Manila Megastack 17 Day 2 highlights: Niroshan Loganathan, Wallac Chan Wai top multi-day events; Anthony Gabitan, Lee Woobeen win spadies

Action packed day at PokerStars LIVE Manila with Day 2 of Manila Megastack 17 lighting up the tables at Okada Manila. Two events were the star attractions – Deepstack Challenge and Kickoff – both events highlighted by a ₱ 3 Million guarantee. Additionally, two side events closed the night with Anthony Gabitan and Lee Woobeen lifting coveted PS spade trophies. Here are the highlights.

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Deepstack Challenge – Day 1 results

The Deepstack Challenge was the first of the big buy in tournaments scheduled. While it a attracted a decent 53 entries, it was not enough to pump up the pot past the guarantee. Day 1 wrapped up with Canadian player Niroshan Loganathan knocking out Joshua Figuerres on the bubble with spiking the King against on a board . Figuerres three-bet shoved on the turn then missed the river.

Loganathan has the best chance of locking up this event as he enters the final day with a massive 134 bb stack. The seven returning players are guaranteed ₱ 48,000 but the top prize ₱ 933,000 (~$16,840) is the target. Follow the final day action via the live updates.

Date: December 4 to 5, 2023

Buy in: ₱ 55,000 (~$1,000)

Guarantee: ₱ 3,000,000 (~$54,150)

Entries: 53

Prize pool: ₱ 3,000,000 (~$54,150)

ITM: 7 places

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Payouts

Kickoff – Flight A results

First flight of the Kickoff attracted 140 entries with only 21 advancing to the next round. Well known Filipino Joseph Sia eliminated Jose Ruzzel on the bubble to with dominating and bagged up a healthy 25 bb stack. Claiming the flight leader status was Hong Kong’s Wallac Chan Wai with 48 bb at bagging time.

The survivors have a day break before returning to action on Wednesday, December 6, 2023 for the final day. They await the results of Flight B and Flight C, both taking place on Tuesday, December 5, 2023.

Date: December 4, 2023

Buy in: ₱ 15,000 (~$270)

Guarantee: ₱ 3,000,000 (~$54,150)

Flight A: 140 entries / 21 ITM

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Anthony Gabitan wins Deepstack

Filipino Anthony Gabitan snatched his career third PS spade trophy at the Deepstack event, outlasting the 83 entry field. He defeated Finland’s Toni Voulle at heads up to pocket the ₱ 194,788 (~$3,515) top prize.

Before the money started flowing, Voulle doubled up during the bubble round with winning the flip against Josh Chargualaf’s pocket Sixes, and dominating Christopher Mateo’s Ace-Eight offsuit. The bubble came down on David Chargualaf whose top two pair was outdrawn by Robert Kuang‘s straight on a board .

Leading up to heads up, Gabitan delivered a double knockout – Kuang (9th) and James Moriles (8th) – with dominating and . As more players dropped out, Voulle eliminated Chargualaf in 3rd place with running into . This gave Voulle a 2:1 chip advantage against Gabitan entering heads up.

Gabitan’s heads up skill proved better than Voulle’s as he successfully grinded to overtake. The final hand was straight over on a final board .

Date: December 4, 2023

Buy in: ₱ 10,000 (~$180)

Entries: 83 (64 unique)

Prize pool: ₱ 708,488 (~$12,790)

ITM: 11 places

Event #5: Deepstack Full Payouts

Woobeen Lee knocks out 10 players at KO Bounty Hyper Turbo

South Korea’s Woobeen Lee did a demolition job at the Knockout Bounty Hyper Turbo sending ten players to dust to capture his maiden PS title and a payout of ₱ 69,892. In addition, he earned ₱ 55,000 in bounties to bring his grand total winnings to ₱ 124,892 (~$2,255).

On Lee’s road to victory, he eliminated Andrey Pozdnyakov on the bubble in a stunning full house over trips. Lee had , Pozdnyakov , board was . Backed by a large stack at the final table, Lee proceeded to rail Darren Yu in 3rd place with outdrawing on a board . To win it, Lee eliminated Chierro De Leon on a bittersweet one card flush over on a board .

Date: December 4, 2023

Buy in: ₱ 10,000 (~$180)

Entries: 72 (59 unique)

Prize pool: ₱ 254,592 (~$5,000)

ITM: 11 places

Event #8: Knockout Hyper Turbo Full Payouts