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
| Place | Player |
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| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
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| 9 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 19,500,000(65 BB) | 2,350,000 | |
busted | -2,250,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 17,150,000(57 BB) | 3,600,000 | |
| 2,250,000(8 BB) | -3,610,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 13,550,000(45 BB) | -2,050,000 | |
| 5,860,000(20 BB) | 2,060,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 15,600,000(52 BB) | 2,200,000 | |
| 3,800,000(13 BB) | -2,200,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 13,400,000(45 BB) | -1,000,000 | |
| 6,000,000(20 BB) | 1,000,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 14,400,000(48 BB) | 1,700,000 | |
| 5,000,000(17 BB) | -1,800,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 12,700,000(42 BB) | 4,275,000 | |
| 6,800,000(23 BB) | 800,000 | |
busted | -3,600,000 |
Ivan Dela Cruz defended his big blind vs button Renniel Galvez’ open and saw flop A♦ 3♦ 7♣ . Galvez continued for 350,000, check called by Dela Cruz. Turn 7♥ went check check, leading to river 3♣ . Dela Cruz sends out a 900,000 bet and ships the pot after Galvez mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 9,700,000(39 BB) | 1,800,000 | |
| 6,000,000(24 BB) | -725,000 |
Three players remain in battle for the MSS 19 Main Event title, top prize and trophy!
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 7,900,000(32 BB) | 600,000 | |
| 6,725,000(27 BB) | -375,000 | |
| 4,800,000(19 BB) | -1,600,000 |
Button Ivan Dela Cruz opened to 450,000 and was met with a three bet to 1,300,000 from small blind Renniel Galvez. Dela Cruz clicked back to 3,500,000 and ushered a fold from his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 7,300,000(37 BB) | 2,850,000 | |
| 7,100,000(36 BB) | -2,000,000 |
Folded to small blind Kim Michael Enriquez, he jammed in with A♣ K♣ and was called by Renniel Galvez with 9♣ 9♥ . Flipping for his tournament life, Enriquez was crushed to see none of his overcards appear on board 6♥ 6♣ T♠ 6♦ 9♠ . Galvez scoops up the pot with a full house and jumps in the lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 9,100,000(46 BB) | 2,000,000 | |
busted | -1,500,000 |
Utg Ivan Dela Cruz opened to 450,000 and called small blind Renniel Galvez’ 3,350,000 all-in with K♣ Q♣ . Galvez reveals A♥ 9♥ and remains ahead all the way down to the river A♦ J♥ 2♣ 4♦ 7♥ , earning him a full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 7,100,000(36 BB) | 3,300,000 | |
| 4,450,000(22 BB) | -3,950,000 |
Button Renniel Galvez opened to 350,000 and called big blind Ivan Dela Cruz’s three bet to 1,100,000. Flop came A♠ 3♠ Q♦ , Dela Cruz continued for 700,000, called by Galvez. Turn 5♣ saw Dela Cruz barrel another 1,500,000 to which his opponent made the fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 8,400,000(53 BB) | 2,000,000 | |
| 3,800,000(24 BB) | -1,900,000 |
Cutoff Renniel Galvez opened to 320,000 and called off for his entire 2,690,000 stack after chip leader Ivan Dela Cruz moved all-in.
Dela Cruz 5♦ 5♣ Galvez 8♣ 8♠
A great spot for Galvez, the board 4♣ 2♥ K♠ K♣ T♦ steered clear of any fives and earned him a boost back to 35 BB.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 5,700,000(36 BB) | 3,260,000 | |
| 4,300,000(27 BB) | -2,700,000 |
Cutoff Renniel Galvez open shoved 1,100,000 in with Q♣ T♥ and was tank called by Alexander Lai with A♦ 3♥ . Running a race, the board K♠ 6♠ T♣ 7♠ 9♠ favored Galvez, giving him a pair of tens to double through.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,440,000(20 BB) | -60,000 | |
| 460,000(4 BB) | -2,090,000 |
Six players remain in the Main Event games with Ivan Dela Cruz in the lead.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 5,600,000(47 BB) | -400,000 | |
| 5,000,000(42 BB) | 1,500,000 | |
| 3,450,000(29 BB) | 550,000 | |
| 2,500,000(21 BB) | ||
| 1,500,000(13 BB) | -600,000 | |
| 1,450,000(12 BB) | -35,000 |
Utg Ionov Sergei opened to 250,000, called by button Renniel Galvez. On flop 2♠ 4♠ Q♠ , Ionov was seen continuing for 200,000, Galvez with a call. Turn 8♠ went check check, revealing river 3♥ . Ionov pushes another 200,000 and Galvez throws it in the muck. Ionov shows A♠ 9♠ for the nut flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,500,000(25 BB) | -600,000 | |
| 2,100,000(21 BB) | 600,000 |
Utg Renniel Galvez opened and called off big blind Harish Asnani’s 975,000 jam with K♦ Q♦ . Harish with 5♦ 5♠ was in for a flip and saw the board run Q♣ T♠ 4♥ Q♠ J♣ , giving his opponent trip queens for his elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 3,100,000(39 BB) | 850,000 | |
busted | -1,105,000 |
A limp pot blind vs blind saw flop 5♦ A♠ T♥ . Small blind Renniel Galvez sent out a 65,000 bet called by Alfredo Boligor. Galvez barreled another 180,000 on turn 6♠ and a final all-in on river Q♥ . Boligor called two streets but was unable to continue by the end, leaving him with 11 BB.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,250,000(38 BB) | 100,000 | |
| 650,000(11 BB) | -550,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 4,300,000(72 BB) | -360,000 | |
| 3,300,000(55 BB) | 100,000 | |
| 2,150,000(36 BB) | 250,000 |
Utg Renniel Galvez opened to 160,000 and shortly folded after Harish Asnani moved all-in for 825,000 total. Galvez shows A♣ while Harish reveals J♣ J♦ .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,900,000(24 BB) | 400,000 | |
| 1,105,000(14 BB) | 605,000 |
The field is down to 10 players left with one more elimination to go before the day wraps up.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 3,950,000(49 BB) | ||
| 3,200,000(40 BB) | 200,000 | |
| 2,800,000(35 BB) | -1,000,000 | |
| 2,200,000(28 BB) | 1,030,000 | |
| 1,900,000(24 BB) | 600,000 | |
| 1,500,000(19 BB) | 700,000 | |
| 1,200,000(15 BB) | -200,000 | |
| 1,150,000(14 BB) | -680,000 | |
| 800,000(10 BB) | -150,000 | |
| 500,000(6 BB) | -660,000 |
Utg Ionov Sergei open shoved 725,000 in with T♦ T♥ and was called by Renniel Galvez with A♣ Q♣ . At risk, Ionov managed to dodge Galvez’ overcards on 9♦ 3♣ 8♥ 4♥ 5♥ and run his stack back up to 26 BB.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,600,000(27 BB) | 1,000,000 | |
| 800,000(13 BB) | -850,000 |
Utg+1 Ionov Sergei flicked in his 225,000 stack with T♥ 8♥ and was called by Renniel Galvez with A♥ 6♠ . The flop 8♠ 9♥ 9♠ 4♠ 5♦ quickly gave Ionov the advantage and eventually bagged him the double up shortly after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,650,000(28 BB) | 80,000 | |
| 600,000(10 BB) | 25,000 |
Cutoff Renniel Galvez opened to 120,000 and was met with a three bet to 350,000 from button Cezar Quiambao. Galvez clapped back with an all-in for 1,120,000 and successfully collected a fold from his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,000,000(33 BB) | -300,000 | |
| 1,570,000(26 BB) | 370,000 |
Utg+1 Renniel Galvez opened to 100,000, called by big blind Alfredo Boligor. Flop 8♦ 5♦ 4♦ saw Boligor lead for 100,000 and fire another raise to 600,000 after Galvez bumped it up. Galvez chooses not to continue and shows A♦ . Boligor returns the favor, revealing J♦ J♥ .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 3,000,000(60 BB) | 600,000 | |
| 1,200,000(24 BB) | -350,000 |
Button Renniel Galvez opened to 100,000 and called off big blind Emmanuel Segismundo’s 335,000 jam with K♠ 8♠ . Segismundo is slightly ahead with A♠ 4♠ but busted not long after an eight showed up on board 3♣ 8♣ 9♦ 7♠ J♦ to earn Galvez the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,550,000(39 BB) | 1,050,000 | |
busted | -565,000 |
Button Song Sang Yoon open shoved his 176,000 stack in with A♥ J♠ and ran into big blind Renniel Galvez’ A♠ Q♥ . Dominated, the ace high board A♣ 9♦ 8♣ 6♣ 7♦ changed nothing and left Song out of the Main Event games for good.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 500,000(31 BB) | 60,000 | |
busted | -571,000 |
Utg+2 Ungria Jr Alexander open shoved his 105,000 stack in with T♠ T♦ and faced Renniel Galvez’ J♠ J♣ . Drawing slim, Ungria headed for the exit after the board J♥ 8♠ 2♦ 4♥ 9♠ crushed his Main Event dreams altogether.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 440,000(73 BB) | 80,000 | |
busted | -99,000 |
Cutoff Alvir Inocentes shoved his 10 BB stack in with A♥ 5♦ and faced big blind Renniel Galvez’ 9♠ 9♥ . Behind, Inocented flopped a straight draw on 7♠ 3♠ 2♠ Q♦ 6♠ but bricked the turn and river to exit one spot from the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 360,000(72 BB) | 275,500 | |
busted |
Following an utg limp, An Sangjin put in a raise to 6,500, called by a player behind. Big blind Renniel Galvez squeezed all-in for 36,500 total and saw only An put in the chips.
Galvez A♣ Q♣ An K♣ Q♥
Dominating his opponent, Galvez flopped the nut straight on K♥ J♦ T♠ 4♥ 8♥ and collected a full double up shortly after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 84,500(42 BB) | 81,000 | |
| 65,000(33 BB) | 41,900 |
A three way all-in kicked off with utg Lester Edoc moving all-in for 14,500, followed by another 16,000 jam from Lee Suya behind. Big blind Renniel Galvez put in the final call and the three run the board.
Edoc A♠ Q♣ Lee A♦ 8♠ Galvez A♥ J♥
A huge underdog, Lee was in luck after the turn 7♥ K♦ T♦ 8♣ 3♦ paired up his eight to land him a triple up and another chance to make Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
LS | 49,500(25 BB) | 49,500 |
| 3,500(2 BB) | 3,500 | |
busted | -112,000 |