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Day 1B Chip Leader Jonaldo AuzaMystery 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 Champion Keita KitamuraKnockout 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.
Runner-Up Renniel GalvezRenniel 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 Final TableKnockout 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
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| 352,000 | |
| 350,000 | |
GB Ganbold Battulga ![Mongolia [MNG]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/mn.svg "Mongolia [MNG]"){kind=small} Mongolia | 320,000 |
KK Keita Kitamura ![Japan [JPN]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/jp.svg "Japan [JPN]"){kind=small} Japan | 265,000 |
| 165,000 | |
IT Iwao Taisaku Japan | 139,000 |
KN Kento Nakamura Japan | 109,000 |
| 98,000 | |
RG Renniel Galvez ![Philippines [PHL]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/ph.svg "Philippines [PHL]"){kind=small} Philippines | 97,000 |
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
Runner-Up Reynaldo OngDouble 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:
3rd Place Finish For Jonathan StuderDouble 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.
4th Placer Keijiro ShimojoDouble 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 Champion Daijiro Tomoto6+ 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
5th Place Finish For Ando MototsuguDouble 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.
Bubble Boy David ErquiagaMystery 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.
7th Placer Suguru Katawaki
6th Placer Tai Weiliang
8th Placer Siddharth Mishra 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.
9th Placer Yuya KobayashiDouble 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 1 Million Guaranteed Final TableDouble 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
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
JS Jonathan Studer ![United States of America [USA]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/us.svg "United States of America [USA]"){kind=small} United States of America | 1,500,000 |
RO Reynaldo Ong United States of America | 1,345,000 |
KS Keijiro Shimojo Japan | 1,335,000 |
TW Tai Weiliang ![China [CHN]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/cn.svg "China [CHN]"){kind=small} China | 1,245,000 |
AM Ando Mototsugu Japan | 1,070,000 |
KI Koki Itabashi Japan | 810,000 |
SK Suguru Katawaki Japan | 360,000 |
YK Yuya Kobayashi Japan | 330,000 |
SM Siddharth Mishra ![India [IND]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/in.svg "India [IND]"){kind=small} India | 315,000 |
The Final Table of 6+ Hold'Em Turbo6+ 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
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
NP Norbertas Popa ![Thailand [THA]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/th.svg "Thailand [THA]"){kind=small} Thailand | 140,000 |
| 104,000 | |
| 93,000 | |
DT Daijiro Tomoto Japan | 77,000 |
| 61,000 | |
JK Jongyeon Kim ![South Korea [KOR]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/kr.svg "South Korea [KOR]"){kind=small} South Korea | 24,000 |
MC Michael Calunsod Philippines | 22,000 |
Keijijro ShimojoDouble 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.
New Chip Leader Andrej NagyMystery 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:
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
AN Andrej Nagy ![Slovakia [SVK]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/sk.svg "Slovakia [SVK]"){kind=small} Slovakia | 365,000 |
MR Martin Rundulf Gonzales Philippines | 290,000 |
MT Mike Takayama Philippines | 280,000 |
| 241,000 | |
KI Kenji Ishida Japan | 240,000 |
EY Edison Yu Philippines | 232,000 |
| 225,000 | |
JD Jose Drilon Philippines | 201,000 |
KO Kosei Oguri Japan | 174,000 |
| 155,000 |
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.
Alvir Inocentes Out at 14th
Mukai Kenta Falls At 13th Place 
12th Place Finisher Keisuke Tateishi
Takahashi Kyo Finishes 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
15th Place Finisher Takuo Serita 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
Siddharth Mishra: Second Overall In ChipsDouble 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:
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| 1,020,000 | |
SM Siddharth Mishra India | 795,000 |
KS Keijiro Shimojo Japan | 730,000 |
KI Koki Itabashi Japan | 685,000 |
| 630,000 | |
| 545,000 | |
KT Keisuke Tateishi Japan | 545,000 |
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.
New Chip Leader Ming Siong SeeMystery 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:
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| 205,000 | |
AP Ashley Patterson ![United Kingdom [GBR]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/gb.svg "United Kingdom [GBR]"){kind=small} United Kingdom | 195,000 |
AL Alexis Lim Philippines | 171,000 |
DE David Erquiaga Philippines | 166,000 |
MT Mike Takayama Philippines | 150,000 |
| 138,000 | |
JC Jared Carter United States of America | 130,000 |
MR Martin Rundulf Gonzales Philippines | 119,000 |
| 108,000 | |
| 102,000 |
Alvir Inocentes Bursts The BubbleDouble 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.
New Chip Leader Tai Weiliang 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.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| 659,000 | |
| 647,000 | |
TK Tateishi Keisuke Japan | 540,000 |
RO Reynaldo Ong United States of America | 440,000 |
| 419,000 | |
CE Charles Ed Pansoy Philippines | 340,000 |
YN Yohei Namiki Japan | 327,000 |
MK Miyata Kazuka Japan | 314,000 |
| 310,000 | |
| 282,000 | |
KT Kyo Takahashi Japan | 265,000 |
SM Siddharth Mishra India | 260,000 |
WL Wei Loh ![Malaysia [MYS]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/my.svg "Malaysia [MYS]"){kind=small} Malaysia | 243,000 |
| 241,000 | |
DP Daniel Piffanelli ![Italy [ITA]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/it.svg "Italy [ITA]"){kind=small} Italy | 240,000 |
Chip Leader Alexis LimMystery 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:
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
AL Alexis Lim Philippines | 81,000 |
| 77,000 | |
NT Nakajima Tomoki Japan | 76,000 |
| 74,000 | |
JC Jared Carter United States of America | 70,000 |
KO Kosei Oguri Japan | 68,000 |
RM Ryo Miyake Japan | 68,000 |
| 67,000 | |
IT Iwao Taisaku Japan | 63,000 |
Current Chip leader Keisuke TaeishiDouble 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:
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
KT Keisuke Tateishi Japan | 322,000 |
KS Keijiro Shimojo Japan | 276,000 |
| 275,000 | |
YN Yohei Namiki Japan | 272,000 |
YK Yuta Kitazumi Japan | 265,000 |
KN Kenjiro Nakamoto Japan | 242,000 |
RG Raymundo Gomez Philippines | 232,000 |
KS Katawaki Suguru Japan | 221,000 |
| 205,000 | |
SI Shogo Ishiwata Japan | 185,000 |
ST Suzuki Takahiko Japan | 184,000 |
Alexis LimAndrej NagyMystery 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.
Yukihara Sayuri: 2nd Overall Chip LeaderDouble 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:
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
HL Haechang Lee South Korea | 159,000 |
KS Kirihara Sayuri Japan | 155,000 |
MK Miyata Kazuka Japan | 152,000 |
| 150,000 | |
KI Koki Itabashi Japan | 143,000 |
| 133,000 | |
| 132,000 | |
RG Raymundo Gomez Philippines | 121,000 |
MD Manuel Dalipe Philippines | 118,000 |
HS Horikoshi Shingo Japan | 110,000 |
TT Takumi Takada Japan | 110,000 |
JS Jonathan Studer United States of America | 107,000 |
| 105,000 | |
HN Hiroshi Naito Japan | 90,000 |
YK Yasuke Kitagawa Japan | 84,000 |
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:
Kirihara Sayuri: One of The Early Chip Leaders
Yasuku Goto: One Of The Early Chip Leaders
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:
Current Chip Leader Haechang LeeDouble 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:
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
HL Haechcang Lee South Korea | 129,000 |
KS Kirihara Sayuri Japan | 116,000 |
UT Umemura Takoro Japan | 107,000 |
SH Shingo Hiroshi Japan | 99,000 |
MI Matsunori Ishihara Japan | 88,000 |
CE Cheun Eui Ho Yoshi South Korea | 83,000 |
| 78,000 | |
SS Satoshi Sugimoto Japan | 75,000 |
TK Tateishi Keisuke Japan | 69,500 |
QN Quang Nguyen ![Austria [AUT]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/at.svg "Austria [AUT]"){kind=small} Austria | 64,000 |
NY Nakano Yuki Japan | 63,000 |
MT Marcelo Tamura ![Brazil [BRA]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/br.svg "Brazil [BRA]"){kind=small} Brazil | 62,000 |
KS Kang Sungkeun South Korea | 61,000 |
YG Yasuku Goto Japan | 60,000 |
KK Ko Kyungsuk South Korea | 59,000 |
Manila Megastack 19 Super Knockout Champion J MIchael Shell In Attendance
Joseph SiaDouble 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