Record-Breaking Okada Manila Millions Final Table Set With Joshua Figuerres Leading The Final Nine

The Okada Manila Millions 2026 at PokerStars LIVE inside the luxurious Okada Manila has made history, shattering its guarantee with a record-breaking 2,387 entries and a PHP 16,300,346 (~USD 269,360) prize pool. After an intense Day 2, Joshua Figuerres leads the final nine players with 13,125,000 chips, followed closely by Nikhil Gutta and Kim Enriquez .

The final table begins today at 1:00 PM with a blind rollback to 100,000/200,000 to ensure deep-stack play. Simultaneously, the Mystery Bounty concludes with Gilson Chan leading the final 47 players in pursuit of the PHP 200,000 top bounty and a PHP 700,000 first-place prize.

Joshua Figuerres Leads Okada Manila Millions 2026 Final Table

The Okada Manila Millions 2026 Main Event has officially made history, drawing a record-breaking 2,387 entries. With a buy-in of PHP 8,000 (~USD 130), the initial PHP 6,000,000 (~USD 99,100) guarantee was more than doubled, resulting in a total prize pool of PHP 16,300,346 (~USD 264,535).

Joshua Figuerres occupies the top spot on the leaderboard with 13,125,000 (66 big blinds). Figuerres secured the bulk of his stack in a pivotal 11-million-chip flip, where his pocket nines held against the Ace-Queen suited of Nikhil Gutta . Figuerres enters the final day with significant momentum, having recently secured his largest career payout at the Macau Poker Open for $244,510. Despite the loss in that massive pot, Gutta recovered to bag the second-largest stack with 10,375,000 (52 big blinds).

Rounding out the top three is Kim Enriquez with 10,050,000 (51 big blinds). Enriquez was a consistent force throughout Day 2, holding the chip lead at every scheduled break. One of his biggest hands was the elimination of Sung Choun Joo, where Enriquez won a four-million-chip pot with pocket Aces. Enriquez is no stranger to deep runs; he finished 4th at the APPT Manila 2025 Main Event for PHP 5,100,000. After narrowly missing the podium last year, he is now looking to secure his first major title.

Final Table Seat Draw

Check out the full live updates on Somuchpoker to relive all the action from Day 2 of the Okada Manila Millions 2026.

Day 2 Early Action and Notable Bustouts

The Day 2 field shrank fast, with half of the 281 players gone by the first break. Among those who started were Paul Pak , Jackson Jackson, and Joseroy Jeremias, who each managed to qualify twice. It was a tough day for some of the biggest names in the game. Mike Takayama , ranked #1 on the Philippines all-time money list, was knocked out early in 233rd place.

Other champions followed, including Justin Ong (200th), the APPT Manila 2025 Main Event and Red Dragon champion. Manila Megastack champions Marvin Cerbito (176th) and Edilberto Gopez (131st) were also eliminated. Even the man who started the day as the chip leader, Vamerdino Magsakay , had an unfortunate run and finished in 76th place.

Monster Hands and Two-Outer Miracles

Day 2 of the Okada Manila Millions 2026 was marked by several big hands that changed the course of the tournament. One of the most notable was a three-way all-in before the flop with Aces, Kings, and Queens. Carmelo Tutay Jr. held the Queens and flopped a set, which held up to knock out both of the other players.

Another big hand involved a four-way all-in between Kiril Gelev, Akihiro Kawaguchi , Adrian Jayme, and Howard Doerfling . Doerfling had the best hand pre-flop and covered all three players. While he stayed ahead on the flop, the turn gave Gelev trips with what had been the weakest starting hand. The river gave Gelev a full house for a quadruple up. Even though Gelev won the main pot, Doerfling’s Aces won a large side pot, resulting in the exit of both Kawaguchi and Jayme.

You also had an unusual run where he hit quads twice. Down to the final three tables, he flopped quad sevens to double up against Doerfling. Later, he survived a three-way all-in by hitting quads again on the turn. These hands helped him reach the final table with a stack of 2,375,000.

The Race to the Final Nine

The action on the final two tables moved quickly. Remedios Flores, the last woman in the field, was the first to exit in sixteenth place. She was followed to the rail by Tutay Jr in fifteenth place, Cheng Jing Lim in fourteenth place, and Emmanuel Segismundo in thirteenth place.

Play slowed down briefly with 12 players left, but the pace picked up again during a hand between Christopher Pasion and Gutta. Pasion hit a straight on the turn, but Gutta caught a six on the river to make a higher straight, sending Pasion out in twelfth place. Minsu Kim was the next to go in eleventh place after running into Mateo’s pocket Aces.

The final table was set when Gelev was eliminated in tenth place after Ko Tanaka hit a two-outer on the turn. The action resumes today when the final nine players return to the Okada Manila PokerStars LIVE tables. Cards are in the air at 1:00 PM local time.

To ensure a playable and healthy average stack for the final table battle, the blinds will roll back to 100,000/200,000. Additionally, the structure will shift from 30-minute levels to 15 hands per level for the final duration of the event. The survivors will play down today until a champion is crowned.

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Mystery Bounty Prize Pool Shattered as Gilson Chan Leads Final 47

The Mystery Bounty event has followed the record-breaking trend of the series, once again crushing its initial guarantee. The original PHP 2,000,000 (~USD 33,000) prize pool was more than doubled, reaching a final total of PHP 5,031,972 (~USD 83,152). Across three starting flights, the event drew 393 entries, and only 47 survivors remain to battle it out on Day 2.

The champion is set to take home PHP 700,000 (~USD 11,500) along with an APPT Manila Package worth PHP 125,000. Beyond the winner’s circle, players finishing from 2nd to 9th place will each receive an APPT Super Qualifier seat, while the minimum cash for those who made it through is PHP 22,000. Of course, much of the focus will be on the bounty drum, where the top prize is a substantial PHP 200,000.

Singapore’s Gilson Chan starts the day as the clear frontrunner with a massive stack of 749,000, leading the remaining field. He is followed by Jayvon Carreon with 505,000 and Masaki Yoshitane with 463,000, who round out the top three stacks. The action resumes today at Okada Manila, where the field will play down until a champion is crowned and all the mystery bounties are claimed.

Top 10 Chip Count

Side Event Winners

In the side events, Youngje Yoon of South Korea captured Event #40: Super Stack Freezeout, outlasting a field of 117 unique players to take home the PHP 209,470 top prize and an APPT Manila Super Qualifier seat.

In Event #41: Pot Limit Omaha, local player Euryd Rivera kept the title in the Philippines after topping a 72-entry field. Rivera earned PHP 141,174 along with an APPT Manila Super Qualifier seat for his victory.

Okada Manila Millions 2026 Final Day Schedule

Today is the final day of the Okada Manila Millions 2026, offering players one last opportunity to secure a title before the series concludes. The action kicks off with the Mystery Bounty Final Day and the Survivor Knockout at 12:00 PM. The highlight of the day begins at 1:00 PM as the Okada Manila Millions Final Table plays down to a champion. For those looking for late-day action, the 6-Handed Turbo and the Last Chance Super Hyper Turbo provide the final opportunities to grab a piece of the prize pool.

Somuchpoker is present at the PokerStars LIVE Manila, providing live updates and coverage for the Okada Manila Millions 2026.