Philippines, Okada ManilaEVENT #23

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Graham Cowan

Australia

Blind level

Level 25: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Entries

9/467

Total Chips

14,010,000

Average

1,556,667

Main Event - Day 2

TriciaTricia

1/26/2025, 1:10:32 PM

Jon Kyte Leads Final 9 Players Of The Main Event

Level 25: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Jon Kyte

After nine levels of play, Day 2 of the Manila Megastack 21 Main Event wrapped up with the Final 9 players locked in. Throughout the day, numerous contenders tugged at the top spot. In the end, it was Norway's Jon Kyte who earned the title with a stack of 3,215,000 (80 bb). One of Kyte's final hands was the elimination of Mike Takayama in 12th place.

Hot on Kyte's heels was one of six locals in the lineup, Kim Enriquez with 3,025,000 (75 bb). Enriquez earned a large portion of his stack when his straight crushed Dong Woo Lee's set. Another notable Filipino finding a bag was multi-decorated PokerStars champion Florencio Campomanes. Campomanes sealed his spot by delivering the final able bubble, eliminating Marco Espela in 10th place.

The finalists have now secured a payout of PHP 365,000 (~$6,280). The biggest slice of PHP 3,900,000 (~$67,090) is up for grabs when action resumes at 1pm on Monday, January 27, 2025.

Main Event - Final 9 players

Final Table

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	2,265,000(57 BB)	30	1
JC John Carlo SayoPhilippines	410,000(10 BB)	30	2
JK Jon KyteNorway	3,215,000(80 BB)	30	3
FC Florencio CampomanesPhilippines	615,000(15 BB)	30	4
AI Alvir InocentesPhilippines	465,000(12 BB)	30	5
GC Graham CowanAustralia	2,625,000(66 BB)	30	6
MA Mark AlmusajinPhilippines	675,000(17 BB)	30	7
JW Ju Won ChungSouth Korea	755,000(19 BB)	30	8
KE Kim EnriquezPhilippines	3,025,000(76 BB)	30	9

Place	Payout (USD)
1	$67,090
2	$41,890
3	$29,950
4	$23,035
5	$17,720
6	$13,625
7	$10,475
8	$8,070
9	$6,280

TriciaTricia

1/26/2025, 12:13:07 PM

Graham Cowan vs Alexis Lim

Level 24: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Graham Cowan

Graham Cowan raises 80,000 and is unfazed by Alexis Lim's 190,000 re-raise. At the flop 3♥ 8♠ 9♥ , Lim checks. Cowan test bets 100,000, Lim gives up his hand.

Player	Chips
GC Graham CowanAustralia	2,500,000(83 BB)
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	2,230,000(74 BB)

Player	Chips
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	2,485,000(83 BB)
GC Graham CowanAustralia	2,250,000(75 BB)

TriciaTricia

1/26/2025, 11:54:19 AM

Graham Cowan Crosses Into 2M

Level 24: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Graham Cowan

Graham Cowan picked up a couple of pots with the second one more significant. From cutoff, he opened and Dmitrii Belikov defended the big blind. No bets landed on the flop J♦ 6♥ 9♥ , then checking stopped on the turn 9♦ with Cowan laying out 55,000. Belikov called and the dealer completed the board with a river 4♦ . Belikov jumped out with a 75,000 bet, Cowan countered with 175,000, Belikov wanted to see and called.

Cowan showed 8♦ 7♦ flush for the score. He now has over 2M in chips.

Player	Chips
GC Graham CowanAustralia	2,250,000(75 BB)
DB Dmitrii BelikovRussia	425,000(14 BB)

TriciaTricia

1/26/2025, 11:34:52 AM

Chip Counts

Level 24: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Jon Kyte

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
JK Jon KyteNorway	1,690,000(56 BB)	30	1
FC Florencio CampomanesPhilippines	730,000(24 BB)	30	2
ME Marco EspelaPhilippines	395,000(13 BB)	30	4
MA Mark AlmusajinPhilippines	940,000(31 BB)	30	5
KE Kim EnriquezPhilippines	2,735,000(91 BB)	30	6
MT Mike TakayamaPhilippines	1,070,000(36 BB)	30	8
JC John Carlo SayoPhilippines	890,000(30 BB)	31	1
AI Alvir InocentesPhilippines	710,000(24 BB)	31	2
GC Graham CowanAustralia	1,570,000(52 BB)	31	3
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	2,115,000(71 BB)	31	4
JW Ju Won ChungSouth Korea	625,000(21 BB)	31	5
DB Dmitrii BelikovRussia	575,000(19 BB)	31	7

TriciaTricia

1/26/2025, 10:40:40 AM

Final 16 Players

Level 22: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Table 30

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
JK Jon KyteNorway	1,480,000(74 BB)	30	1
FC Florencio CampomanesPhilippines	1,510,000(76 BB)	30	2
DB Dmitrii BelikovRussia	800,000(40 BB)	30	3
ME Marco EspelaPhilippines	900,000(45 BB)	30	4
MA Mark AlmusajinPhilippines	1,125,000(56 BB)	30	5
KE Kim EnriquezPhilippines	1,825,000(91 BB)	30	6
DW Dong Woo LeeSouth Korea	300,000(15 BB)	30	7
MT Mike TakayamaPhilippines	400,000(20 BB)	30	8

Table 31

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
JC John Carlo SayoPhilippines	750,000(38 BB)	31	1
AI Alvir InocentesPhilippines	555,000(28 BB)	31	2
GC Graham CowanAustralia	1,300,000(65 BB)	31	3
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	1,400,000(70 BB)	31	4
JW Ju Won ChungSouth Korea	1,015,000(51 BB)	31	5
MT Masahiro ToyodaJapan	385,000(19 BB)	31	6
JG Jonald GarciaPhilippines	90,000(5 BB)	31	7
MF Maxim FanaUnited Kingdom	225,000(11 BB)	31	8

TriciaTricia

1/26/2025, 10:31:57 AM

Michael Concepcion Outkicked Into 19th Place

Level 22: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Michael Concepcion

Big raise preflop of 200,000 from Michael Concepcion that's called by big blind Graham Cowan. Both check the rainbow board A♣ 2♠ 4♥ . Concepcion goes all in for his last 35,000 on the turn Q♦ , Cowan check-calls.

Player	Hand	Chips
GC Graham CowanAustralia	K♠Q♣ BB	1,300,000(65 BB)
MC Michael Concepcion (2)Philippines	Q♥J♦ D	busted

With the river K♥ , Concepcion's run ends in 19th place.

TriciaTricia

1/26/2025, 9:43:57 AM

Graham Cowan Finishes Off Takahiko Hachiya

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000 ante: 16,000

Graham Cowan

Takahiko Hachiya open shoves 208,000 and is sent packing by Graham Cowan.

Player	Hand	Chips
HT Hachiya TakahikoJapan	A♦T♦ UTG	busted
GC Graham CowanAustralia	A♥K♥ D	1,010,000(63 BB)

Board:8♠K♦6♦A♣7♥

TriciaTricia

1/26/2025, 9:33:28 AM

Chip Counts

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000 ante: 16,000

Player	Chips
ME Marco EspelaPhilippines	1,290,000(81 BB)
JK Jon KyteNorway	1,274,000(80 BB)
GC Graham CowanAustralia	812,000(51 BB)
JW Ju Won ChungSouth Korea	800,000(50 BB)
MA Mark AlmusajinPhilippines	739,000(46 BB)
FC Florencio CampomanesPhilippines	720,000(45 BB)
JG Jonald GarciaPhilippines	590,000(37 BB)
KE Kim EnriquezPhilippines	538,000(34 BB)
DH David HowardUnited Kingdom	462,000(29 BB)
DM Darren MovesAustralia	447,000(28 BB)
MF Maxim FanaUnited Kingdom	437,000(27 BB)
JC John Carlo SayoPhilippines	402,000(25 BB)
MT Masahiro ToyodaJapan	392,000(25 BB)
CR Christopher RichardsUnited Kingdom	387,000(24 BB)
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	380,000(24 BB)
DC Dillion ChuaSingapore	350,000(22 BB)
MA Martin AstorgaPhilippines	329,000(21 BB)
MC Michael Concepcion (2)Philippines	322,000(20 BB)
DW Dong Woo LeeSouth Korea	317,000(20 BB)
MM Michihiko MatsudaJapan	306,000(19 BB)
ER Euryd RiveraPhilippines	305,000(19 BB)
MT Mike TakayamaPhilippines	305,000(19 BB)
AI Alvir InocentesPhilippines	230,000(14 BB)
JC Jerome CruzPhilippines	226,000(14 BB)
BE Benjamin EbarlePhilippines	219,000(14 BB)
RT Ryan TanPhilippines	170,000(11 BB)
HT Hachiya Takahiko	167,000(10 BB)
EG Edilberto GopezPhilippines	160,000(10 BB)
HM Ha Mai AnhViet Nam	140,000(9 BB)
DB Dmitrii BelikovRussia	122,000(8 BB)
ES Emmanuel SegismundoPhilippines	100,000(6 BB)

TriciaTricia

1/26/2025, 8:46:05 AM

Another Win For The Ladies

Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Chirag Shah

In our previous post, Marco Espela's queens won the flip against big slick. This was the case once again between Graham Cowan and Chirag Shah leading to the latter's elimination.

Player	Hand	Chips
GC Graham CowanAustralia	Q♦Q♣ D	797,000(66 BB)
CS Chirag ShahIndia	A♦K♦ BB	busted

Board:9♦J♣8♣5♦T♠

TriciaTricia

1/26/2025, 8:08:15 AM

Graham Cowan Wins The Showdown

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Graham Cowan

Graham Cowan goes all in and sweats it against Euryd Rivera's overcards. The board runs clean for a double up to Cowan.

Player	Hand	Chips
GC Graham CowanAustralia	J♣J♠ UTG+1	395,000(40 BB)
ER Euryd RiveraPhilippines	A♦K♦ CO	60,000(6 BB)

Board:Q♠Q♦6♣7♠

TriciaTricia

1/26/2025, 6:57:36 AM

Graham Cowan Eliminates Sergei Korzhenko

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Graham Cowan

Sergei Korzhenko open shoves 76,000 and is behind the whole way against caller Graham Cowan.

Player	Hand	Chips
GC Graham CowanAustralia	A♣K D	237,000(40 BB)
SK Sergei KorzhenkoRussia	K♦Q♥ CO	busted

Board:9♦2♥9♣4♥5♥

SMPSMP

1/25/2025, 9:22:15 PM

Day 2 Qualifiers

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Player	Chips
EG Edilberto GopezPhilippines	546,000(137 BB)
MA Mark AlmusajinPhilippines	520,000(130 BB)
JC Joshua CuevasUnited States of America	432,000(108 BB)
JK Jon KyteNorway	427,000(107 BB)
MA Martin AstorgaPhilippines	425,000(106 BB)
WL Woobeen Lee	415,000(104 BB)
JW Ju Won ChungSouth Korea	398,000(100 BB)
ME Marco EspelaPhilippines	385,000(96 BB)
MM Michihiko MatsudaJapan	334,000(84 BB)
NA Naohiro AritaJapan	320,000(80 BB)
HM Han Myunghwan	313,000(78 BB)
TA Teruhisa AoyamaJapan	310,000(78 BB)
JR Jensen Rex ChowPhilippines	304,000(76 BB)
KY Kunlong YuChina	303,000(76 BB)
JG Jonald GarciaPhilippines	301,000(75 BB)
DH David HowardUnited Kingdom	291,000(73 BB)
KK Keita KitamuraJapan	265,000(66 BB)
JM Joris MichlNetherlands	254,000(64 BB)
YG Yoo Gyeong TaeSouth Korea	252,000(63 BB)
EA Edgar AsehanPhilippines	240,000(60 BB)
MF Maxim FanaUnited Kingdom	240,000(60 BB)
FC Florencio CampomanesPhilippines	234,000(59 BB)
GC Graham CowanAustralia	231,000(58 BB)
WW William WrightUnited States of America	227,000(57 BB)
JC Jerome CruzPhilippines	210,000(53 BB)
HM Ha Mai Anh	207,000(52 BB)
MT Mike TakayamaPhilippines	204,000(51 BB)
RT Ryan TanPhilippines	198,000(50 BB)
VM Vamerdino MagsakayPhilippines	198,000(50 BB)
ES Emmanuel SegismundoPhilippines	179,000(45 BB)
MM Masakazu MiyamotoJapan	178,000(45 BB)
AI Alvir InocentesPhilippines	175,000(44 BB)
MC Michael Concepcion (2)Philippines	171,000(43 BB)
JI Jester IntiaPhilippines	167,000(42 BB)
CR Czardy RiveraPhilippines	165,000(41 BB)
MG Martin GonzalesPhilippines	160,000(40 BB)
DM Darren MovesAustralia	158,000(40 BB)
JC John Carlo SayoPhilippines	157,000(39 BB)
DB Dmitrii BelikovRussia	156,000(39 BB)
PT Paul TirnoveanBelgium	153,000(38 BB)
ED Edwin Dela CruzPhilippines	152,000(38 BB)
KE Kim EnriquezPhilippines	149,000(37 BB)
DW Dong Woo LeeSouth Korea	145,000(36 BB)
PE Paul ElliottAustralia	142,000(36 BB)
RT Ricardo Torres (2)Philippines	142,000(36 BB)
JC Jose ColadaPhilippines	138,000(35 BB)
CS Chirag ShahIndia	134,000(34 BB)
MT Masahiro ToyodaJapan	134,000(34 BB)
PW Patrick WahlquistDenmark	130,000(33 BB)
UE Uuganbayar ErdenekhuMongolia	128,000(32 BB)
CL Christian Lortie CloutierCanada	126,000(32 BB)
SL Suya LeeSouth Korea	123,000(31 BB)
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	118,000(30 BB)
CR Christopher RichardsUnited Kingdom	116,000(29 BB)
KJ Kyuhyung Jung	113,000(28 BB)
CP Christopher PasionPhilippines	102,000(26 BB)
DC Dillion ChuaSingapore	102,000(26 BB)
SK Sergei KorzhenkoRussia	102,000(26 BB)
EJ Eom Joonghoon	90,000(23 BB)
RM Rishi MirpuriSingapore	87,000(22 BB)
IT Ilia TimofeevRussia	86,000(22 BB)
RM Richard MarquezPhilippines	86,000(22 BB)
RJ Rick Jason AmbataPhilippines	83,000(21 BB)
HT Hachiya Takahiko	73,000(18 BB)
JD John Dela CruzPhilippines	73,000(18 BB)
BE Benjamin EbarlePhilippines	70,000(18 BB)
MC Ma Carmen Esdaile	66,000(17 BB)
BB Brenton ButtigiegAustralia	58,000(15 BB)
ML Marcuss LiowMalaysia	47,000(12 BB)
JM Joseph MagnottiUnited States of America	46,000(12 BB)
ER Euryd RiveraPhilippines	3,000(1 BB)