Main Event (20,000 PHP)

Button David Howard moved all-in and saw small blind Kang Yunku call off his remaining 650,000 stack. In for a flip, the board 7♠ J♦ 4♣ 2♦ 9♦ missed to pair up Kang’s overcards for his elimination.

John Carlo Sayo opens 40,000 and finds three callers to the flop J♥ 6♠ 8♦ . Action checks to the button Ronato Alcano who bets 75,000, no callers.

From cutoff, Ronato Alcano three-bets 36,000 and initial raiser Kang Yunku calls it. Alacano fires another 25,000 on the flop 9♦ 9♥ 7♥ and Kang sticks with him. Both players opt to check down the turn Q♣ and river A♥ . Kang 's Q♦ J♦ bests Alcano's 3♠ 3♣ to claim the pot.

Action folds around to the small blind Bell John Perez who raises 25,000, big blind Kang Yunku calls. When the board completes 5♦ A♣ J♥ 5♥ A♥ , Perez bets the flop and turn - 16,000, 50,000 - Kang calls, then both check the river. Perez has K♦ 9♦ semi-bluff, Kang with J♠ 3♠ two pair for the win.

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

Following nearly ten hours on the floor, the biggest Main Event qualifier saw its 475 entry field draw down to a final 72 players advancing to tomorrow’s Day 2. Kang Yunku ended the day with the lead, holding down a 536,000 chip count to cap the games. Italy’s Riva Lorenzo stacks amongst the highest with a 427,000 count, closely followed by Lam Wo Kui with 400,000. Still a far reach from yesterday’s Flight B chip leader, Karen Talamayan remains way ahead of the pack with her 929,000 Day 2 stack putting her in prime position to bag a juicy payout.

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.

Hijack Kang Yunku shoved his remaining 27,000 in with A♥ 8♠ and was called by the big blind with K♦ Q♦ . Up for a race, Kang locked in the win on board 8♣ 6♠ 6♣ 3♣ 9♣ to survive through.