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Renniel Galvez

Philippines

Place

65th

Prize

$1,347

Prize (PHP)

₱78,000

Blind level

Level 25: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Entries

9/512

Total Chips

15,360,000

Average

1,706,667

Day 2

SMPSMP

12/7/2024, 6:23:57 AM

Anna Kurnikova Refuses To Show Up For Renniel Galvez

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

William Ysmael

Starting us off with an 11,000 open from +1, Renniel Galves watches on as +1 and BU call and BB William Ysmael pump it up to 71,000. Galves wagers his remaining 118,000 with A♠ K♦ and only the BB calls with Q♣ Q♠ . With the classic flip in front, the dealer makes everyone miss again on T♦ T♠ 8♠ 6♥ 8♥ , forcing Renniel Galves to gather his things.

Player	Chips
WY William YsmaelPhilippines	600,000(120 BB)
RG Renniel GalvezPhilippines	busted

SMPSMP

12/7/2024, 5:28:55 AM

Tens Good

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Renniel Galvez

Renniel Galvez kicks off the action with a raise to 8,000 from UTG to take SB Jaejong Kim to the flop 2♣ 2♥ Q♣ that gets checked to the turn 2♠ . Jaejong Kim slides out a delayed donk-bet of 11,000 that gets called to complete the board J♠ and continues for 25,000 with 8♣ 8♥ . Renniel Galvez calls with T♣ T♠ to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips
KJ Kim Jae JungSouth Korea	328,000(82 BB)
RG Renniel GalvezPhilippines	200,000(50 BB)

TriciaTricia

12/6/2024, 10:35:34 PM

Final Day Chip Counts

Player	Chips
JG Jonald GarciaPhilippines	709,000
SJ Sehoon JinSouth Korea	478,000
AI Alvir InocentesPhilippines	434,000
MA Martin AstorgaPhilippines	417,000
FS Francisco SanchezSpain	379,000
KJ Kim JaejoongSouth Korea	367,000
TD Tomoto DaijiroJapan	352,000
KS Kim SehyeonSouth Korea	324,000
EL Ecarma LenartPhilippines	320,000
JT Joseph TalamayanPhilippines	310,000
JI Jester InitiaPhilippines	306,000
KY Kim YongkyunSouth Korea	285,000
MM Masakazu MiyamotoJapan	283,000
KS Kim SeongjinSouth Korea	282,000
RH Remigiusz HajdukPoland	281,000
GJ Gun JegalSouth Korea	280,000
YR Yusuf Ronald CassidyIndonesia	277,000
FR Ferrer Roland JeromePhilippines	265,000
OD Oliver DuranFrance	263,000
EC En Ching WuTaiwan	255,000
BE Benjamin EbarlePhilippines	251,000
SO Shobu OdaJapan	246,000
AS An Seung YongSouth Korea	245,000
AJ Alvarez JannoPhilippines	245,000
DY Darren YuPhilippines	243,000
KJ kim JunhyeokSouth Korea	241,000
HM Hiroyuki MatzusakiJapan	237,000
RM Richard MarquezPhilippines	224,000
DL Darren LeeUnited States of America	222,000
JS Joseph SiaPhilippines	218,000
VT Vito TjahyadiIndonesia	211,000
PX Po Xiang Jun ThomasSingapore	188,000
ME Marco EspelaPhilippines	181,000
MB Michael BrunnerUnited States of America	174,000
NM Naohiro MatsudaJapan	172,000
YK Yohei KatsuragawaJapan	171,000
MG Manuel GeronimoPhilippines	167,000
TT Takumi TakedaJapan	164,000
KB Ki Bum ParkSouth Korea	160,000
LP Lemmor PatulotPhilippines	158,000
RG Renniel GalvezPhilippines	158,000
JC Jose ColadaPhilippines	155,000
SS Sergius SantosPhilippines	155,000
SW Sham Wing SheukChina	153,000
MM Michihiko MatsudaJapan	150,000
KJ Kim Jae JungSouth Korea	150,000
CR Czardy RiveraPhilippines	148,000
OY Ozaki YukiJapan	147,000
MC Michael CalungsodPhilippines	139,000
SL Seojin LeeSouth Korea	137,000
AF Alang Fu ZhenboChina	134,000
KH Kim Hong KoSingapore	132,000
KK Kim KunwooSouth Korea	117,000
FR Fukui RyomaJapan	116,000
HY Hisashi YamanouchiJapan	115,000
AC Anthony CastroPhilippines	114,000
TK Tatsuya Kaji	113,000
WY William YsmaelPhilippines	111,000
TK Takayuki KogaJapan	107,000
CM Christopher MateoPhilippines	105,000
CW Chua Woo HianSingapore	100,000
RJ Rick Jason AmbataPhilippines	94,000
JH Junho HyeonSouth Korea	82,000
NR Noel RegenciaPhilippines	82,000
ZE Zhang EvaChina	76,000
KW Khiam Wei TeoSingapore	74,000
AT Alex TaneoPhilippines	67,000
HK Hyeongjung KimSouth Korea	65,000
AD Aoki DaisukeJapan	56,000
JL Jimin LimSouth Korea	50,000
KS Kim SulbumSouth Korea	49,000
IM Ishihara MasanoriJapan	48,000
JM Jeniel MuerePhilippines	36,000
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	34,100
MM Masafumi MatsushitaJapan	31,000
AC Andy ChanSingapore	21,300

Blind level

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Entries

19/126

Total Chips

3,780,000

Average

198,947

Flight B ₱20M GTD

SMPSMP

12/5/2024, 4:32:39 PM

Flight B Of The Manila Megastack Main Event Adds 19 More

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Francisco Sanchez - Manila Megastack 20 Main Event Flight B Chipleader

After another 15 levels of Day 1 play in the Main Event are under our belts we reached the final 19 out of a starting field of 126 advancing to Day 2 on Saturday 13:00.

With the top 5 eclipsing yesterdays Flight A chip leader we saw Mystery Bounty's biggest winner Fransisco Sanchez come out on top with 379,000 to his name, after another stellar performance. In close quarters we have 2nd in chips Kim Jaejoong bagging 367,000 and David Rene Mar in 3rd with 341,000.

For all the players missing out today, we have Flight C on Friday at 13:00 with the usual 10 levels of late registration until around 20:10.

Enjoy the rest of your night and see you tomorrow for another round of live updates!

Our 19 qualifiers all in on place:

Player	Chips
FS Francisco SanchezSpain	379,000(95 BB)
KJ Kim JaejoongSouth Korea	367,000(92 BB)
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	341,000(85 BB)
KS Kim SehyeonSouth Korea	324,000(81 BB)
EL Ecarma LenartPhilippines	320,000(80 BB)
YR Yusuf Ronald CassidyIndonesia	277,000(69 BB)
AS An Seung YongSouth Korea	245,000(61 BB)
RM Richard MarquezPhilippines	224,000(56 BB)
PX Po Xiang Jun ThomasSingapore	188,000(47 BB)
ME Marco EspelaPhilippines	181,000(45 BB)
RG Renniel GalvezPhilippines	158,000(40 BB)
SS Sergius SantosPhilippines	155,000(39 BB)
CR Czardy RiveraPhilippines	148,000(37 BB)
KK Kim KunwooSouth Korea	117,000(29 BB)
TK Takayuki KogaJapan	107,000(27 BB)
RJ Rick Jason AmbataPhilippines	94,000(24 BB)
ZE Zhang EvaChina	76,000(19 BB)
KS Kim SulbumSouth Korea	49,000(12 BB)
AI Alvir InocentesPhilippines	31,000(8 BB)

SMPSMP

12/5/2024, 2:39:51 PM

Five Left To Bust

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

With 24 out of 126 remaining we are inching closer to the cut-off with 19 players qualifying for day 2. Here are the top chip counts:

Player	Chips
FS Francisco SanchezSpain	330,000(132 BB)
EL Ecarma LenartPhilippines	316,000(126 BB)
PX Po Xiang Jun ThomasSingapore	300,000(120 BB)
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	300,000(120 BB)
AS An Seung YongSouth Korea	264,000(106 BB)
KS Kim SehyeonSouth Korea	240,000(96 BB)
KJ Kim JaejoongSouth Korea	203,500(81 BB)
SS Sergius SantosPhilippines	189,500(76 BB)
KK Kim KunwooSouth Korea	186,000(74 BB)
RG Renniel GalvezPhilippines	170,000(68 BB)
YR Yusuf Ronald CassidyIndonesia	160,000(64 BB)
VT Vito TjahyadiIndonesia	158,000(63 BB)

SMPSMP

12/5/2024, 1:57:13 PM

Blind Battle Goes Full Distance

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Richard Marquez

An open limp from the SB provokes a 9,000 raise from BB Renniel Galvez and gets called from limper Richard Marquez to reveal the flop J♣ T♥ K♣ . He check calls another 6,000 c-bet to see the turn 9♥ and takes over with a 10,000 bet of his own. Galvez calls, the river 5♦ drops Marquez is back to checking and Galvez lays out 30,000 with A♠ Q♦ . Having a straight himself, Richard Marquez makes the call with Q♠ 5♣ but has to surrender the pot.

Player	Chips
RG Renniel GalvezPhilippines	200,000(80 BB)
RM Richard MarquezPhilippines	142,000(57 BB)

SMPSMP

12/5/2024, 12:20:35 PM

Current Top Stacks

Level 10: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Player	Chips
EL Ecarma LenartPhilippines	230,000(192 BB)
SS Sergius SantosPhilippines	185,000(154 BB)
RG Renniel GalvezPhilippines	145,000(121 BB)
KJ Kim JaejoongSouth Korea	133,500(111 BB)
DM Darren MovesAustralia	122,000(102 BB)
KK Kim KunwooSouth Korea	121,200(101 BB)
JH Jung HyunSouth Korea	115,600(96 BB)
YT Yun TaeilSouth Korea	110,000(92 BB)
PX Po Xiang Jun ThomasSingapore	109,000(91 BB)
CR Czardy RiveraPhilippines	108,000(90 BB)
MM Michihiko MatsudaJapan	99,000(83 BB)

SMPSMP

12/5/2024, 11:17:26 AM

River Aggression

Level 8: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Renniel Galvez

The HJ kicks off the action with a raise to 2,200 followed by a call from CO and BU that triggers an 11,000 squeeze from SB Chong Zi Heng and only CO Renniel Galvez fills up to see the flop A♠ K♠ 8♠ . Heng continues for 9,000 and Galves agrees to see the turn 7♦ . With a check in front, Galves makes it 11,000, Heng calls for the river 5♠ where Renniel Galvez moves all-in for 72,000 to take down the pot without showdown.

Player	Chips
RG Renniel GalvezPhilippines	134,000(134 BB)
CZ Chong Zi HengSingapore	41,000(41 BB)

SMPSMP

12/5/2024, 10:16:57 AM

Current Chips Count

Level 7: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Ecarma Lenart

Player	Chips
EL Ecarma LenartPhilippines	184,000(230 BB)
YT Yun TaeilSouth Korea	126,500(158 BB)
KJ Kim JaejoongSouth Korea	126,500(158 BB)
JH Jung HyunSouth Korea	117,300(147 BB)
MM Michihiko MatsudaJapan	109,000(136 BB)
RG Renniel GalvezPhilippines	98,000(123 BB)
SS Sergius SantosPhilippines	93,000(116 BB)
PA Pozdnyakov AndreyRussia	91,500(114 BB)
FR Ferrer Roland JeromePhilippines	89,000(111 BB)
CW Chua Woo HianSingapore	81,000(101 BB)

SMPSMP

12/5/2024, 9:52:33 AM

Renniel Galvez Chips Up

Level 7: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Renniel Galvez

BU Marciel Cerbito mounts a steal with 1,800, but both blinds defend to see the flop 6♥ A♣ J♥ . C-betting 3,000 has only SB Renniel Galvez stick around to see the turn 5♦ that gets checked to complete the board Q♠ . Out of position, Renniel Galvez slides out a winning bet of 7,000 to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips
RG Renniel GalvezPhilippines	46,000(58 BB)
MC Marciel CerbitoPhilippines	15,000(19 BB)