Main Event (45,000 PHP)

With the BU opening 270,000 and SB Richard Marquez calling in SB, BB William Ysmael jams 2,430,000 with A♦ 2♠ . Richard calls with 9♥ 9♦ and it is looking dire for the defending champ. The dealer agrees by tabling 9♠ A♣ 7♣ Q♥ A♥ to take us heads up.

#131 gets picked up by Alvir Inocentes with a min from BU.

#132 is a limped blind battle to the flop A♥ 5♥ 2♠ with BB David Rene Mar sliding out a 100,000 winning bet.

#133 has BU William Ysmael raise 200,000 and both blinds defend to see the flop 5♥ J♣ T♠ that gets checked round to the turn 3♥ where SB David Rene Mar leads 225,000 and only William continues to the river 7♠ . Separating another 500,000 from his stack with Q♠ J♠ , David gets paid by William who mucks.

#121 is another limped blind battle with a flop K♥ 6♠ 5♥ that gets checked to the turn J♦ where David Rene Mar slides out a winning bet of 125,000.

#122 goes to David Rene Mar again, making it 225,000 from the button

#123 is a walk for William Ysmael

#124 starts with Alvir Inocentes min-raising from CO, SB William Ysmael three-bets to 650,000, but goes deep in the tank when faced with a 2,400,000 jam. He lets it go with the aid of two times banks.

#113 is picked up by Richard Marquez with a raise to 220,000 from UTG

#114 goes to William Ysmael making it 200,000 from UTG and gets a walk in #115.

#116 kicks off with Richard Marquez min-opening the button, SB William Ysmael three-bet 650,000 and the flop 8♥ 8♣ J♦ gets checked all the way to the river 2♦ 5♣ where William lays out another 450,000 to pick it up uncontested.

Andy Chan looks at K♦ Q♦ in the CO and says all-in for 740,000. SB William Ysmael is the only one to call with A♥ J♠ and the interested onlookers are watching the dealer hit the felt 6♦ 4♠ 4♦ T♥ 5♥ thus bringing Andy Chan's Cinderella story to an end and putting William Ysmael in an even better position to hunt for his 2nd Main Event title in a row.

The action gets folded to Andy Chan again, he looks down at 3♥ 3♠ and announces all-in for 410,000. William Ysmael fills up his BB with K♥ 5♥ and the dealer takes center stage again. The board completes 6♦ 7♣ T♥ 6♣ 6♥ granting Andy another double up.

#83 starts with William Ysmael min open to 160,000 from +1 and CO David Rene Mar picks it up with a 400,000 three-bet.

#84 is a limped blind battle that's checked to the turn 5♦ 5♣ Q♦ 2♣ where SB Richard Marquez put out a feeler for 80,000 that is met with a call for the river 3♣ . Checked to BB William Ysmael, 425,000 go over the line for another win in position.

#85 has William Ysmael open his SB for 175,000 and Yusuf Cassidy fills up his BB to see the flop Q♠ K♥ 6♣ check-check to the turn A♣ . When checked to again, Yusuf lays out 200,000 and gets called for the river 8♥ with both players checking again and Yusuf tabling the winner A♦ 9♣ against Will's K♦ 4♥ .

#66 gets min-opened by Alvir Inocentes and both blinds defend to see the flop 7♦ 6♠ 5♥ that gets checked to the river K♦ 7♠ where BB David Rene Mar forks out a lead of 250,000 to take it down.

#67 looks similar with Richard Marquez raising 125,000 from LJ to take William Ysmael to the flop 4♠ 2♦ T♦ and a 150,000 c-bet enters the middle. Will calls for the action killer J♦ and we check to the river 8♥ and further to the showdown where Richard shows A♦ A♠ to scoop the pot.

Min-opening from BU, Richard Marquez takes William Ysmael to the flop 6♦ 7♥ J♠ where a 150,000 c-bet finds a customer to reveal the turn 4♦ that gets checked around to the river 4♣ . Will decides to lead 120,000 for a bluff with T♣ 9♥ , but gets called by Richard with top pair K♠ J♣ .

Hand #55 gets open-limped from BU Richard Marquez and BB William Ysmael waives his option to see the flop 5♣ 6♦ J♥ that gets checked around to the turn 8♠ . Will leads 70,000 and gets called for the board to complete 7♠ . Another 425,000 lead gets the job done.

Hand #56 is taken down by Alivir Inocentes with a 120,000 open from the LJ.

Hand #57 has William Ysmael back in the drivers seat, making it 120,000 from the button and BB David Rene Mar defends his big to see the flop 4♠ 6♦ 5♠ that gets checked to the turn 5♣ . David decides to switch gears with a 100,000 lead that gets called for the river T♣ to be revealed. Back to a check, David faces a 485,000 bet from Will and decides to fold, losing a time bank in the process.

With a min-open from Richard Marquez and William Ysmael defending big, Hand #53 gets dressed up with a flop 3♥ T♣ 4♦ . A 110,000 c-bet wanders over the line, gets called and the A♠ hits the felt for a check around to the river T♥ . Richard makes a last ditch effort with another 400,000 bet, but gets called and insta mucks.

#48 starts with a limp from Richard Marquez in the HJ, but gets taken down by a 100,000 raise from BB David Rene Mar.

#49 is min-opened by William Ysmael from the CO to take BU Yusuf Cassidy to the flop T♣ A♥ 8♠ where a check-check reveals the turn 8♣ . A delayed c-bet of 100,000 and a call complete the board 9♣ that gets checked to showdown for a split between A♠ 5♥ for Will and A♦ 6♥ for Yusuf.

#50 is a quick one again with a 735,000 jam from Oliver Duran that finds no takers.

#51 kicks off with a 100,000 open from Sham Wing Sheuk that gets countered by a 570,000 jam from SB Yohei Katsuragawa to recover a bit.

#52 sees another min-open from Richard Marquez in UTG and +2 William Ysmael tags along to the flop 8♠ 7♣ J♥ , A 50,000 c-bet gets raised to 175,000 by Will and Richard pays to lay eyes on the turn 3♣ . Checked to Will, 410,000 slide over the line, enough to make Richard fold and Septembers Main Event Champ is back over 3M.

#45 is a walk for Oliver Duran.

#46 starts with Richard Marquez raising 100,000 from BU and BB William Ysmael defending big to see the turn 4♣ 5♠ K♣ where a 100,000 c-bet gets called to see the turn 4♦ that gets checked to the river 2♦ where, after two more checks, Richard tables the winner A♠ 8♥ against William's 8♦ 6♥ .

After winning hand #43 with a min-raise from UTG, William Ysmael kicks off Hand #44 with another 100,000 min from +1 that takes +2 and BB along for the ride and watch the dealer hit the felt J♣ 4♥ 6♥ . Checked to +2 Yusuf Cassidy, 150,000 go into the middle and only Will calls to see the turn 5♠ where he check-calls another 275,000 to complete the board 3♠ . Back in the drivers seat, Will seperates 775,000 from his stack that sends Yusuf in the tank, who lets it go after careful consideration and the use of a time bank.

Hand #39 starts with a 100,000 open from William Ysmael in the button, SB Yusuf Cassidy jams 950,000 with A♥ Q♣ and William calls with A♠ T♠ . The dealer awakens from her slumber and for the first time today has a player at risk. The board J♥ 7♥ K♥ 9♠ T♣ lets Yusuf Cassidy stay on top to double up.

Hand #20 kicks off with a raise to 85,000 from UTG David Rene Mar and Yusuf Cassidy defend his big blind to see the flop T♦ A♣ 4♦ with a follow up 85,000 and another call to the turn 3♥ . A second barrel of 230,000 goes unanswered and David Rene Mar scoops up.

Hand #21 goes to Richard Marquez with a single 80,000 raise from HJ.

Hand #22 starts with UTG Yohei Katsuragawa wanting 85,000 from UTG and CO William Ysmael comes along for a ride to the flop 9♥ Q♦ 5♥ that gets checked to the turn 6♣ . Yohei Katsuragawa lays out a delayed c-bet of 110,000 that gets called to the river 4♣ where Yohei Katsuragawa is back to checking and lets it go against 285,000 from William Ysmael

Hand #23 has Yohei Katsuragawa come back after defending big against an 85,000 open from William Ysmael to see the flop J♥ 8♦ 4♠ and then check raises all-in 500,000 when faced with a 75,000 c-bet. William folds.

Hand #13 goes to Alvir Inocentes with an 80,000 raise from +2.

Hand #14 kicks off with William Ysmael opening from HJ to take BU Rene David Mar to the flop 3♠ K♥ 5♠ that gets checked to the turn 5♥ , where a delayed c-bet of 125,000 slides over the line. Mar makes the call to see the board complete A♥ , is faced with another 285,000 barrel and goes in the tank before finally declaring raise to 750,000 with the addition of a time bank. Now it is Ysmael who has to brood, coming to the conclusion that fold is the best option and also hands two time banks to the dealer.

Hand #8 goes to David Rene Mar with an 85,000 open from LJ.

Hand #9 has William Ysmael do the same from UTG.

Hand #10 starts off with Yohei Katsuragawa open 85,000 from LJ, Raised to 245,000 by HJ Alvir Inocentes and BB William Ysmael puts down the hammer with a 650,000 cold four-bet to scare off his opposition.

Hand #7 starts with William Ysmael opening 85,000 from +1 and BB Andy Chan defending to see the flop 2♦ T♣ 7♥ that has Ysmael continue for 80,000 and Chan calls for the turn 9♠ to be revealed. A second barrel of 285,000 ends the hand for Ysmael to scoop the pot.

Trying to make history with back-to-back victories, Manila Megastack 19 Main Event Champ William Ysmael defends his big blind against Richard Marquez' 80,000 open from the button to see the flop 7♥ 5♠ 8♣ that gets checked all the way to the river J♠ K♦ , where Marquez tries to steal with a 50,000 bet in position, but gets called by Ysmael with T♣ 8♥ to scoop the pot. Marquez insta mucked but said he had queen ten.

Having reached the Final 9 down from 77 that started Day 2 Richard Marquez came to life towards the end running up a massive chip lead that resulted in him bagging 3,070,000 in first, but Alvir Inocentes - the only player that qualified for day 2 twice - mounted a late charge that included the last minute elimination of Christopher Mateo on the final table bubble and brought him close to the leader with 2,825,000 in chips.

With an exiting journey through the ITM stage down to the final table done, we give the players some time to recover before we resume play tomorrow at 13:00 with the contenders battling over the lion share of the P20,113,920 prize pool and P3,713,920 on top.

We will see you here tomorrow for the live updates again and leave you with the chip counts of the final 9 :

SB William Ysmael jams with K♣ Q♠ to put pressure on the BB Yusuf Cassidy, but he wakes up with Q♦ Q♥ and gladly calls. A low board of 8♦ 6♦ 8♥ 3♦ 5♥ lets the queens stay on top.

With a raise to 60,000 from +1, Gun Jegal takes BU and BB to the flop 3♥ 5♠ 6♠ where he continues with 80,000. Only BU William Ysmael pays up to see the turn J♥ , Gun Jegal fires another barrel for 200,000 and is put all-in by William Ysmael. With the aid of a time bank, Gun Jegal makes the call with K♠ J♠ to be ahead of Ysmael's A♥ 6♥ , but the dealer has other ideas, hitting the felt with the 2♥ thereby giving William Ysmael a flush.

Continuing to be very active, Richard Marquez opens 60,000 from +1 and William Ysmael defends his big to see the flop T♣ 2♣ 2♥ where he check-raises the leaders 40,000 c-bet to 125,000 and gets called for the turn 6♦ that gets checked around to the river 7♥ . William Ysmael lays out a 285,000 lead with A♥ T♦ , gets called by Richard Marquez, who mucks after seeing top-pair top-kicker.

Vito Tjahyadi leads the way with a 50,000 raise from +1 that takes +2 and the BB to the flop J♥ T♥ A♥ . A 35,000 c-bet finds two callers for the turn 8♣ and BB William Ysmael takes the lead with a 185,000 bet that gets called for the board to complete 7♦ . Another lead for 700,000 puts his opponent all-in who parts ways with his hole cards.

This time Andy Chan starts the action with a 20,000 raise from HJ, countered by William Ysmael in BB defending with a 108,000 three-bet, but has to let it go when faced with another all-in from Andy Chan for 230,000.

HJ William Ysmael opens 18,000 with A♣ 9♠ and BB Andy Chan jams 116,000 with K♦ K♠ for a heads up race. The dealer unveils the board J♠ 2♦ 5♠ Q♥ 8♦ and grants Andy Chan the double up.

William Ysmael opens 15,000 with 4♥ 4♠ and CO Kim Jaejung jams for 72,000 with A♦ Q♦ for another flip with a player at risk. The dealer showers Kim Jaejung with hits on Q♥ 5♣ 3♦ 2♦ 8♦ to come out on top and double up.

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.

After a grueling 11 hours and 15 levels of play we reached the finish line with 9 players standing.

Remigiusz Hajduk barely came out on top, bagging 281,000 with the aid of a massive hand just before the end with AA versus AK, knocking out Hwang Minsoo in 11th. Gun Jegal was very active from the start with some swings here and there to take 2nd place with 280,000 and a very solid Oliver Duran in 3rd with 263,000.

Flight B starts tomorrow at 13:00 with 10 levels of late registration lasting until 20:10.

as always, here are today's 9 qualifiers all in one place:

William Ysmael kicks off the action with a raise to 4,000 from UTG and both blinds defend to see the flop K♣ K♥ 3♥ . Ysmael forks out another 4,500 to take us heads up with SB Jong Hyun Song on the T♠ turn that gets checked to the river 9♠ . Finally improved, William Ysmael bets 8,500 with 9♦ 8♦ and gets paid off by Jong Hyun Song who mucks.

Opening for 4,000 from BU, Oliver Duran takes BB William Ysmael to the flop 4♣ A♣ Q♦ . A 5,000 c-bet gets called for the turn 5♠ . Another 8,000 bet from Duran gets check-raised to 18,500 for William Ysmael to scoop up the pot.

With two limps in front, the SB pumps it up to 3,500 to see the flop 6♥ 8♣ 2♠ three way. Everybody checks to see the turn Q♠ and the chips go flying. UTG Oliver Duran leads 6,400, with 9♠ 6♠ , answered by a 16,700 jam from CO William Ysmael with Q♥ J♥ , the SB gets out of the way and the dealer completes the board 3♥ to grant William Ysmael a double.