Czar Ian Marcos Clinches Manila Super Series 22 Main Event; Festival Wraps Up

Another popular edition of the PokerStars LIVE - Manila Super Series wrapped up at Okada Manila in the Philippines with 36 players crowned, all guarantees shattered, and over PhP 47.6 Million (~USD 844K) paid out across the board. True to form, this low-stakes festival attracted players from around the region with a total of 13 different flags hoisting spadies. Filipino players dominated the key events, winning three majors that included the Main Event where Czar Ian Marcos emerged victorious. In a post win interview, Marcos expressed, 

I’m thankful and very happy because this is my first time winning a Main Event, I'm just grateful for my friends and family who supported me.

Manila Super Series 22 Wraps Up

Czar Ian Marcos Wins MSS 22 Main Event

Smashing turnout at the Manila Super Series Main Event with 1,168 pouring in across four entry flights. This more than crushed the PhP 10M guarantee for a richer PhP 18,444,589 (~USD 330,170) prize pool shared among 176 players.

Entering the final day wedged in the middle with 20 big blinds, Czar Ian Marcosmaintained his stack until a big double up against Alex Boldt sent him to the top of counts. Marcos talked about the hand,

I was in the button and I opened, he (Alex Boldt) defended his big blind. The flop came Q9K where I hit a straight with J10 and he checked. I bet a weak 160K, he raised me to 600K, I flat, and the turn was trash. He jammed and I snap-called. Before he revealed his hand. I already knew he was drawing dead. I knew that I would get him because the way he plays it is very aggressive.

Several orbits later, Marcos added more to his firepower by railing Kejie Ye in 10th place to enter the final table as chip leader. From there, it took 107 final table hands for Marcos to secure the win but not before the lead switched ownership multiple times. Martin Astorga, Germ De Haas, and Ryuke Shirase all had their moment up top. When the table trimmed to just three players, Marcos banked a huge double up with trips that sent Shirase nearly out with top pair.

Ryuki, he’s confident, he’s hard to read and you can’t make an error against him because he will punish you... that's why I trapped him because at first I knew he had the Ace and when he bet on the turn, I just flatted. I knew he only had 2 outs.

At heads up, an ICM deal was struck giving the bigger stacked De Haas a slightly higher payou. They proceeded to play for the trophy and APPT Manila package. It was all Marcos at this point as De Haas could not tame the Filipino's momentum. Marcos went on to seal the win, claiming his first ever Main Event title and a cash payout of PhP 2,584,000.

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Up Next: APPT Manila Super Qualifier

The biggest Asia-Pacific Poker Tour event is fast approaching with APPT Manila set to run from July 23 to August 4 at Cove Manila at Okada Manila. For this year's edition a mighty PhP 55 Million guarantee has been announced, the largest ever for the tour in history. Buy-in is PhP 80,000 (~USD 1,445). Before that happens, players can win their seats for cheap at the  APPT Manila Super Qualifier with 30 seats guaranteed for a buy-in of just PhP 9,000 (~USD 160).