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Final Day
Henrik Tollefsen ships Manila Megastack 18 Main Event title!
Main Event - Final Day - Live Updates
After a quick four hour final table gameplay, Norway’s Henrik Tollefsen claimed the victory along with the PHP 5,651,000 top prize following a heads up deal. Tollefsen cruised through, not once relinquishing his lead to dominate the final games. Tollefsen takes with him an APPT Main Event package valued at PHP 120,000 and a second career PokerStars Main Event title.
Congratulations to all the players!
Final Table Results
*Denotes deal was made
Payouts
| Place | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | |
| 9 |
Morikawa Yuta exits in 6th place - PHP 1,260,000
Utg+1 Morikawa Yuta shoved in his 1,100,000 stack, followed by another all-in from button Jeremy Catalig. Big blind John Paul Flores calls off for his 1,930,000 stack and goes on to a three way showdown.
Yuta K♥ Q♥ Catalig A♣ J♣ Flores J♠ J♥
The board ran K♠ 9♠ 7♠ 5♠ A♠ all spades, giving Flores the win with his jack of spade, eliminating Yuta from the Main Event games.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 5,350,000(33 BB) | -1,950,000 | |
| 5,200,000(33 BB) | 3,100,000 | |
busted | -1,000,000 |
Break Time!
6 players remaining in today’s Main Event Final Table, each guaranteed at least PHP 1,260,000 in prizes.
Chip Count Update
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 13,700,000(86 BB) | -800,000 | |
| 7,300,000(46 BB) | 1,200,000 | |
| 2,100,000(13 BB) | -100,000 | |
| 1,650,000(10 BB) | -950,000 | |
| 1,000,000(6 BB) | -2,500,000 | |
| 800,000(5 BB) | -40,000 |
Morikawa Yuta slams it through
Utg+2 Chen Jingliang opened to 250,000, called by Chang Jae Yi behind. Cutoff Morikawa Yuta shoved all-in, covering both opponents. Both players make the fold, shipping Morikawa the pot.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 3,500,000(35 BB) | 690,000 | |
| 2,740,000(27 BB) | -240,000 | |
| 1,000,000(10 BB) | -260,000 |
Day 2
Henrik Tollefsen leads final nine!
Main Event - Day 2 - Live Updates
The final nine for the Manila Megastack 18 Main Event is set with Norway’s Henrik Tollefsen in the forefront, stacking a 9,595,000 (95 BB) chip count. Tollefsen rose to the top ranks after delivering three straight eliminations on the last hour of the day. Final table plays down to a champion tomorrow, listing a whopping PHP 6,290,000 top prize, inclusive of the PHP 120,000 APPT Main Event package. Each returning player is now guaranteed a minimum payout of Php 569,345.
Final Table Chip Counts
Remaining Payouts
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 9,595,000(96 BB) | 5,585,000 | |
| 3,930,000(39 BB) | 3,280,000 | |
| 3,230,000(32 BB) | 1,730,000 | |
| 3,125,000(31 BB) | -1,380,000 | |
| 2,810,000(28 BB) | ||
| 1,990,000(20 BB) | 415,000 | |
| 1,260,000(13 BB) | -700,000 | |
| 785,000(8 BB) | -1,335,000 | |
| 780,000(8 BB) | 240,000 |
Deuces does it for Morikawa Yuta
Utg+1 Morikawa Yuta shoved his 1,305,000 stack in with 2♣ 2♠ and was called by Chang Jae Yi with A♦ K♠ . A flip for his tournament life, Morikawa bagged the win after the board 8♠ 9♦ 6♠ Q♦ 5♥ faded any ace or king.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,810,000(28 BB) | 710,000 | |
| 1,500,000(15 BB) | -1,300,000 |
Marvin Cerbito gets rivered in 16th place - PHP 275,000
Cutoff Marvin Cerbito opened to 130,000 and called off for his entire 900,000 stack with Q♥ Q♣ after big blind Morikawa Yuta moved all-in. Morikawa is behind with K♥ Q♠ but ran a flush on board A♥ 9♥ 2♦ J♥ T♥ to steal the pot away.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,100,000(35 BB) | 780,000 | |
busted | -940,000 |
Seat Redraw!
Last two tables sees Jeremy Catalig in the lead! Minimum payout listed at PHP 275,000.
Chip Counts
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 4,505,000(75 BB) | 3,155,000 | |
| 4,010,000(67 BB) | 3,884,000 | |
| 2,650,000(44 BB) | 2,458,000 | |
| 2,320,000(39 BB) | -130,000 | |
| 1,575,000(26 BB) | -325,000 | |
| 1,575,000(26 BB) | 1,319,000 | |
| 1,460,000(24 BB) | -240,000 | |
| 1,455,000(24 BB) | 155,000 | |
| 1,350,000(23 BB) | -115,000 | |
| 1,320,000(22 BB) | 785,000 | |
| 1,070,000(18 BB) | 667,000 | |
| 870,000(15 BB) | -720,000 | |
| 810,000(14 BB) | 587,000 | |
| 770,000(13 BB) | -10,000 | |
| 650,000(11 BB) | 601,000 | |
| 540,000(9 BB) | 445,000 |
Morikawa Yuta slips down
Facing an open, button Morikawa Yuta raised all-in and found big blind Chen Jingliang call off his 700,000 with A♦ K♠ . Morikawa shows 7♦ 7♠ for a flip. At risk, Chen easily bagged the double up after landing top pair on A♣ Q♦ 3♠ J♠ 2♣ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,590,000(32 BB) | 1,515,000 | |
| 535,000(11 BB) | -865,000 |
Break Time!
32 players still in contention for the Main Event title, each guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP 136,000. Next pay jump is at 31st place for PHP 157,000.
Top Chip Counts
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,500,000(63 BB) | -100,000 | |
| 1,800,000(45 BB) | 1,645,000 | |
| 1,400,000(35 BB) | 200,000 | |
| 1,350,000(34 BB) | 1,013,000 | |
| 1,300,000(33 BB) | 100,000 |
Break Time!
42 players remain in the Main Event Day 2 games, each guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP 118,000.
Top Chip Counts
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,350,000(68 BB) | 1,215,000 | |
| 1,250,000(63 BB) | 50,000 | |
| 1,200,000(60 BB) | -100,000 | |
| 1,050,000(53 BB) | 1,050,000 | |
| 950,000(48 BB) | 280,000 |
Morikawa Yuta finishes off Riener Magbutay
Utg Morikawa Yuta opened to 32,000 and snap called Riener Magbutay’s 211,000 all-in with T♣ T♦ . Magbutay shows K♥ 9♥ and fails to catch up on board T♥ 9♣ 6♣ 8♣ 3♣ for his elimination.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,300,000(81 BB) | 287,000 | |
busted | -110,000 |
Christopher Mateo suffers terrible bad beat
Cutoff opened to 21,000, called by small blind Christopher Mateo. Big blind Morikawa Yuta put in a raise to 95,000 to which only Mateo completed. On flop 7♣ T♠ 3♦ , both stacks went rushing in with Morikawa revealing J♦ J♣ , behind Mateo’s set 7♠ 7♦ . Drawing slim, Morikawa fortunately spiked a runner 8♣ runner 9♥ to land a straight and steal the pot away.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,013,000(101 BB) | 483,000 | |
| 57,000(6 BB) | -303,000 |
Morikawa Yuta saved from elimination
An all-in preflop situation saw Morikawa Yuta put his tournament life (254,000) at risk with Q♥ Q♣ and was up against bigger stacked Riener Magbutay with K♣ K♠ . Drawing to two outs, Morikawa was in luck after the flop revealed Q♦ 3♣ 8♥ A♥ J♣ , allowing him to survive through.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 530,000(66 BB) | 250,000 | |
| 270,000(34 BB) | -280,000 |
Flight C
30 minute break!
88 players remain in the Main Event Flight C games with only 56 set to qualify through to Day 2.
Top Chip Counts
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 400,000(133 BB) | 140,000 | |
| 370,000(123 BB) | 110,000 | |
| 320,000(107 BB) | 165,000 | |
| 280,000(93 BB) | 121,000 | |
| 280,000(93 BB) | 125,000 |
Morikawa Yuta dominates Kim Michael Enriquez
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.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 155,000(62 BB) | -270,000 | |
| 35,000(14 BB) | 35,000 |
Ryan Jerico Platon bags the lead
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
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 650,000(130 BB) | 650,000 | |
| 537,000(107 BB) | 537,000 | |
| 512,000(102 BB) | 500,000 | |
| 462,000(92 BB) | 462,000 | |
| 425,000(85 BB) | 425,000 | |
| 388,000(78 BB) | 388,000 | |
| 337,000(67 BB) | 337,000 | |
| 337,000(67 BB) | 337,000 | |
| 319,000(64 BB) | 319,000 | |
| 295,000(59 BB) | 295,000 | |
| 294,000(59 BB) | 294,000 | |
| 293,000(59 BB) | 293,000 | |
| 277,000(55 BB) | 277,000 | |
| 273,000(55 BB) | 273,000 | |
| 266,000(53 BB) | 266,000 | |
| 256,000(51 BB) | 256,000 | |
| 251,000(50 BB) | 251,000 | |
| 234,000(47 BB) | 234,000 | |
| 225,000(45 BB) | 225,000 | |
| 213,000(43 BB) | 213,000 | |
| 208,000(42 BB) | 208,000 | |
| 198,000(40 BB) | 198,000 | |
| 192,000(38 BB) | 192,000 | |
| 191,000(38 BB) | 191,000 | |
| 189,000(38 BB) | 189,000 | |
| 189,000(38 BB) | 189,000 | |
| 183,000(37 BB) | 183,000 | |
| 181,000(36 BB) | 181,000 | |
| 179,000(36 BB) | 179,000 | |
| 173,000(35 BB) | 173,000 | |
| 171,000(34 BB) | 171,000 | |
| 156,000(31 BB) | 156,000 | |
| 152,000(30 BB) | 152,000 | |
| 127,000(25 BB) | 127,000 | |
| 127,000(25 BB) | 77,000 | |
| 121,000(24 BB) | 121,000 | |
| 118,000(24 BB) | 118,000 | |
| 110,000(22 BB) | 110,000 | |
| 106,000(21 BB) | 64,200 | |
| 105,000(21 BB) | 84,000 | |
| 101,000(20 BB) | 101,000 | |
| 99,000(20 BB) | 99,000 | |
| 90,000(18 BB) | 90,000 | |
| 89,000(18 BB) | 89,000 | |
| 87,000(17 BB) | 87,000 | |
| 83,000(17 BB) | 83,000 | |
| 77,000(15 BB) | 77,000 | |
| 75,000(15 BB) | 75,000 | |
| 73,000(15 BB) | 73,000 | |
| 61,000(12 BB) | 61,000 | |
| 57,000(11 BB) | 57,000 | |
| 55,000(11 BB) | 55,000 | |
| 54,000(11 BB) | ||
| 48,000(10 BB) | 48,000 | |
| 42,000(8 BB) | 42,000 | |
| 37,000(7 BB) | -48,000 |