
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 |
Yuki Nishio Exits In 8th Place For A P58,000/$988 Payday

With a big open-jam for 435,000 from +2 sitting on A♥ J♣ , Yuki Nishio watches HJ Jeffrey Ponce call and flip over K♦ J♠ . With the odds in his favor, the dealer spells heartbreak for Yuki Nishio by flipping over 7♣ 7♥ 3♦ K♠ Q♠ to end his chances of clinching the trophy.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JP Jeffrey Ponce (2) | 1,600,000(53 BB) |
YN Yuki Nishio | busted |
Final Table Chip Counts

Player | Chips |
---|---|
MD Michael De Leon | 1,000,025(50 BB) |
FS Francisco Sanchez | 880,000(44 BB) |
YN Yuki Nishio | 707,000(35 BB) |
JP Jeffrey Ponce (2) | 690,000(35 BB) |
WK William Kang | 650,000(33 BB) |
MC Michael Cerbito | 645,000(32 BB) |
RT Ryan Tan | 450,000(23 BB) |
EA Edgar Asehan | 380,000(19 BB) |
MH Mark Hebron (3) | 255,000(13 BB) |
Blinds Battle It Out Again

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 Janno | 500,000(31 BB) |
YN Yuki Nishio | 350,000(22 BB) |
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) |
Yuki Nishio Goes Into The Lead

With a 20,000 open from Yuki Nishio in CO we see SB Vivencio Nachor Jr. pump it up to 55,000 to see the flop 3♥ Q♦ 9♣ heads up. A 20,000 c-bet and a call take us to the turn 2♥ for another continuation of 75,000 to go into the middle. With the aid of a time bank, Yuki Nishio finds the call to see the river J♠ . Another 150,000 from Vivencio Nachor Jr. gets called by Yuki Nichio, holding 3♠ 3♣ and the aggressor's cards go straight into the muck.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
YN Yuki Nishio | 800,000(80 BB) |
VN Vivencio Nachor Jr. | 325,000(33 BB) |
Flight A
Mystery Bounty Flight A Concludes

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 Janno | 324,000(65 BB) |
JP Jeffrey Ponce (2) | 296,000(59 BB) |
TK Tony Khoang | 236,000(47 BB) |
KH Kim Hong Ko | 163,000(33 BB) |
YN Yuki Nishio | 122,000(24 BB) |
HL Hyunbae Lim | 70,000(14 BB) |
SW Sham Wing Sheuk | 47,000(9 BB) |
With that we reach the final table and the chip counts are as follows:
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AJ Alvarez Janno | 260,000(87 BB) |
YN Yuki Nishio | 210,000(70 BB) |
JP Jeffrey Ponce (2) | 190,000(63 BB) |
KH Kim Hong Ko | 116,000(39 BB) |
CW Chua Woo Hian | 114,000(38 BB) |
MM Maggy Mae Cenon | 113,000(38 BB) |
TK Tony Khoang | 113,000(38 BB) |
HL Hyunbae Lim | 105,000(35 BB) |
SW Sham Wing Sheuk | 42,000(14 BB) |