Deepstack (12,500 PHP)

In just four heads up hands, India's Anant Acharya defeated UK's Ashley Patterson to hoist his first-ever PokerStars spadie. Anant outlasted the 134 entry field of the Deepstack Event for a payout of ₱356,780 (~$6,105).

Leading up to his victory, Anant picked up momentum after eliminating Byambasuren Danzanbaljir in 8th place. He became the first player to reach a million stack then surged to half the chips in play after eliminating Alvir Inocentes (5t) and Anthony Castro (4th).

At heads up, against Patterson, both players were deep. However on just the second hand, all the chips were out front preflop with a flip to determine the outcome. Anant's K♥ Q♣ found a queen on the board to dust Patterson's J♦ J♣ and double up. Two hands after, Anant took the crown by outdrawing Patterson once again. This was Anant's first tracked victory. Players can expect to see more of him as he plans to return to play the rest of the series.

That wraps up another exciting day at the Manila Super Series 21 taking place at Okada, Manila, Philippines. The Deepstack event drew 134 entries to breach the ₱1M guarantee. The top 17 players earned a piece of the ₱1,429,780 (~$24,390) prize pool with Anant locking up the lion's share for his victory.

Plenty of games still ahead with the festival running through February 9. The Main Event rolls in on February 6 with four entry flights. It feaures a ₱10 Million guarantee for just a buy-in of ₱18,500 (~$315).

With Anant pairing up on the turn, and no change on the river, Patterson setted for 2nd place.

With Anant spiking a higher pair on the flop, he shipped a huge double up that sent Patterson down to 10 bb.

After nearly twelve hours, the Deepstack has reached heads up wih Anant Acharya and Ashley Patterson due to battle it out for the title and the ₱356,780 top prize. For the runner-up, ₱223,500.

Small blind Anant Acharya min-raises and goes to the flop with caller Ashley Patterson on the big blind. Both players check it to the turn 6♣ J♠ Q♠ 4♣ . Anant slides out 60,000, Patterson calls then takes the reins on the river 7♠ by betting 300,000 after Anant checks. Anant folds.

Anant Acharya has taken the lead after a hand against Juhoon Chung sent him soaring over the million marker. The hand opened with a limp from Chung from the small blind and Anant checked. At the flop K♥ 4♥ 6♠ , Chung bet 25,000 that Anant called. Chung checked the turn A♣ , Anant bet 50,000, Chung answered with a raise of 130,000 then folded to Anant's shove of 795,000.