Buy-in: Php 12,000

Guaranteed: PHP 1,000,000 (~USD 18,000)

Entries: 62

ITM: TBD after registration closes

Starting Stack: 40,000

Chips In Play: 2,480,000

Average Stack: 40,000

Remaining Players: 62