PS LIVE Manila Megastack 18: Day 6 and Day 7 winners

 

The thrill continues at PokerStars LIVE in the Philippines with the 18th edition of Manila Megastack completing another round of side events. To date, 26 out of the 49 trophies have now been claimed. The latest winners are listed below. You can also view the results via link provided.

PS Manila Megastack 18 – Festival Results
PS Manila Megastack 18 – Player Guide
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PS Manila Megastack 18 – Daily Updates

The festival has been ongoing since February 15 and will run through February 25, 2024. The crown jewel Main Event featuring a PHP 20 Million guarantee took center stage on February 21, 2024 with Day 1A drawing 176 entries. The heat wrapped up at 27 remaining led by Korean young gun Hyeonho Shin with 118 bb . Read up on the action via the live updates link.

PS Live Manila Megastack 18 (2024): Live Updates

Side Event winners

Ingus Arajs wins Super Stack

Ingus Arajs outlasted the 123 entry field of the Super Stack to claim his maiden live title and a career high payout of PHP 404,092 (~USD 7,220). Arajs was the first player from Latvia to win at the ongoing series.

Date: February 20, 2024
Buy in: PHP 15,000 (~USD 180)
Entries: 123 (95 unique)
Prize Pool: PHP 1,574,892 (~USD 28,140)
ITM: 17 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in PH₱
1	Ingus Arajs	Latvia	₱ 404,092
2	Raymundo Gomez	Philippines	₱ 252,500
3	Thomas Young	Indonesia	₱ 180,300
4	Yonghyun Park	Korea, South	₱ 138,700
5	Elmer Kalaquian	Philippines	₱ 106,700
6	Alvir Inocentes	Philippines	₱ 82,100
7	Benjamin Ebarle	Philippines	₱ 64,900
8	Jonald Garcia	Philippines	₱ 54,100
9	Mathias Schell	Ireland	₱ 45,100

Jinlong Hu wins the flip at Single Day High Roller

No stranger to winning, China’s Jinlong Hu lifted his career fourth PS spade after winning the flip at heads up against fellow countryman Haitao Luan. Leading up to the final two, Jinlong was on a tear, delivering the bubble then eliminating Christopher Mateo (4th) and Lester Edoc (3rd). The final two quickly agreed to an ICM deal then flipped for the trophy. To spice it up, Luan had to win the first two flips against the massive chip leader Jinlong. But it was not to be. Jinlong won the first flip to be crowned champion.

Date: February 20, 2024
Buy in: PHP 100,000 (~USD 1,800)
Entries: 16 (11 unique)
Prize Pool: PHP 1,396,800 (~USD 24,960)
ITM: 4 places

*Heads up ICM deal, flipped for the trophy

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in PH₱
1	Jinlong Hu	China	₱ 544,000
2	Luan Haitao	China	₱ 433,800
3	Lester Edoc	Philippines	₱ 251,000
4	Christopher Mateo	Philippines	₱ 168,000

Israel on the board as Ben Gur takes down KO PLO Bounty

Ben Gur put Israel on the board after defeating Hyung Kim Tae at heads up of the KO PLO Bounty event. This was Gur’s first PS live win. He pocketed the PHP 232,536 champion’s purse plus seven bounties amounting to PHP 35,000 for a grand total PHP 267,536 (~USD 4,780).

Date: February 20, 2024
Buy in: PHP 20,000 (~USD 360)
Entries: 63
Prize Pool: PHP 1,075,536 (~USD 24,960)
ITM: 8 places

*Bounties not included in the payouts

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in PH₱
1	Ben Gur	Israel	₱ 232,536
2	Hyung Kim Tae	Korea, South	₱ 152,000
3	Wallac Chan Wai	Hong Kong	₱ 110,000
4	Ng Kwan Tung Karen	Hong Kong	₱ 84,000
5	Tech John	Philippines	₱ 65,000
6	Anderhofstadt Leon Alf Marlon	Germany	₱ 49,000
7	Cho Min Ho	Korea, South	₱ 38,000
8	Hong Seulki	Korea, South	₱ 30,000

Elmer Kalaquian wins 25K NLH Turbo

At the 25K NLH, Filipino player Elmer Kalaquian denied two time series winner Keijiro Shimojo at heads up to claim his first ever PS spade and a payout of PHP 178,275 (~USD 3,185). Shimojo had to settle for a runner up finish and PHP 112,000. The event drew 19 entries with the top 4 earning a cut of the PHP 414,675 prize pool.

Date: February 20, 2024
Buy in: PHP 25,000 (~USD 450)
Entries: 19
Prize Pool: PHP 414,675 (~USD 7,410)
ITM: 4 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in PH₱
1	Elmer Kalaquian	Philippines	₱ 178,275
2	Shimojo Keijiro	Japan	₱ 112,000
3	Cheun Eui Ho	Korea, South	₱ 74,600
4	Vebruggen Tom Henricus	Netherlands	₱ 49,800

Rommel Angeles wins Hot Turbo

The four day Hot Turbo event was definitely one hot ticket with 297 turning up over three flights to build a richer PHP 2,535,192 (~USD 45,300) prize pool. 40 players advanced to Day 2, each one guaranteed to cash. Chip leader Lester Edoc was stopped in 13th place while Rommel Angeles entered the final table at the top of the counts. By heads up, Angeles found himself behind the aggressive Li Jun but one double up switched them up with over missed draw on a board . Angeles went on to close it out with a blaring quads over on a final board . This was Angeles career fifth PS spade trophy and PHP 506,000 (~USD 9,040).

Date: February 18 to 21, 2024
Buy in: PHP 10,000 (~USD 180)
Guarantee: PHP 2,000,000 (~USD 35,700)
Entries: 297
Prize pool: PHP 2,535,192 (~USD 45,300)
ITM: 40 players

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in PH₱
1	Rommel Angeles	Philippines	₱ 506,000
2	Jun Li	United Kingdom	₱ 335,000
3	Chen Chien Wen	Taiwan	₱ 245,500
4	Vivencio Nachor Jr.	Philippines	₱ 197,500
5	Raymundo Gomez	Philippines	₱ 154,500
6	Ivan Dela Cruz	Philippines	₱ 116,500
7	John Clyde Tan	Philippines	₱ 84,500
8	Nam Hyungwoo	Korea, South	₱ 61,500
9	Sangjin An	Korea, South	₱ 50,192

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Korea dominates NLH final table, Sehoon Jin ships it

The NLH drew 19 entries with only 5 players earning a piece of the PHP 414,675 prize pool. Koreans dominated the action, with four players advancing to the final table. By ITM, Sehoon Jin was ahead and went on to claim the title on an ICM heads up deal. For his monstrous stack, Sehoon was awarded the PS spadie and the larger payout of PHP 181,232 (~USD 3,240). Runner up Phenix Oesterstroem earned PHP 150,000 (~USD 2,680). This was Sehoon’s career first PS title and first triumph outside of home turf Korea.

Date: February 21, 2024
Buy in: PHP 25,000 (~USD 450)
Entries: 19
Prize Pool: PHP 414,675 (~USD 7,410)
ITM: 4 places

*Heads up ICM deal, chip leader awarded the trophy

Place	Player	Flag	Payouts
1	Jin Sehoon	Korea	₱ 181,232*
2	Oesterstroem Phenix	Sweden	₱ 150,000*
3	Ishibashi Tsuyoshi	Japan	₱ 86,000
4	Jinsung Chung	Korea	₱ 62,000
5	Cho Min Ho	Korea	₱ 50,000

Yonghyun Park holds takes down the Freezeout

The Freezeout event attracted 34 players for a prize pool of PHP 890,460 (~USD 15,900). For a majority of the day, UK’s Stephen Nathan dominated the chip counts until the final table. At five handed, Korea’s Yonghyun Park sucked out on Ryuhei Nakagawa with spiking the two-outer to dust . Park went on to rail Akito Mori next then claimed the win on a heads up ICM deal with Nathan.

Date: February 21, 2024
Buy in: PHP 30,000 (~USD 540)
Players: 34
Prize pool: PHP 890,460 (~USD 15,900)
ITM: 6 places

*Heads up ICM deal, chip leader awarded the trophy

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in PH₱
1	Yonghyun Park	Korea, South	₱ 268,460*
2	Stephen Nathan	United Kingdom	₱ 240,000*
3	Akito Mori	Japan	₱ 138,000
4	Tane Hiroyuki	Japan	₱ 102,000
5	Ryuhei Nakagawa	Japan	₱ 80,000
6	Ryo Oikawa	Japan	₱ 62,000