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The Manila Super Series 19 Main Event festivities has drawn to a close with local runner Joemark Vasay clinching the win after defeating Renniel Galvez in heads up play. Vasay’s impressive victory comes in following of his Season 14 win last March 2022. Vasay this time takes home a bigger PHP 1,807,000 top prize along with an APPT package to boot.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Final Table Results

*Denotes deal was made

Button Renniel Galvez open shoved his last 2,450,000 in with T♦ 9♦ and was called by opponent Joemark Vasay with K♠ T♣ . Dominated, the board 7♦ 5♥ 3♥ A♣ 7♥ wrapped up the games, awarding Vasay the final victory.

Joemark Vasay defended his big blind vs Renniel Galvez’ 700,000 open and headed to flop T♥ 3♥ A♣ . Galvez continued for 550,000, check called by Vasay. Both players checked turn 9♥ and river 8♥ through, showing down Vasay’s J♥ J♣ for the win.

Big blind Joemark Vasay called button Renniel Galvez’ open and saw flop J♣ Q♦ 6♦ . Checked to Galvez, he bet 550,000 and another 800,000 on turn 7♥ . Vasay check called both streets and moved on to river A♣ . Both players check it down, revealing Vasay’s J♦ 8♦ no good against Galvez’ A♦ 4♥ for top pair.

Button Renniel Galvez opened to 700,000, called by big blind Joemark Vasay. The two rolled flop 6♦ 8♥ 8♣ and saw Vasay with a check raise to 1,500,000 after Galvez continued for 500,000. Galvez give up the fight and throws in the muck.

Button Renniel Galvez open shoved 2,850,000 in with Q♠ 4♦ and was called by Joemark Vasay with J♠ T♥ . Up for a race, Galvez quickly flopped top pair on J♣ Q♥ 2♦ 5♠ 7♥ to eventually bag the double up.

Button Joemark Vasay opened to 700,000, called by opponent Renniel Galvez. Flop came A♠ 9♥ 8♥ and saw Vasay continue for 400,000. Galvez made the call and heads to turn 2♦ . Vasay barrels another 1,100,000, Galvez with a final fold.

Button Joemark Vasay opened to 600,000, joined by both players on the blinds on flop 5♠ J♦ 8♣ . Checked to Vasay, he continued for 700,000, called by only small blind Dela Cruz. Turn 4♣ saw Vasay barrel another 1,100,000 and call off after Dela Cruz check raised all-in for 3,150,000.

Dela Cruz K♥ 8♥ Vasay A♦ A♠

Crushed with midpair, Dela Cruz busted shortly after the river Q♦ completed the board.

Button Ivan Dela Cruz opened to 500,000, called by Joemark Vasay to see flop K♣ 5♠ 6♠ . Dela Cruz continued for 350,000, check called by his opponent. Turn came 3♥ and Vasay this time, opted for a check raise to 1,500,000. Dela Cruz completes and heads to river 7♦ where he put in a final call for Vasay’s remaining 1,675,000. Vasay reveals 4♦ 7♣ for a straight beating Dela Cruz’s J♠ 7♠ for the 33 BB pot.

Button Ivan Dela Cruz open shoved his 3,675,000 stack in with J♥ J♦ and was called by big blind Joemark Vasay with 3♥ 3♠ . Vasay took the hit after 8♦ 2♦ T♥ 6♣ 5♠ rolled on board, crushing his pocket pair entirely.

Button Joemark Vasay opened to 500,000 and shortly folded after small blind Ivan Dela Cruz moved all-in. Dela Cruz takes the pot for an additional 4 BB to his stack.

Small blind Joemark Vasay raised all-in with A♣ 9♦ and saw Ivan Dela Cruz call off for his remaining 900,000 with 7♠ 9♠ . Dominated, Dela Cruz survived through after he ran a flush on board 8♠ 5♠ 8♦ T♠ T♦ .

Joemark Vasay defended his big blind vs Ivan Dela Cruz’ open and saw flop 8♦ 9♠ K♠ . Dela Cruz continued for 500,000, called by Vasay. Turn came Q♦ and Vasay proceeded with a check raise to 2,700,000. Dela Cruz moved all-in and Vasay snap called with the nut straight J♣ T♥ . Dela Cruz, drawing to a flush with A♠ Q♠ bricked the river A♥ and is crippled down to 5 BB.

Three players remain in battle for the MSS 19 Main Event title, top prize and trophy!

Chip Counts

Button Joemark Vasay opened to 400,000, called by big blind Kim Michael Enriquez. On flop Q♣ Q♦ 6♦ , Vasay continued for 300,000 and collected a check fold from Enriquez not long after to take it down.

Utg Kim Michael Enriquez opened to 400,000 and called off small blind Joemark Vasay‘s 2,650,000 jam. Enriquez is ahead with Q♣ Q♠ against the latter’s K♥ Q♦ . The board J♥ T♣ 5♣ A♠ A♦ however, ran a straight for Vasay to snag the win.

Small blind Joemark Vasay limp called a raise to 410,000 from big blind Ivan Dela Cruz and saw flop 9♥ 5♥ 4♦ . Dela Cruz continued for 450,000 and another 800,000 on turn 4♠ , Vasay with a check call on both streets. River 9♣ was checked through, revealing Vasay’s 3♦ 3♠ no good against Dela Cruz’s J♣ J♠ .

Utg Joemark Vasay opened to 320,000 and proceeded to four bet jam against small blind Kim Michael Enriquez‘ 800,000 three bet. Enriquez gives up the fight and throws in the fold.

Six players remain in the Main Event games with Ivan Dela Cruz in the lead.

Chip Counts

Having shoved the previous hand, big blind Alexander Lai pushed all-in once more for 1,085,000 this time against small blind Joemark Vasay‘s 300,000 open. Vasay makes the fold and Lai chips up to 14 BB.

Utg Ivan Dela Cruz opened to 200,000, called by button Joemark Vasay along with big blind Ionov Sergei. Flop came 6♣ 5♣ T♥ and saw Dela Cruz continue for 200,000. Vasay makes the call followed by a check raise from Ionov to 600,000. Only Dela Cruz completes and heads to turn T♠ . Dela Cruz leads for 700,000 and convinces Ionov to fold, showing 3♦ 4♦ for a straight draw.

Joemark Vasay defended his big blind vs hijack Ionov Sergei’s 250,000 open and saw flop A♥ 7♥ 8♦ . Ionov continued for another 250,000, check called by Vasay. No bets went in on turn 7♣ , revealing river 2♦ . Vasay leads for 800,000, Ionov with a fold showing K♥ Q♥ .

Utg+1 Kim Michael Enriquez opened to 160,000, called behind by button Joemark Vasay. Flop came 9♥ 7♣ 6♥ and saw Enriquez check call 150,000. Turn J♥ went check check, moving on to river 5♥ . Enriquez bets 100,000 and collects a fold from Vasay to reveal raiser’s Q♥ Q♣ .

Ivan Dela Cruz defended his big blind vs Joemark Vasay‘s cutoff open and headed to flop 4♦ 7♣ J♦ . Vasay continued for 120,000 and another 375,000 on turn A♠ , Dela Cruz with a check call on both streets. River J♥ completed the board and raked in no more bets. Dela Cruz shows K♣ J♠ for trips and is followed by a muck from Vasay.

Utg+2 Ivan Dela Cruz opened to 150,000, joined by big blind Joemark Vasay on flop 3♥ 5♥ 7♠ . Dela Cruz continued for 150,000, check called by Vasay. On turn A♠ , Dela Cruz bet a heftier 375,000, Vasay with a final check fold. Dela Cruz shows A♣ for top pair.

Utg+1 Renniel Galvez opened to 120,000, called by Joemark Vasay along with big blind Kim Michael Enriquez. Flop 5♠ Q♠ J♣ was checked through, moving on to turn 3♥ . Galvez led for 170,000, called by both opponents. River 3♠ didn’t slow down Galvez as he fired another 410,000, to which both Vasay and Enriquez made the fold.

Cutoff Alfredo Boligor opened to 200,000, called behind by Joemark Vasay. On flop A♥ Q♠ 2♣ , Boligor was seen pulling a check raise to 500,000. Vasay completes and heads to turn 9♦ . Boligor checks once more and Vasay bets 400,000. Boligor makes the call and proceeds to check raise all-in river 7♥ . Vasay calls off with two pair A♣ Q♥ and sweeps the pot after Boligor reveals A♠ 4♦ .

The field is down to 10 players left with one more elimination to go before the day wraps up.

Chip Counts

Utg Cezar Quiambao opened to 80,000, joined by small blind Joemark Vasay. Both players check the board K♣ 8♣ 6♣ 2♥ Q♣ all the way down to the river, where Quiambao pulled the trigger and bet all-in. Vasay called off for his 465,000 stack and showed J♣ T♣ , good against Quiambao’s T♥ 7♥ air.

Another all-in preflop situation saw Joemark Vasay get his remaining 405,000 in with J♠ J♥ up against Mar David Rene’s A♦ K♦ . Running a flip, Mar flopped the nut straight on J♦ T♠ Q♣ J♣ 8♣ yet was left drawing dead shortly after after Vasay turned quads.

Utg+2 Lenart Ecarma opened to 45,000, followed by a three bet to 135,000 from Joemark Vasay. Small blind Bonifacio Mondalo threw in a four bet to 250,000 and Ecarma answered back with a shove for the rest of his opponents’ chips. Both Vasay and Mondalo make the fold and Ecarma rakes in the 21 BB boost.

31 players remain in contention for the MSS 19 Main Event title with each guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP 52,000.

Top Chip Counts

54 players remain in the Main Event Day 2 games, each guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP 40,000.

Top Chip Counts

Hijack Joemark Vasay opened and called off a 136,000 jam from big blind Jung Ian.

Jung 7♣ 7♠ Vasay A♠ J♦

In for a flip, the board 6♦ T♠ A♣ A♥ 8♥ ran in favor of Vasay, giving him trip aces to land the win.

Utg Jeurg Mangalindan opened to 12,000, called by the hijack and small blind Joemark Vasay. Flop came 6♠ 5♦ 3♠ and saw Vasay check call a 52,000 continuation bet from the raiser. Mangalindan fired another 55,000 on turn 9♦ and shortly call Vasay’s raise to 120,000. Vasay bet the river 6♥ all-in for 235,000, urging Mangalindan to use up three time banks before making the fold, showing A♦ A♠ .

Utg+1 Stochita Ionut opened to 11,000 and followed with a four bet jam for 168,000 total after Joemark Vasay fired a three bet. Vasay puts in the call and the two run a flip.

Ionut T♣ T♥ Vasay A♣ K♦

At risk, Ionut was left drawing slim after the board K♣ J♠ 8♠ 5♣ 3♣ felted king-high, giving his opponent top pair for the win.