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

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 :
Player | Chips |
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JD Jess Dalipe | 379,000(76 BB) |
MK Moon Kyung Ho | 334,000(67 BB) |
EC Eric Ceret | 331,000(66 BB) |
JT Johnson Tan | 312,000(62 BB) |
CB Christian Bulpett | 234,000(47 BB) |
DM Darren Moves | 232,000(46 BB) |
NM Nichols Manalo | 192,000(38 BB) |
MM Masakazu Miyamoto | 140,000(28 BB) |
133,000(27 BB) | |
XQ Xia Qi | 115,000(23 BB) |
QA Quijano Anacleto | 79,000(16 BB) |
JB Jeffrey Ballester | 78,000(16 BB) |
SW Sham Wing Sheuk | 23,000(5 BB) |
With two players left to bust for the day to come to a close the leaderboard is as follows :
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JD Jess Dalipe | 374,000(125 BB) |
JT Johnson Tan | 351,000(117 BB) |
MK Moon Kyung Ho | 350,000(117 BB) |
EC Eric Ceret | 235,000(78 BB) |
NM Nichols Manalo | 226,000(75 BB) |
CB Christian Bulpett | 193,000(64 BB) |
XQ Xia Qi | 139,000(46 BB) |
MM Masakazu Miyamoto | 135,000(45 BB) |
QA Quijano Anacleto | 122,000(41 BB) |
120,000(40 BB) | |
120,000(40 BB) | |
JB Jeffrey Ballester | 95,000(32 BB) |
SW Sham Wing Sheuk | 54,000(18 BB) |
DM Darren Moves | 33,000(11 BB) |
KG Kiril Gelev | 25,000(8 BB) |
Sham Wing Sheuk Doubles Up

With Sham Wing Sheuk jamming A♥ 7♥ from +1 for 33,500 and BB Arima Shinnosuke defending with K♠ Q♠ the dealer tables 4♠ J♣ K♣ A♦ 6♠ and lets Sham Wing Sheuk stay in the tournament.
Player | Chips |
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SW Sham Wing Sheuk | 72,000(29 BB) |
SA Shinnosuke Arima | 18,500(7 BB) |
Sham Wing Sheuk Doubles Up
Picking up the action on 2♦ J♥ 7♠ with 25,000 in the pot we see BB Sham Wing Sheuk shoving K♣ K♥ for 17,900 and Kiril Gelev calling with J♠ 2♠ . Sham Wing Sheuk sees the good news when the dealer tables 7♦ 8♦ to outdraw Kiril Gelev.
Player | Chips |
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SW Sham Wing Sheuk | 39,800(50 BB) |
KG Kiril Gelev | 11,500(14 BB) |