
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 |
Ryan Tan Takes Out Another
With UTG Lim Shyh Chyn jamming for 84,000 holding A♦ 2♦ and CO Ryan Tan itching to gobble up another bounty with 9♦ 8♣ we put the dealer to work flipping over K♥ T♦ 6♣ 8♥ 5♠ to grant Ryan Tan his wish.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
RT Ryan Tan | 850,000(71 BB) |
LS Lim Shyh Chyn | 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) |
Rintalahti Jussi Out

Coming off of a double up, Rintalahti Jussi looks down at A♠ J♥ on the button and jams for 99,000 against Lim Shyh Chyn's 12,000 open from CO, who decides to call with 6♣ 6♥ and all eyes are on the dealers hands unveiling 7♠ 9♠ 8♣ 4♦ 7♣ to send the next player packing.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
LS Lim Shyh Chyn | 231,000(39 BB) |
RJ Rintalahti Jussi | busted |
Patrick Wahlquist Almost Out

Holding 7♠ 7♣ , Patrick Wahlquist opens 10,000, followed by a three-bet to 43,000 from BB Lim Shyh Chyn holding A♠ A♥ and all the chips go in with Lim Shyh Chyn being at risk for 90,000. The dealer delivers a low board 2♦ 6♥ 4♥ 3♠ 3♦ and Patrick Wahlquist is left with less than two BB.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
LS Lim Shyh Chyn | 182,000(36 BB) |
PW Patrick Wahlquist | 9,000(2 BB) |
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 |
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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) |
Kenzo Maruyama Falls

Picking up the action on the river 2♥ 6♦ 4♥ 2♣ Q♥ with 35,000 in the middle, Kenzo Maruyama slides his last 35,000 over the line with K♠ 4♣ to get called and busted by Lim Shyn Chyn holding 5♣ 5♥ .
Player | Chips |
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LS Lim Shyh Chyn | 154,000(31 BB) |
KM Kenzo Maruyama | busted |