PokerStars LIVE: Manila Megastack 17 heads your way this December

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11/07/2023

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After hosting several guarantee crushing festivals throughout 2023, PokerStars LIVE is finishing the year strong with a final series this December 3-12 at Okada Manila, Philippines. The upcoming Manila Megastack 17 features a total of 40 events with over PHP 22 Million (~USD 392,370) in guaranteed prizes to be given away.

The ten-day lineup continues to include a number of eye-catching highlights centered around the PHP 10 Million (~USD 178,350) guaranteed Main Event for a buy-in of PHP 35,000 (~USD 624). Three Day 1 flights beginning on Thursday, December 7th, are set to play through with 15% of the field making the money and moving on to Day 2. Players looking to jump in the games should start padding their bankrolls early with unlimited re-entries allowed for each flight, ensuring players the chance to build stacks and qualify multiple times.

An event definitely not to miss, last February’s Main Event saw its prize pool swell to over PHP 16 Million (~USD 285,360), with local runner Terry Gonzaga clinching the trophy and claiming PHP 2 Million (~USD 37,229) in winnings following a three-way ICM deal.

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While that may catch everyone’s attention, the festival also focuses on its share of high roller tournaments, deep stack structure, and bounty games on schedule. Buy-ins for the events range from as low as PHP 5,000 (~USD 89) to its highest PHP 150,000 (~USD 2,675) entry fee for the multi-day High Roller tournament.

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The Manila Megastack series has come a long way having debuted in January 2015, and recording only 61 entries for its inaugural Main Event. The next few editions however, would see its momentum quickly pick up and transform into a household name offered twice a year.

By May 2018, the well-loved festival reached its highest peak to date, having welcomed an enormous 695 entries to its Main Event festivities. Singapore’s Ignatius Ee Joo Meng took this one down and bagged PHP 4 Million (~USD 71,340) in prizes plus an additional PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship Platinum Pass worth US$30,000. Since then, the Manila Megastack series has stayed strong, collecting more than 400 runners each time while also steadily recovering its way from the global health situation experienced not too long ago.

Manila Megastack Main Event Past Winners

Date Manila Megastack Edition Champion Prize (PHP) Prize (USD) Entries Prize pool
February 2023 16 Terry Gonzaga ₱2,051,000* $37,229* 533 ₱16,285,815
November 2022 15 Bell John Perez ₱2,234,000 $40,017 487 ₱ 14,880,285
September 2019 13 Hiroshi Naito ₱2,840,000 $54,824 435 ₱12,531,915
May 2019 12 Lisa Tan ₱3,186,000 $61,086 485 ₱13,972,365
March 2019 11 Alex Lee ₱3,173,000 $60,772 483 ₱13,914,747

2023 Manila Megastack Full Schedule

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Date Time Event # Tournament Name Buy-in (PH)
Sunday, December 3 13:00 #1 Early Bird Special(₱800K GTD)Value Added Main Event Seat ₱7,500 (6,600+900)
17:00 #2 Super Stack ₱15,000 (13,200+1,800)
21:00 #3 Hyper Turbo ₱6,000(5,280+720)
22:00 Q4 Qualifier to Deep Stack Challenge – Win Your Seat at 80K Chips ₱7,800(7,200+600)
Monday, December 4 12:00 #5 Deep Stack ₱10,000 (8,800+1,200)
15:00 #6 Deep Stack Challenge – Day 1(₱3 Million GTD) ₱55,000(49,500 +5,500)
17:00 #7A Kick-offPlay ITM – Flight A(₱3 Million GTD) ₱15,000 (13,200+1,800)
22:00 #8 Knockout Hyper Turbo [₱5K Bounty] ₱10,000(8,800+1,200)
Tuesday, December 5 12:00 #9 Freezeout Challenge(₱1 Million GTD) ₱25,000(22,000+3,000)
13:00 6 Final Deep Stack Challenge – Final
15:00 #7B Kick-offPlay ITM – Flight B(₱3 Million GTD) ₱15,000 (13,200+1,800)
17:00 #10 6 Handed NLH ₱35,000 (31,500+3,500)
15:00 #7C Kick-off (Turbo)Play ITM – Flight C(₱3 Million GTD) ₱15,000 (13,200+1,800)
22:00 #11 Hyper Turbo ₱10,000(8,800+1,200)
Wednesday, December 6 12:00 #12 PLO Knockout [₱1K Bounty] ₱10,000(8,800+1,200)
13:00 7 Final Kick-off – Day 2 Final
13:00 #13A Mystery Bounty Play ITM – Flight A(₱2 Million GTD) ₱20,000 (17,600+2,400)
15:00 #14 Mini High Roller ₱75,000 (67,500+7,500)
16:00 #15 Bubble Rush ₱10,000(8,800+1,200)
18:00 #13B Mystery Bounty Play ITM – Flight B(₱2 Million GTD) ₱20,000 (17,600+2,400)
21:00 16A Mega Stack Turbo Play ITM – Flight A(₱2 Million GTD) ₱10,000(8,800+1,200)
22:00 #Q17 Qualifier to Main Event – Win Your Seat at 80K Chips ₱5,100(4,500+600)
Thursday, December 7 12:00 #18 ₱15K Deep Stack ₱15,000 (13,200+1,800)
12:30 Flip out to Main Event ₱3,500 (3,500+1,500)
13:00 #13Final Mystery Bounty – Day 2 Final
13:00 #19A Main Event Play ITM – Flight A(₱10 Million GTD) ₱35,000 (31,500+3,500)
15 :00 #20 Single Day High Roller ₱100,000 (92,000+8,000)
17:00 #21 Mix NLH/PLO ₱15,000 (13,200+1,800)
21:00 16B Mega Stack Turbo Play ITM – Flight B(₱2 Million GTD) ₱10,000(8,800+1,200)
22:00 #Q22 Qualifier to Main Event – Win Your Seat at 80K Chips ₱5,100(4,500+600)
Friday, December 8 12:00 #23 ₱15K Deep Stack ₱15,000 (13,200+1,800)
12:30 Flip out to Main Event ₱3,500(3,500+0)
13:00 #19B Main Event Play ITM – Flight B(₱10 Million GTD) ₱35,000 (31,500+3,500)
15:00 #24 High Roller Knockout[₱25K Bounty] ₱100,000 (92,000+8,000)
17 :00 #25 Knockout Turbo [₱5K Bounty] ₱25,000 (22,000+3,000)
21:00 #16C Mega Stack Turbo Play ITM – Flight C(₱2 Million GTD) ₱10,000(8,800+1,200)
22:00 Q26 Qualifier to Main Event – Win Your Seat at 80K Chips ₱5,100(4,500+600)
Saturday, December 9 12:00 #27 Super Stack – Freezeout ₱25,000(22,000+3,000)
12:30 Flip out to Main Event ₱3,500(3,500+0)
13:00 #19C Main Event Play ITM – Flight C(₱10 Million GTD) ₱35,000 (31,500+3,500)
17:00 #28 Super Knockout Turbo[₱10K Bounty] ₱20,000 (17,600+2,400)
20 :00 #39 High Roller – Day 1(Day 2 – Re-Entry Allowed) ₱150,000 (138,000+12,000)
21:00 #16D Mega Stack Turbo Play ITM – Flight D(₱2 Million GTD) ₱10,000(8,800+1,200)
23 :00 #30 Short Deck Turbo ₱15,000(13,200+1,800)
Sunday, December 10 13:00 #31 Mini Main Event ₱15,000(13,200+1,800)
13:00 #19 Day 2 Main Event – Day 2
15:00 #29 High Roller – Day 1(Day 2 – Re-Entry Allowed) ₱150,000 (138,000+12,000)
17 :00 #32 Win The Button – Turbo ₱10,000 (8,800+1,200)
19 :00 #33 Hyper Turbo Knockout[₱5K Bounty] ₱15,000 (13,200+1,800)
20:00 #34 Hyper Turbo Freezeout ₱5,000 (4,750+250)
21:00 #16Final Mega Stack Turbo – Final(₱2 Million GTD)
Monday, December 11 13 :00 #35 Super Stack(₱500K GTD) ₱7,500 (6,600+900)
13:00 #19 Final Main Event – Final
18 :00 #36 Knockout Turbo [₱1K Bounty] ₱10,000 (8,800+1,200)
20:00 #37 Hyper Turbo ₱5,000 (4,400+600)
Tuesday, December 12 13 :00 #38 Knockout[₱1K Bounty](₱500K GTD) ₱7,500 (6,600+900)
18 :00 #39 6 Handed Turbo ₱10,000 (8,800+1,200)
20 :00 #40 Last Chance Super Hyper Turbo ₱5,000 (4,750+250)
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