Main Event (20,000 PHP)

The record breaking 20th edition of the Manila Super Series Main Event resumes with 194 players returning, each one guaranteed to lock up minimum PHP 30K of the PHP 21,800,944 (~$374,560) record prize pool. The agenda for Day 2 is to reach the final table with only 9 spots available. Awaiting the champion is a jaw dropping PHP 3,670,000 (~$62,649). The top two payouts include a Main Event package worth PHP 120,000 to APPT Manila 2024.

Currently leading the race is Philippine's Karen Talamayan with a massive 185 bb stack. Other contenders are MSS champions William Ysmael and Jason Kyle Magbanua, and notable Korean high rollers Seungmook Jung and Namhyung Kim.

Cards in the air at 1pm. Players will have more time to collect chips with the blinds increasing every 40 minutes.

Dates: May 29 – June 2, 2024

Buy in: PHP 20,000 (~USD 350)

Guarantee: PHP 10,000,000 (~USD 171,800)

Prize pool: PHP 21,800,944 (~USD 372,525)

Entries: 1,277 (1,011 unique)

ITM: 194 players

Flight 1 results

Flight A: 228 entries, 35 qualified

Flight B: 330 entries, 50 qualified

Flight C: 475 entries, 72 qualified

Flight D Turbo: 244 entries, 37 qualified

The final Main Event qualifier concluded at a much faster rate, running only 15 minute blind levels all throughout. After 19 levels of play, Flight D wrapped up with Jharome Pena topping the 37 qualifier list with a healthy chip count of 603,000. Australia’s Won Grael ranks in second with a stack of 494,000, trailed closely behind by Alcano Ronato with 417,000.

Each survivor is now guaranteed a piece of the MSS record PHP 21,800,944 prize pool! Day 2 action kicks off at 13:00, Saturday, June 1st.