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#39 Megastack (12,500 PHP)

Alvin Jeff Sembrano Closes Out The Series A♠ 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 USD

$30,895

Total Prize

₱1,760,550

Guaranteed

₱1,000,000

Entries

165

ITM

Top Payouts

#	Payout	Player	SPI
1	₱423,550 $7,435	AJ Alvin Jeff Sembrano Philippines	734.87
2	₱280,000 $4,915	RP Rene Payan United States of America	519.63
3	₱185,000 $3,245	BI Bradsuk Ikseok Kang	424.28
4	₱143,000 $2,510	ZC Zhuoyue Cen Singapore	367.43
5	₱117,000 $2,055	HL Homin Lee South Korea	328.64
6	₱96,000 $1,685	JC Jaegill Choi South Korea	300.01
7	₱80,000 $1,405	YL Yohan Lee South Korea	277.75
8	₱62,000 $1,090	ES Emmanuel Segismundo Philippines	259.82
9	₱46,000 $805	AQ An Qi Kwoi Singapore	244.96

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