
Flight A
David Erquiaga Bags Main Event A Lead

The first of four starting flights has ended in the Manila Super Series ₱18,500 Main Event at Okada Manila. Flight A featured 155 entrants and by the end of the night only 24 players managed to find a bag and advance to Day 2.
David Erquiaga finished the night with the chip lead after bagging 433,000. Erquiaga is most closely followed by Patrick Wahlquist (371,000) while Alex Gelev rounds out the top three with 358,000.
There are still three more starting flights to go. Flight B takes place tomorrow at noon while Flight C takes place on February 8 at noon. Later that evening the final flight, featuring a turbo structure, will begin at 6:00 p.m.
Somuchpoker will be on sight to provide all the action throughout the Main Event.
Chip Counts - 24 players
Player | Chips |
---|---|
DE David Erquiaga | 433,000(72 BB) |
PW Patrick Wahlquist | 371,000(62 BB) |
KG Kiril Gelev (Alex) | 358,000(60 BB) |
JP | 278,000(46 BB) |
MC Man Chung Tsui | 265,000(44 BB) |
MR Maxwell Rosete | 247,000(41 BB) |
FF Fred Farboud Feridoun | 243,000(41 BB) |
SK Siddharth Karia | 218,000(36 BB) |
IT Ilia Timofeev | 213,000(36 BB) |
AB Andrea Burzio | 211,000(35 BB) |
BS Billy Soriano | 194,000(32 BB) |
MM Makoto Miyatake | 191,000(32 BB) |
RB Raphael Bulaong | 180,000(30 BB) |
EF Emanuel Florendo | 173,000(29 BB) |
JT John Tech (2) | 159,000(27 BB) |
SP Shawn Philip Benitez | 146,000(24 BB) |
NC Nemesio Carnero | 129,000(22 BB) |
NM Nichols Manalo | 116,000(19 BB) |
JC Juhoon Chung | 113,000(19 BB) |
GS George Salud | 100,000(17 BB) |
MG Muthukumaran Govindasamy | 100,000(17 BB) |
TA Taeil Ahn | 82,000(14 BB) |
ID Ionut Dragomir | 79,000(13 BB) |
MB Maurillo Bulauitan | 72,000(12 BB) |
Rosete Takes from Chung

With two players seeing a board of K♦ 2♥ 9♠ 3♣ and 38,000 in the middle Juhoon Chung bet 22,000 from the small blind and Maxwell Rosete called from the big blind. On the 9♦ river Chung checked. Rosete bet 45,000 and Chung folded.
Player | Chips |
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MR Maxwell Rosete | 216,000(54 BB) |
JC Juhoon Chung | 100,000(25 BB) |
Top Stacks
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KG Kiril Gelev | 293,000(73 BB) |
DE David Erquiaga | 286,000(72 BB) |
JP | 266,000(67 BB) |
SP Shawn Philip Benitez | 201,000(50 BB) |
MC Man Chung Tsui | 194,000(49 BB) |
IT Ilia Timofeev | 175,500(44 BB) |
EF Emanuel Florendo | 173,000(43 BB) |
MR Maxwell Rosete | 170,000(43 BB) |
KC Kento Chogo | 168,000(42 BB) |
CL Christian Lortie | 161,000(40 BB) |
GS George Salud | 161,000(40 BB) |
JC Juhoon Chung | 159,000(40 BB) |
CJ Craig Jones (2) | 159,000(40 BB) |
TA Taeil Ahn | 155,000(39 BB) |
FF Fred Farboud Feridoun | 150,000(38 BB) |
JT John Tech (2) | 138,000(35 BB) |
MG Muthukumaran Govindasamy | 137,000(34 BB) |
MM Michihiko Matsuda | 136,000(34 BB) |
SK Siddharth Karia | 135,000(34 BB) |
MM Makoto Miyatake | 110,000(28 BB) |