Blind level
Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000
Entries
27/175
Total Chips
4,375,000
Average
162,037

Flight A

Noel ZarateNoel Zarate
6/6/2025, 5:36:37 PM

Warm-Up Flight A Draws 175, 27 Advance; Korea’s Han Seung Hyun Atop Leaderboard

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000
Seung Hyun Han

The biggest guarantee among the six events slated today at the Manila Super Series 22 had its first qualifying sortie launch as 175 entries were logged in (Event #3A) Warm-Up Flight A with 27 making it through to Day 2 in this PHP780,000 (~US$13,970) GTD event here at Pokerstars Live in Okada Manila.


Among the notable who saw action were Manila Megastack 16 High Roller titlist Niroshan Loganathan from Canada, Pokerstars Open runner-up Kai Danilo Paulsen of Norway, Australia’s Andrew Xu who took down the Super Deep title in Manila Megstack 22 and international campaigners Ronnie Hoffman of the Netherlands, Ireland’s Damien, and Filipino hopefuls in APPT National Open winner Alvir Inocentes, Manila Megastack 19 Super Stack titlist Lenart Ecarma, Manila Super Series 18 Superstack champion Chierro de Leon, and WSOP veteran Tony Abesamis.


The action was riveting from the get-go with the chip trading hands in a frenzying pace until Korea’s Han Seung Hyun came back from certain demise when he shoved his Q J on a Q 8 5 Q board and was called by Filipino big stack Segundo Barte who tabled K Q . Han rivered the J to improve to a full houise and claim the overall chip lead that he would not relinquish for the rest of the proceedings.


In the end, the bubble was burst by Japan’s Tomohiro Wada when his steal shove from the SB with 5 4 was rewarded by a hit on the flop against the K 7 of Cypriot Anastasios Pavlou to ensure that the 27 left would be guaranteed to be ITM.


Han’s stack of 461,000 is closely followed by Wada’s 418,000. Sitting in third is Inocentes with 337,000.


Day 2 is on Sunday at 12:00NN (UCT+8).


Meanwhile, Flight B commences tomorrow (June 7) at 5:00PM.

Table 23 Chip Counts

PlayerChipsTableSeat
KH
Kim HyoungchulKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
67,000(11 BB)231
KP
26,000(4 BB)232
SH
Seung Hyun HanKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
461,000(77 BB)233
AI
Alvir InocentesPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
337,000(56 BB)234
LP
Lemmor PatulotPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
32,000(5 BB)235
WR
William RogersNew Zealand [NZL]New Zealand
203,000(34 BB)237
IJ
Ireneo JavaleraPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
90,000(15 BB)238

Table 26 Chip Counts

PlayerChipsTableSeat
28,000(5 BB)261
JG
Jonald GarciaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
189,000(32 BB)262
HJ
Hwang JunhyunKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
155,000(26 BB)263
TR
Trevor Reid TouchtonUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
84,000(14 BB)265
211,000(35 BB)266
118,000(20 BB)267
190,000(32 BB)268

Table 27 Chip Counts

PlayerChipsTableSeat
SB
Segundo BartePhilippines [PHL]Philippines
183,000(31 BB)271
AA
Antonio AbesamisPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
151,000(25 BB)272
DG
David GonzalezUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
64,000(11 BB)274
MW
72,000(12 BB)275
LE
Lenart EcarmaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
97,000(16 BB)276
JP
Jay PayuyoPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
80,000(13 BB)277
RE
Raymond EnriquezPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
184,000(31 BB)278

Table 30 Chip Counts

PlayerChipsTableSeat
JC
Jose CheungPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
42,000(7 BB)302
198,000(33 BB)303
CY
Choi YounsikKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
196,000(33 BB)304
241,000(40 BB)305
253,000(42 BB)306
418,000(70 BB)308

Top 10 Chip Counts

PlayerChips
SH
Seung Hyun HanKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
461,000(77 BB)
418,000(70 BB)
AI
Alvir InocentesPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
337,000(56 BB)
253,000(42 BB)
241,000(40 BB)
211,000(35 BB)
WR
William RogersNew Zealand [NZL]New Zealand
203,000(34 BB)
198,000(33 BB)
CY
Choi YounsikKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
196,000(33 BB)
190,000(32 BB)
JG
Jonald GarciaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
189,000(32 BB)
RE
Raymond EnriquezPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
184,000(31 BB)
Noel ZarateNoel Zarate
6/6/2025, 3:29:56 PM

Table 23 Chip Counts

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000
PlayerChipsTableSeat
KH
Kim HyoungKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
61,000(10 BB)231
KP
49,000(8 BB)232
SH
Seung Hyun HanKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
458,000(76 BB)233
AI
Alvir InocentesPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
322,000(54 BB)234
LP
Lemmor PatulotPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
42,000(7 BB)235
WR
William RogersNew Zealand [NZL]New Zealand
155,000(26 BB)237
IJ
Ireneo JavaleraPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
127,000(21 BB)238
Noel ZarateNoel Zarate
6/6/2025, 1:54:50 PM

Table 25 Chip Counts

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,500 ante: 2,500
PlayerChipsTableSeat
TF
Timothy FerrariUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
17,000(7 BB)251
BC
Bernard ChuaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
64,500(26 BB)252
RB
Raphael BulaongPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
20,500(8 BB)253
JG
Jonald GarciaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
180,500(72 BB)254
46,500(19 BB)255
41,000(16 BB)256
SH
Seung Hyun HanKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
311,000(124 BB)257
SJ
Seth JaramilloUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
52,500(21 BB)258
202,000(81 BB)259
Noel ZarateNoel Zarate
6/6/2025, 1:51:36 PM

Han Seung Hyun Gains Chip Lead

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000
Seung Hyun Han

In an ongoing hand, the pot is at 63,500 and the board reading Q 8 5 Q . Segundo Barte of the Philippines bets 30,000 but Korea’s Han Seung Hun goes over the top all-in for his remaining 126,000. Barte covers him and makes the snap call.


Han shows Q J for trips on the turn while the Filipino flips over K Q for trips with a higher kicker.


Just when it looked like Barte was set to sit atop the leaderboard, the J arrives on the river to give Han a full house and cripple his opponent to just below the starting stack.


Han currently has the most chips in Flight A.

PlayerChips
SH
Seung Hyun HanKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
315,500(158 BB)
SB
Segundo BartePhilippines [PHL]Philippines
22,500(11 BB)
Noel ZarateNoel Zarate
6/6/2025, 1:50:30 PM

Table 21 Chip Counts

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000
PlayerChipsTableSeat
SH
Seung Hyun HanKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
151,500(76 BB)211
75,000(38 BB)212
48,000(24 BB)213
SB
Segundo BartePhilippines [PHL]Philippines
16,850(8 BB)214
64,000(32 BB)215
JC
Jose CheungPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
116,000(58 BB)216
HJ
Hwang JunKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
55,000(28 BB)217
MW
186,500(93 BB)218
65,000(33 BB)219