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Philippines, Okada Manila
Flight D
Somekawa Kentaro tops Flight D qualifiers
Main Event - Flight D - Live Updates
The final flight of the Manila Megastack 18 Main Event wrapped up with an additional 21 runners qualifying to Day 2. A total of 917 entries turned up across four flights, generating a massive pot of PHP 36,034,345 (~USD 644,500). Japan’s Somekawa Kentaro closed the day with the largest stack for Flight D, bringing in a 550,000 chip count to Day 2.
Chip Counts
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 550,000(46 BB) | 310,000 | |
| 372,000(31 BB) | -58,000 | |
| 359,000(30 BB) | 315,000 | |
| 295,000(25 BB) | ||
| 266,000(22 BB) | 266,000 | |
| 252,000(21 BB) | 252,000 | |
| 223,000(19 BB) | 223,000 | |
| 221,000(18 BB) | 221,000 | |
| 204,000(17 BB) | 24,000 | |
| 195,000(16 BB) | 195,000 | |
| 154,000(13 BB) | 154,000 | |
| 138,000(12 BB) | 138,000 | |
| 134,000(11 BB) | 134,000 | |
| 127,000(11 BB) | 127,000 | |
| 126,000(11 BB) | 126,000 | |
| 116,000(10 BB) | 116,000 | |
| 112,000(9 BB) | 112,000 | |
| 110,000(9 BB) | 110,000 | |
| 94,000(8 BB) | 94,000 | |
| 72,000(6 BB) | 72,000 | |
| 25,000(2 BB) | 25,000 |
Somekawa Kentaro lands monster flop
A four way raised pot saw flop 4♥ 8♥ 8♠ . Small blind Tsunoda Motoharu led for 7,000, called by big blind Somekawa Kentaro. Original raiser Hernan Jaybee Villa put in a raise to 28,500 with Tsunoda calling off his stack. Somekawa reshoved for 97,000 total, alarming Villa to fold.
Tsunoda J♥ J♦ Somekawa 8♣ 7♣
Crushed against trips, Tsunoda bid his Main Event dreams goodbye after the turn 6♣ and river 2♥ completed the board.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 240,000(40 BB) | 240,000 | |
| 170,000(28 BB) | 170,000 | |
busted | -41,000 |