Main Event

62 players remain in today’s flight with only 56 guaranteed to move on to Day 2. Final prize pool is listed at PHP 36,024,345!

Utg+1 Edgar Asehan opened to 9,000 and called off big blind Joseph Magnotti’s 60,000 jam with 9♣ 9♦ . At risk, Magnotti is flipping for his tournament life with A♣ K♦ . The board ran K♥ 8♠ 5♣ J♥ J♠ , quickly giving Magnotti top pair to save him from elimination.

Utg+2 Osete Reynaldo opened to 10,000, called by John Niko Constiniano behind along with the big blind. On flop, Q♥ 5♦ 8♦ , Constiniano check raised all-in for 53,000 against Osete’s 13,000 continuation bet. Osete makes the call with A♥ Q♦ and is behind his opponent’s K♠ K♦ . Lucky for Osete, the turn came A♦ , giving him two pair for the win.

67 players remain in today’s Main Event flight with 11 more eliminations to go before the day wraps up.

Folded to small blind Thomas Lee, he shoved all-in for 63,500 with A♥ 5♥ and was called behind by big blind William Ysmael with 9♦ 9♥ . Whilst ahead, the board A♣ 8♠ 2♠ K♠ 2♣ ran in favor of Lee, crippling down Ysmael to 1 BB.

Button Ghanem Michel opened to 8,000, joined by both players on the blinds on flop J♣ A♣ 7♠ . Checked to Ghanem, he continued for 10,000, called only by small blind Osete Reynaldo. Ghanem barreled another 30,000 on turn Q♠ , Osete with a check call once more. River 5♥ welcomed no more bets with Osete showing Q♣ T♣ , no good against Ghanem’s A♥ J♥ .

Utg+1 Ryan Jerico Platon opened to 6,500 and called a three bet to 21,000 from Sung Hakyoung to see flop A♣ Q♣ 6♦ . Sung continued for 12,000, check called by Platon. Turn 6♣ went check check, leading to river 7♣ . Platon this time, pushed out a hefty bet of 55,000 and Sung tank folds.

Short stacked Joris Michl got his last 23,500 in with A♠ A♥ and faced Sung Hakyoung’s K♣ J♦ . While drawing slim, Sung flopped some straight outs on T♦ Q♣ 7♦ 3♦ Q♠ but bricked the runout to seal his loss.

An all-in preflop situation ensued with Alexis Lim calling off his 85,000 with T♣ T♦ against Kyung Ho Moon’s A♥ A♦ . At risk, Lim was left in pieces after the board A♣ J♥ 6♥ 9♣ 3♦ offered no hope.

Utg+1 Ricardo Torres opened to 6,500, called by two other players behind. Button John Calamiong put in a raise to 26,000 and called off original raiser’s 75,500 all-in. Torres shows J♣ J♠ and is crushed to see Calamiong’s A♥ A♠ face up on the felt. Board 9♦ 6♥ 5♦ 8♣ Q♥ spared no bad beats, leaving Torres out of the Main Event.

88 players remain in the Main Event Flight C games with only 56 set to qualify through to Day 2.

Top Chip Counts

Utg+2 Morikawa Yuta opened to 5,500, called by the cutoff. Big blind Kim Michael Enriquez threw in a raise to 20,000 total and called off the 53,000 more after Morikawa moved all-in.

Morikawa A♦ Q♠ Enriquez A♣ 4♣

Dominated, Enriquez found no help on board 2♣ 5♠ 7♦ 7♣ 7♠ , shipping Morikawa the 62 BB pot.

Jester Intia defended his big blind vs button Cenicola Silvio’s open and saw flop 5♠ 6♠ 7♥ . Intia proceeded to check call a 15,000 bet from his opponent, revealing turn 8♠ . Checked to Cenicola once more, he bet all-in for 80,000, Intia with a final call with 5♦ 5♣ . Cenicola is ahead with 7♦ 7♣ and locked in the win after the river K♦ completed the board.

Utg+1 opened to 5,800, called behind by Lenart Ecarma. Action on small blind John Tech, he put in a raise to 18,000. Original raiser folds and Ecarma shoves all-in, Tech with a final fold.

Utg Mike Takayama opened to 5,000 and called Jinlong Hu’s 39,500 all-in with A♠ T♣ . Hu reveals A♣ J♦ and wins a double up after the board rolled T♠ 5♦ 8♥ 5♣ J♥ .

Minutes later, hijack Tan Hai Shien open shoved his last 30,000 with Q♦ Q♥ and was called by big blind Jinlong Hu with A♥ K♥ . Running a flip, Hu continued his momentum, spiking top pair on K♦ T♣ 6♣ 7♦ 3♠ .

105 runners remain in today’s Main Event Flight C with play concluding at 56 players remaining.

Utg Osete Reynaldo opened to 5,000 and called a raise for 8,000 more from Florencio Campomanes to see flop 4♦ 2♠ 2♣ . Both players check the action, revealing turn 9♥ . Osete leads for 15,000 and calls Campomanes’ raise to 55,000. River T♠ saw no more bets and Osete shows J♦ J♠ , Campomanes with a muck.

With an utg open and a call in front, cutoff John Niko Constiniano raised the stakes to 20,000 and saw only caller Florencio Campomanes complete. On flop 8♠ 2♠ 5♣ , Constiniano fired another 20,000 and Campomanes check folds.

Folded to hijack Sohiel Ighani, he open shoved 30,500 in with A♥ 4♦ and was called behind by button Ching Li Lok. Ching is ahead with Q♥ Q♠ and remained that way after the board Q♦ 9♦ 4♥ T♣ T♥ awarded him a full house.

An all-in preflop situation saw Kyle Magbanua at risk with A♦ K♠ for his remaining 40,000 stack, up against Mike Takayama’s J♦ J♥ . Up for a flip, Magbanua was out of luck after the board J♣ T♥ 9♥ K♥ 7♠ quickly landed a set for his opponent.

Cutoff Anthony Wong opened to 4,000 and called a three bet to 12,000 from button Vamerdino Magsakay. Flop came 4♠ A♦ 9♣ and Wong threw in a check raise to 15,000 vs Magsakay’s continuation bet. Turn Q♦ saw Wong check call 18,000 and check raise all-in on the river 6♣ after Magsakay bet 68,000. Magsakay snap folds and saves his 6 BB for the following hand.

129/ 372 players remain in today’s Main Event Flight C with 56 qualifiers guaranteed a spot into Day 2. Registration for Flight D is ongoing!

Facing an open and a three bet, button William Ysmael cold four bet to 19,500. Big blind Ivan Dela Cruz shoved all-in for 124,500 and took down the pot after no player was able to continue.

The total tally for Flight C stands at 372 entries with 135 runners remaining on the felt. Pot is now up to PHP 32.4 Million with play concluding at 56 players (ITM).

Registration for Flight C is about to close following the break with 370 entries collected across ten levels. Flight D Turbo is currently underway running a shorter 15 minute blind structure.

Top Chip Counts

Cutoff Akiyama Mizuki opened to 2,500 and was met with a three bet to 10,000 from button Maxwell Rosete. Akiyama answered with another raise to 21,000, called by Rosete. Flop came 9♠ 4♠ Q♦ and Akiyama bet all-in for 59,000. Rosete tank folds and gives up the fight.

Utg opened to 2,500, followed by a three bet to 7,500 from Leonard Cheong. A seat after, Thomas Lee shoved his remaining 37,300 and found no calls from either opponent.

Utg Eman Segismundo opened to 2,500, called by Sandy Cea and the big blind. Flop came 9♦ 3♦ 3♥ and saw Segismundo continue for 1,500 and shortly reshove all-in after Cea put in a raise. Cea calls off for his 20,000 stack with J♦ 8♦ and is drawing dead against Segismundo’s 9♥ 9♣ flopped boat.

Last level to register! 364 entries have already been recorded for today’s Main Event Flight C with the prize pool past the PHP 30 million mark.

An all-in preflop situation saw Jessie Leonarez call off a five bet jam from Mirpuri Rishi for 35,800. Mirpuri reveals Q♠ Q♥ , ahead of Leonarez’ A♠ J♠ . A favorite, Mirpuri claimed the double up after no aces were found on 2♠ 8♣ 8♠ 3♦ 9♥ .

Utg Morvan Romain open shoved 9,000 and was followed with another all-in for 15,000 from Li Xinjing. Big blind Anthony Wong put in the final call for a three way showdown.

Morvan A♠ 7♠ Li 9♣ 9♠ Wong 8♥ 8♠

The board ran 8♦ T♠ 7♦ K♥ 5♦ , giving Wong a set to scoop up the pot and knock out both opponents at the same time.

Cutoff John Tech opened to 2,500, joined by both button Han Cheol Woong and small blind on flop 7♥ 5♠ K♥ . Checked to Han, he bets 6,000, called by the raiser. Turn 4♥ goes check check, peeling river 7♦ . Tech bets 3,500 and shortly calls Han’s raise to 23,500. Han shows A♥ 4♣ , no good against Tech’s K♦ 9♣ .

350 entries in so far for today’s Main Event Flight C with registration open through Level 10 @ 20:10. Flight D Turbo kicks off in an hour for the last chance to qualify!

A blind vs blind battle saw William Ysmael raise to 3,000, called behind Ivan Dela Cruz to see flop 5♠ 6♥ 8♣ . Both players check it through, revealing turn Q♠ . Ysmael bets 4,800 and calls Cruz’s raise to 11,800. Cruz bets the river J♥ 20,500 and merits a fold from his opponent.

A three bet pot saw four players head to flop 2♠ 2♦ 6♠ . Checked to cutoff Kakuichi Yusuke, he bet all-in for 33,200, called behind by aggressor Jinlong Hu. Agbuya Wilbert flicks in his 12,900 stack and the three go to showdown.

Kakuichi 7♥ 7♦ Hu J♣ J♠ Agbuya 6♣ 6♦

A great spot for Agbuya, his full house cruised to a win after the turn 3♣ and river Q♣ completed the board. Hu takes the side pot while Kakuichi heads for the rails.

Small blind Leonard Cheong min raised to 2,000, called by big blind Eric Alcantara. On flop K♠ 8♣ A♥ , Cheong continued for 2,500 and another 4,000 on turn 5♣ . Alcantara this time, put in a raise to 14,000, called by Cheong. River 4♠ completed the board and Cheong bet all-in for Alcantara’s 33,000 behind. Alcantara makes the call with two pair 5♦ 8♣ and is crushed against Cheong’s straight 6♥ 7♥ .

With 336 entries in so far, the Manila Megastack 18 Main Event pot is approaching the PHP 30 Million mark with one more flight to go. Registration for Flight C open for two more hours!

Another three way all-in was seen with Ricardo Torres stacking the biggest against Chierro De Leon (11,300) and Alexander Lai (18,500).

Torres A♠ K♥ De Leon 9♠ 9♥ Lai J♦ J♠

The board ran 5♠ K♦ 7♦ K♣ T♥ with Torres landing trip kings to scoop the entire pot.

Utg Leonard Cheong opened to 2,000 and proceeded to four bet to 15,000 vs Takazawa Yuta’s raise. Flop came T♦ 2♦ 6♠ and Cheong continued for 12,000, called by Takazawa. Turn K♦ didn’t stop Cheong as he shoved all-in for 40,000. Takazawa puts in the call with A♦ Q♣ and is behind his opponent’s 9♦ 9♥ . River K♠ runs safe for Cheong’s pair, securing him the full double up.

A three way all-in ensued with Tor Anton Welo covering both opponents Acain Henrieto (8,200) and Tamaya Naohito (34,500).

Tor A♣ A♠ Acain A♥ 7♥ Tamaya 6♥ 6♠

Up against a monster hand, Acain luckily was spared from elimination after the board K♥ T♥ Q♦ 4♠ 4♥ earned him a flush. Tor takes the side pot, knocking out Tamaya from the table.

A staggering 306 entries have been recorded for today’s Main Event Flight C, pumping up the prize pool to a massive PHP 28 Million. Registration open through Level 10 along with Flight D Turbo later on tonight.

Top Chip Counts

Facing an open and a call, small blind Renjie Ye fired a three bet to 3,300 and called off original raiser Bellanger Adams’ 10,000 jam with 9♠ 9♥ . Bellanger is behind with A♣ 4♣ and failed to catch up on board J♥ 9♣ 6♠ 8♣ 8♠ for his elimination.

With a ton of preflop action in front of him, big blind Ghanem Michel opted to five bet 20,000 and call off with Q♠ Q♦ against Calvin Tan’s 46,100 all-in with A♣ K♦ . A classic NLH flip, the board 7♣ 7♠ 6♠ 6♥ 6♦ missed to pair up Tan, leaving his overcards headed for the muck.

Cutoff opened to 1,200, called by button Cezar Quiambao along with big blind Ching Li Lok. Flop Q♦ T♠ 6♥ saw the raiser continue for 1,500, called by both players. On turn J♠ , action was checked to Quiambao who bet 6,500. Ching put in a raise to 15,500, raiser folds, and Quiambao makes the call. River came another Q♠ and Ching tank called for his remaining 22,800 after Quiambao moved all-in. Quiambao reveals a busted straight draw K♥ 8♥ and hands over the win to Ching with a straight 9♠ 8♣ .

281 entries have so far been recorded for today’s Main Event Flight C with registration open through Level 10 @ 20:10.

Utg+1 Tsunoda Motoharu opened and called Jose Ruzzel’s three bet to 1,300, revealing flop Q♥ T♣ 9♣ . Tsunoda led for 2,000 and called a raise from his opponent to 6,000. Jose barreled another 9,700 on turn 2♥ , check called by Tsunoda. River 8♠ saw Tsunoda lead for 6,000 once more yet fold after Jose bumped it up to 26,000 total.

With 6,800 in the middle on flop J♥ 9♥ 8♣ , both Khalife Hanna and Ching Li Lok found themselves all-in - Hanna with the nut straight Q♦ T♦ against Ching’s flush draw A♥ T♥ . The runout T♠ Q♠ however, ran a straight on board, chopping up the chips for both players.

Utg opened to 1,200, called by button Ishibashi Tsuyoshi and big blind Aitani Michio. Flop came 3♦ 6♣ K♠ , checked to Ishibashi, he bet all-in for 6,600 and was called by Aitani with 5♦ 4♦ for a straight draw. Ishibashi is ahead with A♣ 7♥ and locked in the win after the runout K♥ T♠ bricked for the chip leader.

261 entries in for today’s Main Event Flight C! Pot continues to rise with PHP 26.2 Million now on the table.

A multiway raised pot saw flop J♦ 5♦ 3♥ where raiser Anton Del Rosario continued for 1,600. Big blind Jose Ruzzel put in the call, revealing turn 7♥ . Del Rosario fired another 2,500 and an all-in for 9,800 on river 2♠ . Jose called all three streets with top pair J♣ T♦ and is good against his opponent’s king high K♥ Q♥ to knock the latter out.

Facing an open from hijack Christian Lortie, small blind Vincent Wong shoved his remaining 11,000 in with A♥ T♠ and was called by the raiser with A♣ J♣ . Dominated, Wong failed to catch up on board 9♣ 6♠ 4♦ 5♦ 8♥ , leading to his elimination.

Utg Ryan Jerico Platon opened to 800 and was met with a three bet to 2,500 from Jinlong Hu behind. One seat away, Opekunov Dmitrii pushed a four bet to 6,500 total and found no calls from either opponent.

194 entries in for today’s Main Event Flight C with the pot at a roaring PHP 23.6 Million! Registration open through Level 10 @ 20:10.

Top Chip Counts

Utg Cezar Quiambao opened to 800 and called Edwin Dela Cruz’s three bet to 2,800. Flop 7♠ 6♣ 3♦ saw Quiambao pull a check raise to 4,500, Dela Cruz with a call. Dela Cruz proceeded to bet all-in turn 5♠ checked to him, for 13,900. Quiambao makes the final call with 9♠ 9♣ and is behind Dela Cruz’s A♣ A♦ . No nine on the river meant a full double up for Dela Cruz while Quiambao slips down to 28,000.

Cutoff Hyung Kim Tae opened to 900, joined by both players on the blinds on flop 2♠ K♦ 6♥ . Small blind Tsunoda Motoharu led for 1,500, called by the big blind. Action on Hyung, he raised to 5,000 and was met with another raise from Tsunoda to 16,500. Big blind folds and Hyung shoves all-in for 41,600 total. Tsunoda makes the call with K♣ 2♥ , ahead of Hyung’s K♠ J♥ . The turn 9♦ and river 4♠ complete the board, eliminating Hyung from the flight early in the game.

The Manila Megastack 18 Main Event pot is now up to PHP 21.1 Million with Flight C open for six more hours and Flight D Turbo slated for later on tonight. 131 entries in so far for today’s Flight C.

Cutoff Drago Leonardo opened to 500, called by button Ghanem Michel and big blind Aquino Prince. Flop 7♦ 5♦ 5♣ rolled on board and saw Drago continue for 800, called by both opponents. Drago fired another 2,100 on turn K♣ and found two stacks rushing to the middle. Drago gets out of the way, revealing Aquino’s 7♥ 7♠ against Ghanem’s 5♥ 6♠ . Down to a one outer, Ghanem forked over half his stack and is back to the starting chip count after the river 3♦ sealed his loss.

Utg Tamilsilvam Arvin opened to 500, joined by three other players on flop 9♠ T♦ J♣ . Small blind Soh Puay Hwee led out a bet of 1,500, called by the raiser and button Choi Chang Gi. On turn 4♦ , Soh barreled 1,800 and another 2,000 on river 5♥ . While both players called the turn, only Tamisilvan got to showdown where Soh revealed 9♣ 9♥ for the win,

76 entries are in for today’s Main Event Flight C with the generated pot about to eclipse the PHP 20 Million guarantee.

With 14,000 in the pot on board 5♥ A♥ 6♠ A♣ , action was seen on big blind Cenicola Silvio who firred a bet of 5,700. Opponent Nover Daniel Martin raised all-in for 11,200 total and was called by Cenicola with 6♦ 6♣ . Nover’s trips A♠ J♠ , is crushed by Cenicola’s full house with the river 7♥ sealing his fate.

Button Joseph Talamayan opened to 300 and called a raise to 1,200 from big blind Steiner Bernhard Michael. Flop 6♠ 2♠ 4♣ saw Steiner bet over pot (3,200), called by his opponent. Turn A♣ and river 8♥ went check check, Steiner shows K♦ K♥ to take it down.

Utg Mehra Rishi defended his open and called small blind Hui May Yan Anthonia’s three bet to 900. On flop 8♦ 4♥ Q♣ , Hui continued for 1,500, called by Mehra. Turn K♥ saw Hui pull another 2,500. Mehra raised to 7,500 and saw Hui bump it up to 13,300. Mehra folds and Hui ships the pot.

Main Event Flight C action begins, good luck to all the players!

Main Event - Flight C - Live Updates

Today’s Main Event Flight C recorded the biggest turnout with a smashing 372 entries recorded across ten levels of registration. It took close to twelve hours on the floor before the 56 qualifier pack was set led by Philippines’ Ryan Jerico Platon. Platon stood to be the chip leader by the time registration closed and managed to preserve his big stack all the way through. Platon delivered a crushing bust in the last hour to amass more chips and claim the top spot for today’s flight.

Chip Counts

Folded to Thomas Lee on the small blind, he shoved his remaining 43,000 with A♠ 9♦ and was called behind by Jorise Michl with A♥ J♦ . At risk, Lee failed to catch up on board Q♣ J♠ 5♦ T♥ Q♠ and exits as the day’s bubble.

Bubble time saw Takami Kohei jam in his last 21,000 with A♦ Q♦ vs Edgar Asehan’s open. Asehan makes the call with 7♣ 7♥ and the two run the board A♥ K♠ 9♦ 3♠ A♠ . Takami survives with trip aces and makes Day 2.

Mitsugi Shunsuke defended his big blind against button Rick Jason Ambata’s 12,000 open and saw flop 5♥ 4♣ 2♠ . Ambata continued for 7,000, check called by Mitsugi. On turn 5♣ , Ambata went for another 20,000 and was met with a raise to 60,000. Ambata moved all-in, leaving Mitsugi to call off his 100,000 behind.

Ambata A♥ 3♣ Mitsugi A♣ J♣

Drawing to any club, the river 7♦ didn’t spare Mitsugi from elimination, falling at two spots short of the money.

Button Horikoshi Shingo opened to 11,000 and called a three bet to 31,000 from big blind Ryan Jerico Platon. On flop 6♦ 4♠ 4♥ , Platon opted to check raise Horikoshi to 75,000. Horikoshi clapped back with an all-in for 140,000 and collected a snap call from his opponent.

Horikoshi 5♣ 5♦ Platon 7♦ 4♦

Drawing to two outs, Horikoshi exited the Main Event arena after the turn J♠ and river J♥ missed to show a five.

Cutoff Renniel Galvez opened to 10,000 and saw big blind Mitsugi Shunsuke complete, revealing flop Qx 7x 4♣ . Both players check it through, heading to turn 5♣ . Mitsugi leads for 15,000, called by Galvez. River 4♦ completes the board and Mitsugi bets all-in for Galvez’ tournament life. Galvez calls off his remaining 50,000 with A♣ 3♣ and is good against Mitsugi’s 2♣ 8♣ busted draw.