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#39 Megastack (12,500 PHP)

Megastack Champion

The largest single day side event of the festival was seen on closing day with 165 pouring in for the Megastack. With buy in set at PHP 12,500 (~US$ 220), the prize pool surged past the PHP 1M guarantee, settling at PHP 1,760,550 (~US$ 30,895). A total of 19 players dipped in the money jar with local player Alvin Jeff Sembrano claiming the largest cut of PHP 423,550 (~US$ 7,435).

To capture the win, Sembrano overcame a swinging heads up battle against Rene Payan that had the chip lead exchange hands multiple times. A lucky hand shifted the tide towards Sembrano with A♥ J♦ straight over A♥ Q♠ on a board T♦ 8♣ Q♥ K♣ 4♦ . The final hand arrived soon after with Sembrano's T♦ 8♦ dusting 5♣ 7♣ on a board K♠ T♥ 2♦ 9♥ 4♠ .

Total Prize

$30,895

Guaranteed

1,000,000

Entries

165

ITM

Top Payouts

#	Payout	Player
1	$7,435 423,550 PHP	AJ Alvin Jeff Sembrano Philippines
2	$4,915 280,000 PHP	RP Rene Payan United States of America
3	$3,245 185,000 PHP	BI Bradsuk Ikseok Kang
4	$2,510 143,000 PHP	ZC Zhuoyue Cen Singapore
5	$2,055 117,000 PHP	HL Homin Lee Korea (Republic of)
6	$1,685 96,000 PHP	JC Jaegill Choi Korea (Republic of)
7	$1,405 80,000 PHP	YL Yohan Lee Korea (Republic of)
8	$1,090 62,000 PHP	ES Emmanuel Segismundo Philippines
9	$805 46,000 PHP	AQ An Qi Kwoi Singapore

Check the 19 Payouts & Results ...

Blind Levels

Level	Duration	SB	BB
Break
#1	25 min	100	200
#2	25 min	100	300
#3	25 min	200	400
#4	25 min	200	500
#5	25 min	300	600
#6	25 min	400	800
#7	25 min	500	1,000
#8	25 min	500	1,000
#9	25 min	600	1,200
#10	25 min	600	1,200
#11	25 min	1,000	1,500
#12	25 min	1,000	2,000
#13	25 min	1,000	2,500
#14	25 min	1,500	3,000
#15	25 min	2,000	4,000
#16	25 min	2,000	5,000
#17	25 min	3,000	6,000
#18	25 min	4,000	8,000
#19	25 min	5,000	10,000
#20	25 min	6,000	12,000
#21	25 min	8,000	16,000
#22	25 min	10,000	20,000
#23	25 min	10,000	25,000
#24	25 min	15,000	30,000
#25	25 min	20,000	40,000
#26	25 min	25,000	50,000
#27	25 min	30,000	60,000
#28	25 min	40,000	80,000
#29	25 min	50,000	100,000
#30	25 min	60,000	120,000
#31	25 min	80,000	160,000
#32	25 min	100,000	200,000