Main Event (45,000 PHP)

Hard hunting for the title, Kim Enriquez picks up the first heads up hand. He limps in and Graham Cowan checks. The flop T♦ 9♣ T♣ opens with a bet from Cowan of 120,000, Enriquez calls. Cowan continues for another 250,000 on the turn 2♦ , and this time Enriquez raises 800,000, Cowan folds.

With the board running T♥ 6♠ 4♥ 2♣ A♣ , Enriquez survives to continue his bid for the title.

With the deal in place, it's back to action. Small blind Graham Cowan raises 250,000, big blind Kim Enriquez won't let his blinds be stolen and calls. At the flop 5♥ J♦ 3♣ , Cowan c-bets 200,000 and continues on with Enriquez calling. The turn 8♦ sees a change with Enriquez taking control with a 500,000 bet. Cowan calls and the board completes 7♥ . Again Enriquez attacks with a 1,100,000 bet. Cowan check-raises all in, Enriquez is stopped in his tracks.

With the turn A♥ and river Q♦ , Enriquez's top pair earned him a full boost while Kyte plunged to 7.5 bb.

Graham Cowan continues to dominate the action picking up another pot. This was a big one against Kim Enriquez who barreled down the streets and losing well over half of his stack.

Hand opened with utg Alexis Lim raising 210,000, small blind Cowan called, big blind Enriquez three-bet 760,000, Lim begged off while Cowan flat. On the flop and turn 4♦ K♣ 6♥ K♠ , Enriquez bets 350,000 and 500,000, Cowan check-called then they both checked the river 8♦ . Cowan flipped over 7♦ 7♥ , Enriquez mucked.

On the next hand, Cowan opened 350,000, big blind Lim called, then both checked to the river K♦ 4♠ 9♣ 2♦ Q♦ . Following Lim's check, Cowan bet 600,000 and won the pot unchallenged. He showed J♦ T♥ .

From utg, Graham Cowan limps in, button Kim Enriquez raises it up to 160,000. Before action proceeds, the players discover that the dealer button was in the wrong position, making Alexis Lim and Jon Kyte the blinds again. With action already in play, the game had to continue. Cowan called.

At the flop 9♦ K♠ J♠ , Enriquez fired 180,000, Cowan check-raised 550,000, Enriquez backed off.

Chip leader Kim Enriquez has become the first to reach 4M in chips. Sending him there was a hand against Jon Kyte who raised 120,000 from hijack. Enriquez defended his big blind to see a flop K♠ K♦ 9♥ . Kyte continued for 60,000, Enriquez check-called, then both checked the turn 8♣ and river 7♦ . Enriquez claimed the pot with 6♣ 9♣ two pair.

Enriquez also won the next hand with an uncalled raise from the small blind position.

The first ten hands kicked off with Florencio Campomanes shoving and finding no callers. No significant action followed. One of the bigger pots was Kim Enriquez raising 125,000 from cutoff, Alexis Lim three-betting 325,000 from the button, Enriquez folded. Lim showed K♣ K♠ .

After two levels, the field was trimmed to 6 players. Entering the new level with Kim Enriquez in the lead.

Folded around to the button Graham Cowan who looks down at T♦ 7♦ and raises 105,000. Two spots over, Cowan is denied the steal by big blind Kim Enriquez who wans to play with his Q♣ 7♣. At the flop 4♣ 7♠ J♣ , Cowan pairs up and bets 85,000, Enriquez with the flush draw sticks with him. On the turn 5♣ , Enriquez lands it and checks, Cowan checks back for a free river 4♥ . No more checking, Enriquez slides out 200,000, Cowan calls then immediately mucks.

Entering the final table as the top dogs, Jon Kyte and Kim Enriquez face-off. From mid position, Kyte opens his usual 85,000, Enriquez defends his big blind. Same action on the flop 6♥ J♦ 7♣ with Kyte initiating with a 125,000 bet and Enriquez defending. Both check the turn 4♥ . On the river 6♠ , Enriquez leads out 250,000 to send Kyte tanking for one time bank. Kyte gives it up.

Small pot for Jon Kyte on Hand #8 who gets the first walk of the day then a much larger pot for the leader on Hand #9.

From hijack, Kim Enriquez opens 80,000 and is called by the blinds Kyte and Florencio Campomanes. All three check the flop T♦ 8♥ 5♦ and head to the turn K♣ . No more checking as Kyte leads out 180,000. He finds no callers to win the pot easy.

On Hand #10, Kyte bumps it up to 80,000 from the button and big blind Graham Cowan defends but not before tanking for two time banks. At the flop 7♥ 9♦ 2♠ , Kyte continues for 175,000, Cowan gives up his hand.

The 2025 PokerStars LIVE season opener Manila Megastack 21 is on its final day at world-class Okada Manila in the Philippines. Excitement is at its peak with the newest Main Event champion set to be crowned today. Only 9 players remain out of the 467 entries.

Leading the charge is Norwegian pro Jon Kyte with a stack of 80 bb. Kyte boasts a resume filled with titles and cashes all over Europe including final table finishes at numerous EPT Main Events. He also has two WSOP Circuit rings and just missed a bracelet last year. Kyte is already guaranteed his first cash on Asian soil, and if he takes it to the limit, he will become the second Manila Megastack Norwegian champion following MM 18 winner Henrik Tollefsen.

On the local side, six Filipinos dominate the lineup, thus assuring a crowd of spectators cheering on their favorites. At the top of that list is Kim Enriquez with a stack of 75 bb. Wedged in the lower end is the highly decorated Florencio Campomanes with 15 bb.

The finalists are secured a payout of PHP 365,000 (~$6,280). The biggest slice of PHP 3,900,000 (~$67,090) is up for grabs. Cards start at 1pm. Blinds begin at 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000 with increases every 60 minutes.

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