Warm-up (5,000 PHP)

Of the 402 entries that descended upon the two qualifying flights, the (Event #3) Warm-Up culminates into the finale battle on the felt as the 61 players who made it through now clash for the biggest chunk of the PhP1,715,736 (~US$30,755) new guaranteed prize pool today (June 8) in the Manila Super Series 22 at Pokerstars Live here at Okada Manila.

Cards go in the air at 12:00NN (UCT+8).

Everyone is now assured of getting paid as the min-cash is set at PhP8,000 (~US$145) in this PhP5,000 (~US$90) buy-in event. But, of course, the remaining combatants will be aiming for the PhP300,000 (~US$5,375) top prize. A♠ an added incentive, the top nine players will also be receiving APPT Super Qualifier packages worth PhP9,000 (~US$160).

The original PhP780,000 (~US$13,980) GTD prize pool was smashed at the beginning of Flight B.

Ireland’s Patrick Noonan of Flight B sits atop the leaderboard heading into Day 2 with 621,000 followed by Flight A’s chip leader Han Seung Hyun of Korea with 461,000. Third overall is Tomohiro Wada of Japan from Flight A with 418,000.