Main Event (20,000 PHP)

Utg Won Grael opened to 120,000, joined by Ignacio San Gabriel behind along with big blind Singh Vijay. On flop 4♥ 4♦ 7♥ , Singh led for 500,000 followed by a call from Won for a lesser 250,000. Ignacio clicked back to 1,000,0000 and Singh put in the call for a side pot. Turn A♣ saw Singh bet 1,000,000, called by Ignacio for his remaining 700,000. Singh shows K♣ K♦ , no good against Ignacio’s A♥ K♠ . Ignacio rakes in both the main and side pot, eliminating Won in the process.

Won Grael calls a player's shove and goes on to ship it with K♣ K♠ staying ahead of A♣ Q♥ on a jack-high board.

Cutoff Won Grael raises 12,000 then calls small blind John Clyde Tan's 35,000 three-bet. Both players check the flop 7♣ Q♥ K♣ , then Tan sends out 45,000 on the turn 2♥ . Grael calls. Tan slows down and checks the river 4♦ , Grael shoves, Tan is covered and folds.

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

Hijack Won Grael opened to 400, called by button Hoshi Keigo. Flop came 8♣ T♥ 4♠ and saw Won continue for 500. Hoshi makes the call and gets to showdown after the turn 5♣ and river T♠ were checked through. Won shows A♠ 3♥ , Hoshi with a muck.