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Alvarez Janno

Philippines

Place

10th

Prize

$751

Prize (PHP)

₱44,000

Blind level

Level 27: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000

Entries

1/193

Total Chips

5,790,000

Average

5,790,000

Day 2 Final

SMPSMP

12/3/2024, 11:56:25 AM

Manila Megastack Mystery Bounty Conclusion

Level 27: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000

Jeffrey Ponce - Manila Megastack Mystery Bounty Champion

Finishing Runner-Up in Flight A on Sunday and entering the final day as 5th in chips, Jeffrey Ponce continued to chip up throughout the day, making it to the final table as 4th in chips. Eliminating Yuki Nishio in 8th place with KJ against AJ was a big break, inducing a bluff with top pair against Michael De Leon saw him extend his lead and later eliminating him in 4th place to enter the three-way deal with more chips than 2nd and 3rd combined.

Talking about 2nd and 3rd, the double elimination stole their spotlight, but Michael Cerbito had a great run closing the deal in 2nd with P282,500 from the regular prize pool and an additional P41,000 in bounties and 3rd place Francisco Sanchez, who was extremely active from the get go taking home 267,500 from the deal and six bounties worth a whopping P391,000, making him the biggest winner of the day.

Well done to everyone and we will leave you with the final rankings of the Mystery Bounty Final:

Place	Player	Prize (USD)
1	JP Jeffrey Ponce (2)Philippines	$7,288
2	MC Michael CerbitoPhilippines	$5,880
3	FS Francisco SanchezSpain	$11,427
4	MD Michael De LeonPhilippines	$4,899
5	MH Mark Hebron (3)Philippines	$2,560
6	WK William KangUnited Kingdom	$1,519
7	RT Ryan TanPhilippines	$1,485
8	YN Yuki NishioJapan	$990
9	EA Edgar AsehanPhilippines	$852
10	AJ Alvarez JannoPhilippines	$751
11	JC Jose ColadaPhilippines	$3,209
12	HH Hayashi HirokiJapan	$1,348
13	VN Vivencio Nachor Jr.Philippines	$2,031
14	TK Tony KhoangNetherlands	$768
15	MS Masayuki SuzukiJapan	$4,847
16	ID Ivan Dela CruzPhilippines	$939
17	LS Lim Shyh ChynMalaysia	$819
18	CH Choy HoHong Kong	$426
19	NV Ngoc Vu (2)United Kingdom	$426
20	JS James SorianoPhilippines	$426
21	RJ Rintalahti JussiFinland	$375
22	KH Kim Hong KoSingapore	$375
23	DM Darren MovesAustralia	$375
24	SW Sham Wing SheukChina	$341
25	MI Masanori IshiharaJapan	$341
26	HL Hyunbae LimSouth Korea	$341
27	KB Kang Beomhui	$341
28	KY Kim Yonggoo	$341
29	AV Andrei VavilonskiiRussia	$341
30	PW Patrick WahlquistDenmark	$341

SMPSMP

12/3/2024, 7:50:26 AM

Alvarez Janno Out In 10th Banking P44,000/$750

Level 22: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Alvarez Janno - 10th Place

Starting off with a 180,000 jam from BU Alvarez Janno holding K♦ Q♥ and a call from big stack Michael De Leon with A♥ T♣ the dealer ends another player's hopes by hitting the felt with J♠ 3♣ A♦ 8♣ 9♠ to take us down to 9 players getting set up for the final table.

Player	Chips
MD Michael De LeonPhilippines	1,000,000(50 BB)
AJ Alvarez JannoPhilippines	busted

SMPSMP

12/3/2024, 7:02:28 AM

Blinds Battle It Out Again

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000 ante: 16,000

Alvarez Janno

Picking up the action on the flop 6♠ 8♠ 7♠ and 47,000 in the pot we see BB Alvarez Janno lead for 16,000. A call takes us to the checked turn 7♦ for the board to complete 2♦ . A check-call for 75,000 from Alvarez Janno with T♠ 3♠ is good against Yuki Nishio's 7♥ 5♦ .

Player	Chips
AJ Alvarez JannoPhilippines	500,000(31 BB)
YN Yuki NishioJapan	350,000(22 BB)

SMPSMP

12/3/2024, 6:24:43 AM

Alvarez Janno Doubles

Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Alvarez Janno

Kicking off the action with a 166,000 jam from UTG with T♦ 9♦ , Alvares Janno gets called by Vivencio Nachor Jr. from BB holding 3♣ A♥ . The suited connectors hit on T♥ 9♠ K♦ 3♠ Q♥ to gift a double up.

Player	Chips
VN Vivencio Nachor Jr.Philippines	360,000(30 BB)
AJ Alvarez JannoPhilippines	356,000(30 BB)

SMPSMP

12/3/2024, 6:18:14 AM

Chip Counts With 17 Players Left

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Ryan Tan

Player	Chips
RT Ryan TanPhilippines	780,000(78 BB)
YN Yuki NishioJapan	632,000(63 BB)
JP Jeffrey Ponce (2)Philippines	440,000(44 BB)
FS Francisco SanchezSpain	440,000(44 BB)
EA Edgar AsehanPhilippines	430,000(43 BB)
WK William KangUnited Kingdom	410,000(41 BB)
MC Michael CerbitoPhilippines	400,000(40 BB)
VN Vivencio Nachor Jr.Philippines	360,000(36 BB)
MH Mark Hebron (3)Philippines	315,000(32 BB)
JC Jose ColadaPhilippines	265,000(27 BB)
ID Ivan Dela CruzPhilippines	213,000(21 BB)
MS Masayuki SuzukiJapan	208,000(21 BB)
AJ Alvarez JannoPhilippines	165,000(17 BB)
NV Ngoc Vu (2)United Kingdom	160,000(16 BB)
HH Hayashi HirokiJapan	150,000(15 BB)
LS Lim Shyh ChynMalaysia	96,000(10 BB)
MD Michael De LeonPhilippines	95,000(10 BB)

SMPSMP

12/3/2024, 6:00:22 AM

Ryan Tan Picks Up A Small One

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Ryan Tan

Opening to 42,000 from CO, Ryan Tan takes BB Alvares Janno to the flop Q♦ J♦ A♣ and the action gets checked to the aggressor forking out another 15,000 to take down the pot uncontested.

Player	Chips
RT Ryan TanPhilippines	500,000(50 BB)
AJ Alvarez JannoPhilippines	420,000(42 BB)

SMPSMP

12/3/2024, 5:35:21 AM

Alvarez Janno Continues To Chip Up

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

Alvarez Janno

With UTG Ryan Tan opening 18,000 and BU Alvarez Janno calling we see the flop 4♦ Q♥ 8♠ . A 15,000 c-bet gets called to reveal the turn 4♠ followed by Ryan Tan slowing down with a check. Alvarez Janno tests the waters with a 30,000 lead, countered by a 90,000 raise and decides to go all-in for 235,000. Ryan Tan lets it go to preserve a healthy stack.

Player	Chips
AJ Alvarez JannoPhilippines	441,000(55 BB)
RT Ryan TanPhilippines	380,000(48 BB)

Blind level

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

Entries

8/42

Total Chips

1,260,000

Average

157,500

Flight A

SMPSMP

12/1/2024, 4:39:24 PM

Mystery Bounty Flight A Concludes

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

Janno Alvarez

That's it for the Flight A Mystery Bounty with hyper active player Janno Alvarez coming out on top of 42 players, bagging 324,000, closely followed by Jeffrey Ponce with 296,000 and Tony Khoang in third with 236,000.

The Day 2 Final will start on Tuesday at 12:00 noon and for those who missed to qualify today we have another chance tomorrow at 17:00 with Flight B.

The final 7 qualifiers are:

Player	Chips
AJ Alvarez JannoPhilippines	324,000(65 BB)
JP Jeffrey Ponce (2)Philippines	296,000(59 BB)
TK Tony KhoangNetherlands	236,000(47 BB)
KH Kim Hong KoSingapore	163,000(33 BB)
YN Yuki NishioJapan	122,000(24 BB)
HL Hyunbae LimSouth Korea	70,000(14 BB)
SW Sham Wing SheukChina	47,000(9 BB)

SMPSMP

12/1/2024, 4:31:11 PM

The Bubble Has Burst

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

Chua Woo Hian

Next hand Chua Woo Hian finds himself with A♣ J♥ in the BB, staring at an all-in from SB Janno Alvarez and rolls the dice once more. This time his opponent's K♣ Q♣ finds some help on the board 2♣ Q♥ K♥ 4♠ 8♥ to be the last elimination of the day.

Player	Chips
AJ Alvarez JannoPhilippines	324,000(65 BB)
CW Chua Woo HianSingapore	busted

SMPSMP

12/1/2024, 4:26:33 PM

Chua Woo Hian Regains Some

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

Chua Woo Hian

Feeling good about 5♦ 5♥ in UTG, Chua Woo Hian announces another all-in, this time for 27,000 and SB Janno Alvarez calls with A♣ 4♠ . The board does not improve anyone with 3♦ J♥ J♦ 6♦ 8♠ and Chua Woo Hian is back up a little.

Player	Chips
AJ Alvarez JannoPhilippines	250,000(50 BB)
CW Chua Woo HianSingapore	66,000(13 BB)

SMPSMP

12/1/2024, 4:17:32 PM

Blind Battle Goes To The Distance

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

Jeffrey Ponce

Jeffrey Ponce starts us off with a 12,000 raise from SB and BB Janno Alvarez defends to see the flop 6♣ Q♥ 3♥ . Check-call 9,000 from the preflop raiser takes us to the 5♠ turn , checked to the river A♦ . Jeffrey Ponce takes over the reins with a 17,000 lead but has to muck when seeing Janno Alvarez flip over a hero call of K♠ 8♠ .

Player	Chips
AJ Alvarez JannoPhilippines	270,000(68 BB)
JP Jeffrey Ponce (2)Philippines	223,000(56 BB)

SMPSMP

12/1/2024, 4:08:52 PM

Janno Alvarez Dips But Stays On Top

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

Janno Alvarez

With a 9,000 open from +2, Janno Alvarez takes BB Kim Hong Ko to the flop 5♦ 9♣ 6♦ that gets checked to the turn A♦ . When checked to him, Janno Alvarez slides out a delayed c-bet for 6,000 that gets called to see the river 7♣ . Another 27,000 bet gets quickly called by Kim Hong Ko with A♠ T♦ , beating Alvarez' K♣ Q♦ .

Player	Chips
AJ Alvarez JannoPhilippines	240,000(60 BB)
KH Kim Hong KoSingapore	210,000(53 BB)

SMPSMP

12/1/2024, 3:51:36 PM

With that we reach the final table and the chip counts are as follows:

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Player	Chips
AJ Alvarez JannoPhilippines	260,000(87 BB)
YN Yuki NishioJapan	210,000(70 BB)
JP Jeffrey Ponce (2)Philippines	190,000(63 BB)
KH Kim Hong KoSingapore	116,000(39 BB)
CW Chua Woo HianSingapore	114,000(38 BB)
MM Maggy Mae CenonPhilippines	113,000(38 BB)
TK Tony KhoangNetherlands	113,000(38 BB)
HL Hyunbae LimSouth Korea	105,000(35 BB)
SW Sham Wing SheukChina	42,000(14 BB)

SMPSMP

12/1/2024, 3:49:17 PM

Micheal Reuben Calunsod's Exit Brings Us Closer To The Final Table

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Michael Reuben Calunsod open-shoves A♥ Q♥ for 120,000 from the button and Janno Alvarez wakes up with A♠ A♣ in the BB. The dealer enlightens us with 4♥ 9♠ J♥ 8♠ Q♦ , sending Reuben Calungsod to the rail.

Player	Chips
AJ Alvarez JannoPhilippines	260,000(87 BB)
MC Michael CalunsodPhilippines	busted

SMPSMP

12/1/2024, 3:31:32 PM

Current Top Stack

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Maggy Mae Cenon

Player	Chips
MM Maggy Mae CenonPhilippines	200,000(67 BB)
JP Jeffrey Ponce (2)Philippines	145,000(48 BB)
HL Hyunbae LimSouth Korea	137,500(46 BB)
TK Tony KhoangNetherlands	130,000(43 BB)
MC Michael CalunsodPhilippines	128,000(43 BB)
AJ Alvarez JannoPhilippines	118,000(39 BB)
YN Yuki NishioJapan	109,500(37 BB)
CW Chua Woo HianSingapore	90,000(30 BB)
KH Kim Hong KoSingapore	77,500(26 BB)
SW Sham Wing SheukChina	74,000(25 BB)
CH Clarence HoSingapore	59,000(20 BB)

SMPSMP

12/1/2024, 3:27:21 PM

Janno Alvarez Drops Some More

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Janno Alvarez

Picking up the action on the flop Q♠ 2♠ 6♣ and 22,500 in the pot, Janno Alvarez puts out a feeler for 6,500 in position, but gets jammed on by BB Tony Khoang for 78,000 and has to fold.

Player	Chips
AJ Alvarez JannoPhilippines	140,000(47 BB)
TK Tony KhoangNetherlands	100,500(34 BB)

SMPSMP

12/1/2024, 3:14:36 PM

Janno Alvarez Gives Some Back

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

Janno Alvarez

The hand after, Janno Alvarez open jams with K♥ J♣ from the small blind and BB calls with a 45,000 all-in showing A♣ 2♥ . Neither player hits the board 8♥ T♠ 6♠ 4♠ 9♠ for Chua Woo Hian to come out on top and double.

Player	Chips
AJ Alvarez JannoPhilippines	161,000(64 BB)
CW Chua Woo HianSingapore	90,000(36 BB)

SMPSMP

12/1/2024, 3:02:40 PM

Xia Qi Is Out

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

With an open shove of 42,000 from the button and a call from BB Alvarez Janno with K♥ K♣ , Xia Qi needs help, flipping over A♣ 6♦ . The dealer shares Q♣ 4♠ 5♥ J♦ 8♥ with the table and eliminates Xia Qi.

Player	Chips
AJ Alvarez JannoPhilippines	200,000(80 BB)
QX Qi XiaChina	busted