Place
34th
Prize
$495
Prize (PHP)
₱29,000
Blind level
Level 28: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000
Entries
1/337
Total Chips
10,110,000
Average
10,110,000

Day 2 Final

SMPSMP
12/1/2024, 5:35:52 AM

Jeffrey Ballester Busts

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000
Jeffrey Ballester

When faced with a UTG min-rasie, BU Jeffrey Ballester jams his last 49,000 holding 8 8 and initial raiser Jonald Garcia calls the rest with T 9 . The dealer favors the over cards with 6 J 6 A T and we inch one closer to the finish line.

PlayerChips
JG
Jonald GarciaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
370,000(46 BB)
JB
busted
Blind level
Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000
Entries
13/86
Total Chips
2,580,000
Average
198,462

Flight A

SMPSMP
11/29/2024, 5:03:09 PM

Jess Dalipe Bags The Lead In Flight A Of The Manila Megastack Kick-off

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000
Jess Dalipe

After an eventful day we have our final 13 players of Flight A with Jess Dalipe coming out on top, bagging 379,000 after chipping up early and a pivotal hand at level 9, holding A A against Chogo Kento's A K for all the chips to go in pre, ending with a crucial double up.


Rounding out the top 3 are Moon Kyung Ho with 334,000 and Eric Ceret bagging 331,000.


One of the most active players of the day was Darren Moves with 232,000 to his name and bringing the day to an end by busting Shirai Hiroto in the bubble with Ace-Queen versus Ace-Six.


The full leaderboard looks like this :

PlayerChips
JD
Jess DalipePhilippines [PHL]Philippines
379,000(76 BB)
MK
Moon Kyung HoKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
334,000(67 BB)
EC
331,000(66 BB)
JT
Johnson TanPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
312,000(62 BB)
CB
Christian BulpettUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
234,000(47 BB)
DM
Darren MovesAustralia [AUS]Australia
232,000(46 BB)
NM
Nichols ManaloPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
192,000(38 BB)
140,000(28 BB)
133,000(27 BB)
XQ
Xia QiChina [CHN]China
115,000(23 BB)
QA
Quijano AnacletoPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
79,000(16 BB)
JB
78,000(16 BB)
23,000(5 BB)
SMPSMP
11/29/2024, 4:07:04 PM

With two players left to bust for the day to come to a close the leaderboard is as follows :

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000
PlayerChips
JD
Jess DalipePhilippines [PHL]Philippines
374,000(125 BB)
JT
Johnson TanPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
351,000(117 BB)
MK
Moon Kyung HoKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
350,000(117 BB)
EC
235,000(78 BB)
NM
Nichols ManaloPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
226,000(75 BB)
CB
Christian BulpettUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
193,000(64 BB)
XQ
Xia QiChina [CHN]China
139,000(46 BB)
135,000(45 BB)
QA
Quijano AnacletoPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
122,000(41 BB)
120,000(40 BB)
120,000(40 BB)
JB
95,000(32 BB)
54,000(18 BB)
DM
Darren MovesAustralia [AUS]Australia
33,000(11 BB)
KG
25,000(8 BB)
PlayerChips
JD
Jess DalipePhilippines [PHL]Philippines
184,500(123 BB)
LL
Liu Li MingHong Kong [HKG]Hong Kong
151,000(101 BB)
EC
150,000(100 BB)
CB
Christian BulpettUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
135,500(90 BB)
131,000(87 BB)
DM
Darren MovesAustralia [AUS]Australia
123,000(82 BB)
QA
Quijano AnacletoPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
118,500(79 BB)
87,500(58 BB)
JB
86,000(57 BB)
KG
68,500(46 BB)
PlayerChips
JD
Jess DalipePhilippines [PHL]Philippines
83,500(139 BB)
76,300(127 BB)
59,400(99 BB)
GJ
Gun JegalKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
59,200(99 BB)
KG
51,000(85 BB)
50,400(84 BB)
HW
43,500(73 BB)
GS
George SaludPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
40,800(68 BB)
39,300(66 BB)
JB
38,500(64 BB)
BN
Bryan NielsenUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
busted
SMPSMP
11/29/2024, 11:22:08 AM

Patrick Wahlquist's C-bet Enough

Level 4: 200 / 500 ante: 500
Patrick Wahlquist

Button Patrick Wahlquist three bets 4,000 with initial raiser Jeffrey Ballester in HJ and CO Jongsu Kim calling for a 5 A T flop. A 5,500 c-bet is enough for Patrick Wahlquist to pick up the chips.

PlayerChips
64,000(128 BB)
JK
Jongsu KimKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
26,300(53 BB)
JB
21,700(43 BB)
SMPSMP
11/29/2024, 10:32:05 AM

Jeffrey Ballester Takes It On The Turn

Level 2: 100 / 300 ante: 300
Jeffrey Ballester

Komaki Minami is first to act and gives us an 800 open with the blinds defending again to see the flop 7 9 7 . Keeping his foot on the gas, Komaki Minami leads 2,000 and after two calls we see the turn K . When faced with another 3,000 lead, Jeffrey Ballester raises to 8,000 and bags the pot.

PlayerChips
34,000(113 BB)
JB
33,500(112 BB)
27,000(90 BB)