Manila Super Series pays out PHP 19.8M (~$377K); Chierro De Leon wins Super Series Turbo, Yukiko Fujiki draws biggest bounty; up next APPT Manila Qualifier and Warm Up

Another fun edition of PokerStars LIVE Manila Super Series has concluded at Okada Manila in the Philippines. Taking place over nine days, the 17th edition ran from May 27 to June 4, 2023. Players competed for a total prize pool of PHP 21,125,730 (~US$ 377K) and the seven coveted PS spade trophies.

The festival headliner Main Event was a massive success pulling in 746 entries for a record PHP 9,551,784 (~US$ 170,918) prize pool. Local circuit regular William Ysmael was crowned as champion. Read up on his victory via the link provided.

William Ysmael wins the Main Event

Among the other highlights were Chierro De Leon winning the Super Series Turbo and Japan’s Yukiko Fujiki drawing the largest Mystery Bounty reward. Check out the results below. Relive some of the thrilling moments via the Main Event live updates and via the lens of SMP.

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The 17th MSS was a huge success for PokerStars LIVE Manila, which continues to offer exciting and affordable tournaments for poker enthusiasts in the region. Up next for the brand is the APPT Manila Package Qualifier which runs from June 22 to 25 featuring over PHP 2 Million in guarantees followed by the APPT Warm Up from July 2 to 9 featuring over PHP 6 Million in guarantees. The Main Event brings in half the load with PHP 3 Million guaranteed. Check the link provided for all the details.

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Final Side Events recap

Chierro De Leon takes down the Super Series Turbo

Running simultaneously with the Main Event was the Super Series Turbo which drew a strong field of 626 entries over four flights. The final three players struck an ICM deal then Filipino Chierro De Leon went on to claim the win for his career second PokerStars spade trophy and a payout of PHP 276,800.

Buy in: PHP 3,500 (~US$ 63)

Guarantee: PHP 1,000,000 (~US$ 17,850)

Entries: 626

Prize pool: PHP 1,870,238 (~US$ 33,385)

ITM: 95 places

*Final 3 ICM deal

Taiwan’s Liao Pin Hung wins the Super Knockout

Taiwan’s

Liao Pin Hung

was the first international player to win a title at the series. He bested a field of 125 runners at the Super Knockout event. Leading up to the win, Liao eliminated

Ofer Greenberg

(6th) then delivered a double knockout to

Teck Heng Chua

(4th) and

Rahul Chinchalkar

(5th) with

improving to a flush on a board

to oust

and

. After

William Jones

railed

Jharome Pena

in 3rd place, Liao went on to defeat Jones for the title with

standing firm against

on a final board {

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Buy in: PHP 20,000 (~US$ 357)

Entries: 125 (101 unique, 24 re-entry)

Prize pool: PHP 3,432,500 (~US$ 61,275)

ITM: 17 places

*Payouts do not include bounties

Yukiko Fujiki draws the largest Mystery Bounty

Buy in: PHP 6,500 (~US$ 116)

Guarantee: PHP 500,000 (~US$ 8,925)

Entries: 307

Prize pool: PHP 2,163,859 (~US$ 38,630)

ITM: 47 places

The last event to complete was the Mystery Bounty with 47 out of the 307 entries earning a piece of the PHP 2,163,859 prize pool. Japan’s Yukiko Fujiki fell in 9th place to eventual champion Hernan Villa however she was still the envy of all for pulling the largest bounty reward of PHP 89,000. The event concluded on a four-way deal with Villa crowned champion.

Ofer Greenberg wins Hyper Turbo Freezeout

At heads up of the Hyper Turbo Freezeout, USA’s Ofer Greenberg grinded down Filipino Christian Relucio to capture the win and the PHP 78,500 (~US$ 1,400) to prize. This was another good finish for Greenberg who placed 6th at the Super Knockout.