Main Event (45,000 PHP)

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.

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.

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.

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