Kickoff (16,500 PHP)

Jonald Garcia stuffed his last 225,000 on the cutoff and was called by initial raiser Czar Ian Marcos.

Garcia at risk, headed out shortly after board T♥ 6♠ Q♥ 7♣ Q♣ ran Marcos a full house to knock him out.

Ho Tai Tsai opened on the cutoff and snap called for his entire 490,000 after Czar Ian Marcos moved all-in from the big blind.

Tsai dominated, headed for the rails as the first casualty of the final table after board K♠ 8♦ 4♦ 7♣ 9♠ sealed the win for Macos.

Czar Ian Marcos opened 100,000 utg+1 and was joined behind by Terry Gonzaga. On flop A♣ T♠ T♦ , Marcos check folded after Gonzaga fired a bet of 80,000.

Following a five hour grind, Manila Megastack 21's opening highlight - Kickoff, is officially down to its final nine players with local runner Renato Villanueva leading the charge. Each contender is now guaranteed PHP 87,885 (~USD 1,510) in winnings, with the PHP 765,000 (~USD 13,160) top prize only a few places away. Today's winner will also take home a 2025 APPT Manila Main Event Package, valued at PHP 125,000 (~USD 2,140), along with the prestigious PokerStars spade trophy to commemorate their triumph.

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Rey Roca flicked in his last 45,000 on the button, and was called by both players on the blinds - Edgar Asehan and Czar Ian Marcos. Board J♠ 7♦ 6♥ 3♥ 4♠ was checked to showdown, revealing Marcos' two pair for the win.

Joris Michl pushed all-in utg for 211,000 and was happily called by Czar Ian Marcos behind.

Crushed against the rockets, no help for Michl arrived on board 7♣ J♠ 8♣ 9♠ Q♦ , ending his run entirely.

Peter Chung raised all-in on the small blind for his last 138,000 and was looked up by Czar Ian Marcos right behind.

Board Q♥ 8♠ 4♥ Q♦ 8♦ ran dry for both, leaving Marcos' ace-high good for the bust.

Czar Ian Marcos limped on the small blind, and went on to jam 140,000 vs Akihiro Kawaguchi's raise right behind. Kawaguchi called off and was in for a flip for a 29 big blind pot.

Board Q♣ 2♠ J♣ T♥ 4♥ instantly favored Marcos' pocket pair, with his set of jacks more than enough to secure the win.

With 29 players left holding on to their seats, that means the day is about to close with 9 more eliminations to go before is reached. 20 players are set to advance to Day 2, joining yesterday's 10-survivor qualifier list.

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