PokerStars LIVE Manila Megastack 15 underway at Okada Manila featuring ₱27M in guarantees; November 28 – December 5

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12/01/2022

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The 15th edition of the PokerStars LIVE Manila Megastack is in full swing at Okada Manila, Philippines. Doors blasted open on November 28 with a 2-day No Limit Hold’em (NLH) Kickoff event and concluded with South Korea’s Seong Jeon besting the 410 entrants to nab his share of the ₱5,249,640 (~$92,820) prize pool amounting to ₱856,140 (~$15,138). This was Jeon’s first ever title outside of home soil.

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Final Table Payouts – ₱15,000 NLH Kickoff Event

PlacePlayerPrize
1Seong Jeon (South Korea)₱856,140
2Dzmitry Budai (Russia)₱800,000
3Jonathan Tek Wye Looi (Malaysia)₱459,000
4Randee Clybouw (Philippines)₱364,500
5Meng Xuan Ang (Singapore)₱286,000
6Hok Hei Ngai (Hong Kong)₱224,000
7Akitoshi Okuda (Japan)₱168,500
8Alvin Jeff Sembrano (Philippines)₱119,500
9Rommel Angeles (Philippines)₱95,500

The opening event was followed by a ₱10 KBuy-in NLH Freezeout that drew 80 players who competed over the ₱682,880 (~$12,075) prize pool. Ahmed Ibrahimi of Morocco emerged the victor for his first ever spade trophy and ₱187,300 (~$3,317) to bring his total live earnings to over US$360k.

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Payouts – ₱10,000 NLH Freezeout

PlacePlayerPrize
1Ahmed Ibrahimi (Morocco)₱187,300
2Kento Chogo (Japan)₱133,600
3Edgar Asehan (Philippines)₱87,500
4Maggy Mae Cenon (Philippines)₱67,300
5Raymundo Gomez (Philippines)₱53,300
6Darren Yu (Philippines)₱41,700
7Keith Basso (USA)₱32,800
8Takayuki Fukagawa (Japan)₱25,700
9Hyeonggon Im (South Korea)₱19,480
10Joseroy Jeremias Jr (Philippines)₱17,100
11Emmanuel Segismundo (Philippines)₱17,100

The series runs until December 5 in Okada Manila, Philippines, spanning 17 events and a total guaranteed prize pool of 17 Million (~$300,585). With the searing opening, it is only proper to end the series with a much larger boom.

The much-anticipated Main Event will book-end the series with three Day 1 heats starting on December 2, culminating with the final table on December 5. Buy in is ₱35,000 (~$620) with a single re-entry allowed per day. Heavy competition can be expected over the ₱10 Million (~$176,815) guaranteed prize pool and the 2023 APPT Event Package worth ₱100K for the winner. If the Kickoff event was any indication of what’s to come, then that prize pool is bound to reach a mouthwatering level.

PokerStars LIVE Manila Megastack – Full Schedule and Player Guide

*Article by Aris Aquino

*All images from PokerStars LIVE Manila

Chaar-Lee discovered poker over 20 years ago, starting with fixed-limit games before embracing the rise of No-Limit Hold’em across cash games, STTs, and MTTs. In the early days, he and his circle sometimes played more than 40 different formats in a single night. He organized the first poker camp in his region and has contributed poker technology to several televised shows. Today, he supports the SOMUCHPOKER team from the tech side, blending two decades of poker passion with technical expertise.