Main Event (20,000 PHP)

Button Chogo Kento opened to 1,200,000 and called off Ronato Alcano’s 6,000,000 jam. The board 5♣ K♥ 2♥ 6♠ 3♥ missed to pair either player, shipping the overall victory to Chogo with ace high for the final hand.

Button Chogo Kento shoved all-in with J♦ 8♦ and was called by Ronato Alcano with A♠ 7♦ . In for a race, the board landed J♥ A♥ K♥ 2♣ 9♣ , saving Alcano from elimination.

A limp pot saw flop 6♥ 7♥ 7♦ . Alcano pulled a check raise to 1,500,000 and Chogo Kento continues behind. On turn T♥ , Alcano check called a 3,500,000 bet from his opponent followed by a final 11,200,000 on river 4♠ . Chogo shows 2♥ 3♥ for a flush, crushing Alcano’s T♦ 6♦ .

Button Chogo Kento opened to 1,000,000, called by Ronato Alcano. On flop 9♠ 3♠ 4♠ , Alcano check called for 400,000 and saw turn 8♠ . Both with a check, a 7♦ rolled on the river on which Alcano sent out a 2,000,000 bet. Chogo surrenders and makes the fold.

Button Ronato Alcano opened to 800,000, called by big blind Chogo Kento. On flop 9♥ 6♣ 2♠ , Chogo led for 600,000. Alcano clicked back to 1,200,000 and Chogo bumped it up further to 2,000,000. Alcano completed and saw turn 3♦ , where both players checked it through. On river 7♦ , Chogo bet 1,500,000 and Alcano makes the final call. Chogo shows 9♠ T♠ and picks up the pot.

A limp pot rolled flop 6♦ T♦ 3♥ . Checked to Chogo Kento, he fired a 500,000 bet, check called by Ronato Alcano. On turn 8♣ , Chogo barreled another 1,300,000 and Alcano folds.

Button Chogo Kento opened to 900,000, joined by big blind Ronato Alcano on flop J♥ 9♠ 7♦ . Chogo fired for 1,000,000, check called by Alcano. On turn T♠ , Chogo sent out another 1,500,000 and collected the pot after Alcano was unable to continue.

Ronato Alcano defended his big blind vs a button open from Chogo Kento and saw flop Q♠ A♣ 9♠ . Chogo continued for 500,000 and another 800,000 on turn 5♥ . Alcano called both streets and checked river 3♣ for showdown. Alcano tables A♦ 6♥ , Chogo with a muck.

Button Ronato Alcano opened the action and saw both players complete. Action on flop 7♣ T♣ Q♥ was checked through, revealing turn 4♦ . Checked to Alcano, he bet 500,000 and was met with a raise for 900,000 more from Chogo Kento. Alcano puts in the call and sees river 9♣ . Both players check it down and Chogo shows Q♠ T♥ for the win.

Small blind Ronato Alcano opened to 600,000, called behind by Chogo Kento. On flop 3♦ 6♣ 4♣ , Alcano continued for 600,000, called once more by his opponent. Alcano barreled a heftier 2,000,000 on turn A♠ and ushered a fold not long after.

Button Ronato Alcano opened to 600,000 and saw Lee Woosang defend from the big blind. Alcano fired two streets on board 6♣ Q♥ J♣ 5♣ 7♥ with Lee check calling the two bets. Both players checked the river to showdown, revealing Lee’s 9♥ T♣ missed draw, no good against Alcano’s A♥ K♥ .

Button Ronato Alcano opened to 500,000, called by small blind Chogo Kento. On board J♥ 3♦ 5♦ 8♣ 9♦ , Chogo led all three streets with Alcano eventually giving it up by the river. Chogo collects a nice boost with no showdown.

Button Lee Woosang opened to 600,000, joined by big blind Ronato Alcano on board A♦ 2♠ A♥ 2♦ 5♠ . Action was checked down to the river where Lee bet 500,000. Alcano check called with Q♥ 6♣ and shipped the pot after Lee mucked.

Another limp pot blind vs blind, board ran J♦ 5♣ 8♥ and saw Ronato Alcano lead for 250,000, called by Kim Kihyung Bok behind. On turn A♥ , Alcano fired another 500,000, Kim with another call. River 5♦ was checked by both, revealing Alcano’s K♣ 8♣ , good against Kim’s 9♥ 8♦ .

A limp pot, board 3♣ 4♠ 6♣ 2♦ 6♠ was checked all the way down to the river where big blind Kim Kihyung Bok sent out a 250,000 bet. Ronato Alcano calls behind and mucks after Kim revealed 6♥ 8♥ .

Small blind Ronato Alcano opened to 500,000 and called a 1,200,000 three bet from big blind Chogo Kento. On flop 2♦ 3♣ 6♥ , Alcano check called for 750,000 and moved on to turn K♣ . Both players check it through, revealing river 6♣ . Alcano leads for 1,500,000 and Chogo makes the final call. Alcano shows A♣ 4♣ , taking the pot down with a flush to beat Chogo’s J♦ J♣ .

Hijack Kim Kihyung Bok defended his open and called a three bet to 1,000,000 from button Ronato Alcano. On flop 5♣ 2♦ 9♣ , Kim check folded after Alcano sent out another 1,000,000.

Utg Ronato Alcano limp called a 325,000 raise from small blind Kim Kihyung Bok and saw flop 2♣ 7♠ 6♣ . Checked to Alcano, he fired 500,000 and Kim folds.

Utg+1 Ronato Alcano opened to 320,000, joined by big blind Kim Kihyung Bok on flop 3♦ J♦ 2♦ . Alcano fired 320,000 and anther 1,700,000 on turn 8♠ with Kim check calling both streets. On river A♣ , Alcano pulled the trigger, enough to convince Kim to give it up and save his 16 BB behind.

Hijack Kim Kihyung Bok opened to 350,000 and gave it up after button Ronato Alcano bumped it up to 700,000.

Utg Czar Ian Marcos went with A♠ 7♣ for his last 1,420,000 and was called by Ronato Alcano with A♥ K♣ . Dominated, the board J♥ 6♣ A♦ 4♦ 5♣ offered no salvation for Marcos as he headed out as the day’s first casualty.

Mp Ronato Alcano opened to 250,000, joined by big blind Lee Woosang on flop 7♦ 8♥ K♠ . Alcano continued for 450,000, check called by Lee. Turn 7♥ went check check, moving on to river J♦ . Lee this time, led for 1,100,000 and Alcano folds.

After a grueling 11 hours of Day 2 action, the Main Event games wrapped up with the final nine players set led by local runner Ronato Alcano. Alcano stacks a mighty 7,710,000, having delivered two eliminations right by the last half hour of the day. Coming in close second is South Korea’s Kim Bok with a slightly lesser yet equally impressive 7,350,000 chip count to start the final day festivities.

Each player returning to the felt is now guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP 321,944 and a fighting chance to claim the PHP 3,670,000 top prize! Action resumes at 16:00 where a new MSS champion will be crowned by the end of the night.

Cutoff Baek Youngseok shoved for 740,000 with A♣ 2♣ and was called by small blind Ronato Alcano with A♥ Q♥ . Dominated, the board 3♠ J♠ 4♣ K♠ 4♥ locked in the win for Alcano, leaving Baek to bubble the final table.

Hijack Ronato Alcano opened to 250,000, called behind by David Howard to see flop Q♠ 4♣ 3♦ . Alcano fired a 300,000 bet, and another 400,000 on turn J♦ . Howard then shoved all-in for 2,230,000 total, called by Alcano with A♥ A♠ . Howard is in trouble with Q♥ T♥ and was left in pieces after the river J♥ sealed his fate.

Ronato Alcano defended his big blind vs button Baek Youngseok’s 250,000 open and headed to flop A♠ 5♠ 9♠ . Baek continued for 300,000, Alcano with a check fold.

Czar Ian Marcos defended his big blind vs cutoff Ronato Alcano’s 225,000 open and peeled flop Q♦ 7♠ 8♥ . Alcano continued for 300,000 and picked up the boost following a check fold from Marcos.

Utg Ronato Alcano opened and called a three bet to 555,000 from cutoff Czar Ian Marcos to see flop 8♠ 4♥ 2♠ . Marcos continued for 575,000, check called by Alcano. Turn 9♦ and river 2♥ were checked through, revealing Alcano’s A♣ 8♣ , good against Marcos’ A♥ K♦ .

Iwabe Rikuya three-bets 200,000 and initial raiser Ronato Alcano calls. When the board completes 8♦ Q♣ 5♣ 4♥ 4♣ , Iwabe bets every street 150,000, 625,000, all in for 1,035,000, Alcano calls it down and rails Iwabe.

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.

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