
Day 2 Final
Manila Megastack Mystery Bounty Conclusion

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) |
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1 | JP Jeffrey Ponce (2) | $7,288 |
2 | MC Michael Cerbito | $5,880 |
3 | FS Francisco Sanchez | $11,427 |
4 | MD Michael De Leon | $4,899 |
5 | MH Mark Hebron (3) | $2,560 |
6 | WK William Kang | $1,519 |
7 | RT Ryan Tan | $1,485 |
8 | YN Yuki Nishio | $990 |
9 | EA Edgar Asehan | $852 |
10 | AJ Alvarez Janno | $751 |
11 | JC Jose Colada | $3,209 |
12 | HH Hayashi Hiroki | $1,348 |
13 | VN Vivencio Nachor Jr. | $2,031 |
14 | TK Tony Khoang | $768 |
15 | MS Masayuki Suzuki | $4,847 |
16 | ID Ivan Dela Cruz | $939 |
17 | LS Lim Shyh Chyn | $819 |
18 | CH Choy Ho | $426 |
19 | NV Ngoc Vu (2) | $426 |
20 | JS James Soriano | $426 |
21 | RJ Rintalahti Jussi | $375 |
22 | KH Kim Hong Ko | $375 |
23 | DM Darren Moves | $375 |
24 | SW Sham Wing Sheuk | $341 |
25 | MI Masanori Ishihara | $341 |
26 | HL Hyunbae Lim | $341 |
27 | $341 | |
28 | $341 | |
29 | AV Andrei Vavilonskii | $341 |
30 | PW Patrick Wahlquist | $341 |
Jose Colada Ends His Roller Coaster Run In 11th Taking Home P44,000/$750 Plus A P120,000 APPT 2025 Package And a Further P24,000 In Bounties

Folded to Jose Colada in SB we hear all-in for 320,000 holding A♦ T♦ to dominate BB Francisco Sanchez's call with K♠ T♥ . The dealer tables J♦ K♥ A♥ 3♣ and takes the room into a frenzy by completing the board with the K♣ to send Jose Colada packing.
Player | Chips |
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FS Francisco Sanchez | 830,000(42 BB) |
JC Jose Colada | busted |
Jose Colada Chips Up Again

Jeffrey Ponce starts us off with a 25,000 open from +1, countered by a 65,000 three-bet from BU Jose Colada and the flop comes Q♣ 6♦ 2♠ . Checked to the BU, 26,000 go over the line and a call reveals 7♦ . Another 85,000 lead in position from Jose Colada shuts his opponent down.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JP Jeffrey Ponce (2) | 490,000(41 BB) |
JC Jose Colada | 320,000(27 BB) |
Ivan Dela Cruz Out In 16th Taking Home P29,000/$494

With a 25,000 open from +1, Jose Colada needs a time bank to call BU Ivan Dela Cruz' 115,000 jam and all eyes wander to the dealer's hands.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
JC Jose Colada | T♠T♣ | 430,000(36 BB) |
ID Ivan Dela Cruz | A♠5♣ | busted |
Chip Counts With 17 Players Left

Player | Chips |
---|---|
RT Ryan Tan | 780,000(78 BB) |
YN Yuki Nishio | 632,000(63 BB) |
JP Jeffrey Ponce (2) | 440,000(44 BB) |
FS Francisco Sanchez | 440,000(44 BB) |
EA Edgar Asehan | 430,000(43 BB) |
WK William Kang | 410,000(41 BB) |
MC Michael Cerbito | 400,000(40 BB) |
VN Vivencio Nachor Jr. | 360,000(36 BB) |
MH Mark Hebron (3) | 315,000(32 BB) |
JC Jose Colada | 265,000(27 BB) |
ID Ivan Dela Cruz | 213,000(21 BB) |
MS Masayuki Suzuki | 208,000(21 BB) |
AJ Alvarez Janno | 165,000(17 BB) |
NV Ngoc Vu (2) | 160,000(16 BB) |
HH Hayashi Hiroki | 150,000(15 BB) |
LS Lim Shyh Chyn | 96,000(10 BB) |
MD Michael De Leon | 95,000(10 BB) |
Jose Colada On The Way Back

Facing a 20,000 open from UTG Edgar Asehan, Jose Colada jams for 121,000 with A♠ Q♠ and gets snapped by his opponent, flipping over A♦ K♣ to dominate. Having a heart for underdogs, the dealer cooks up 3♥ 4♦ Q♥ 2♥ 4♣ , denies a bounty and takes Jose Colada out of the danger zone.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
EA Edgar Asehan | 290,000(29 BB) |
JC Jose Colada | 270,000(27 BB) |
Francisco Sanchez Catches A Bluff

Making it 16,000 UTG Francisco Sanchez takes BB Jose Colada to the flop 7♥ 8♠ 5♣ with the latter sliding out a donk-bet of 21,000 that gets called. On the turn Q♦ Jose Colada leads for another 60,000 and a call completes the board 7♥ . Putting Francisco Sanchez all-in, Jose Colada gets called with his pants down A♣ J♦ against Q♣ T♣ from his opponent.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
FS Francisco Sanchez | 560,000(70 BB) |
JC Jose Colada | 130,000(16 BB) |
Three-way Flop
Starting us off with a 16,000 open from +1, Francisco Sanchez takes both blinds to the flop K♠ J♦ 5♦ with the action checked to him. Continuing for 11,000, he has to let it go against BB Michael De Leon who slides 31,000 over the line.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JC Jose Colada | 425,000(53 BB) |
FS Francisco Sanchez | 320,000(40 BB) |
MD Michael De Leon | 160,000(20 BB) |
Jose Colada Banks Some More

When faced with a 12,000 open from HJ Kim Hong Ko, SB Jose Colada pumps it to 36,000 and a call has the dealer reveal 3♣ 8♠ 4♣ . A small c-bet of 12,000 induces Kim Hong Ko to jam 100,000 with 3♠ 3♥ that gets snapped by Jose Colada holding the nuts 8♦ 8♥ . The dealer doesn't deliver a wonder and completes the board 8♣ 4♠ , sending Kim Hong Ko to the rail.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JC Jose Colada | 440,000(73 BB) |
KH Kim Hong Ko | busted |
Flight B
Mystery Bounty Flight B Ends With 23 Players Advancing

After a full 17 levels of play, the starting field of 151 got reduced to the final 23 entering tomorrow's Day 2 Final with Ryan Tan accumulating a whopping 518,000 to take first place, Vivencio Nachor Jr. bagging 449,000 in 2nd and Jose Colada - after an early exit - making good use of his additional bullet to finish 3rd with 318,000 to his name.
A total of 193 entries over both flights got us well above the guaranteed prize pool with a final ₱3,294,896 to be distributed among the 30 finalists tomorrow. The top spot will take home at least ₱440,000 from the regular prize pool and a share of the bounty pool ranging from the lowest ₱26,000 up to the largest one of ₱250,000.
The final will start in just under 10 hours from now at 12:00 noon going all the way to the end when the winner will be crowned. Live updates are going to be there with you.
Here are the final 23 chip counts from Flight B :
Player | Chips |
---|---|
RT Ryan Tan | 518,000(86 BB) |
VN Vivencio Nachor Jr. | 449,000(75 BB) |
JC Jose Colada | 318,000(53 BB) |
264,000(44 BB) | |
DM Darren Moves | 249,000(42 BB) |
FS Francisco Sanchez | 248,000(41 BB) |
EA Edgar Asehan | 242,000(40 BB) |
ID Ivan Dela Cruz | 235,000(39 BB) |
MC Michael Cerbito | 227,000(38 BB) |
WK William Kang | 214,000(36 BB) |
CH Choy Ho | 187,000(31 BB) |
RJ Rintalahti Jussi | 184,000(31 BB) |
MS Masayuki Suzuki | 161,000(27 BB) |
JS James Soriano | 123,000(21 BB) |
NV Ngoc Vu (2) | 113,000(19 BB) |
MI Masanori Ishihara | 106,000(18 BB) |
HH Hayashi Hiroki | 103,000(17 BB) |
PW Patrick Wahlquist | 99,000(17 BB) |
95,000(16 BB) | |
LS Lim Shyh Chyn | 86,000(14 BB) |
MD Michael De Leon | 85,000(14 BB) |
AV Andrei Vavilonskii | 63,000(11 BB) |
SW Sham Wing Sheuk | 47,000(8 BB) |
Joemark Vasay Exits With A Bang

Looking down at A♦ A♥ , Joemark Vasay kicks off the action with a raise to 8,000, BU Jose Colada wants 18,000 and quickly calls with Q♣ Q♥ when his opponent announces all-in for 150,000. The dealer likes the ladies, flipping over Q♦ 2♦ T♦ 4♠ 4♥ dishing out a massive beat close to the bubble and Jose Colada takes his second bullet to new heights.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JC Jose Colada | 343,000(86 BB) |
VJ Vasay Joemark | busted |
Current Top Stack

Player | Chips |
---|---|
VN Vivencio Nachor Jr. | 255,000(85 BB) |
ID Ivan Dela Cruz | 255,000(85 BB) |
SD Siavasch Dastmalchi | 240,000(80 BB) |
240,000(80 BB) | |
FS Francisco Sanchez | 230,000(77 BB) |
JC Jose Colada | 200,000(67 BB) |
NV Ngoc Vu (2) | 194,000(65 BB) |
RT Ryan Tan | 190,000(63 BB) |
EA Edgar Asehan | 166,000(55 BB) |
MH Mark Hebron (3) | 157,000(52 BB) |
Jose Colada Makes Good Use Of 2nd Bullet

Edward Halmarack kicks off the action with a 2,500 raise from UTG to bring the button and both blinds to the flop J♣ 3♦ T♣ that gets checked to the turn 5♠ . Liking his position, BU Jose Colada puts out a feeler for 3,000 that only gets rid of the BB to see the river 6♦ three-way. After everyone checked, Kick-off champ Keijiro Shimojo tables K♠ 3♠ from the SB, followed by a muck, but has to surrender the pot to Jose Colada flipping over 4♣ 5♣ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JC Jose Colada | 85,000(71 BB) |
EH Edward Halmarack | 80,000(67 BB) |
KS Keijiro Shimojo | 34,500(29 BB) |
Jose Colada Hits The Rail

Picking up the action on the river 8♣ K♣ 4♠ 5♦ K♦ with 16,000 in the pot, Jose Colada announces all-in for 10,100 with 8♥ 4♣ and has to gather his belongings when Asano Shoko calls with K♠ 3♠ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AS Asano Shoko | 62,000(155 BB) |
JC Jose Colada | busted |
One Card For A Straight

BU Daizo Kinoshita leads the way with a 1,000 open to take along SB Jose Colada to the flop T♠ 4♦ 7♦ . C-bet 1,000 and a call give us the turn 8♥ that gets checked around for the river 9♠ . Jose Colada taking the lead with a 3,500 open shuts down the action.
Player | Chips |
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DK Daizo Kinoshita | 31,000(103 BB) |
JC Jose Colada | 29,000(97 BB) |