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Manila Megastack 7: Wu wins after epic heads-up battle
Taiwan's Po-yi Wu defeated Canada's Linh Tran to win his first major tournament title after an epic back-and-forth heads-up battle that took 26 hands to play out. The two players made a deal before heads-up began with Wu guaranteed a payday of at least ₱2,147,300 (~US$43,520) and Tran ₱1,900,000 (~$...more
Manila Megastack 7: Day 1B
Manila Megastack 7 Day 1B chip leader Kotaro TsunodoThe second and final starting flight of the Manila Megastack 7 Main Event is now in the books. A total of 284 players anted up the ₱30,000 buy-in to bring the total number of entries up to 507 and balloon the prizepool to a sizable ₱13,278,330 (~US...more
Manila Megastack 7: Day 1A
Beveridge Leads Day 1A of Manila Megastack 7 Main EventManila Megastack 7 Day 1A chip leader John Beveridge Day 1A of the Manila Megastack 7 is done and dusted with a total of 223 players anteing up the ₱30,000 (~US$600) buy-in and fighting it out at the felt over 16 30-minute levels.Just 52 of th...more
Manila Megastack 7 Main Event set to start
PokerStars LIVE Manila card room at City of Dreams Greetings poker fans and welcome to the Manila Megastack 7 brought to you from the PokerStars LIVE Manila card room located at the luxurious City of Dreams resort in the Philippine's capital.The first of the ₱8 million (~US$160,786) guaranteed Main ...more
Manila Megastack 7: The Preview
Manila Megastack 7 (May 29-June 4) kicks off on Monday at PokerStars LIVE Manila and it's time to take a look at what's arguably the fastest growing poker series in Asia.The seven-day schedule features a ₱30,000 Main Event which comes with an ₱8 million prize pool guarantee. The Main Event's inaugu...more
2017 APOY: Big Three First Quarter Spotlight
It's hard to believe but we're already through the first quarter of the 2017 Asia Player of the Year (APOY) season (which runs from November 29, 2016 to October 29, 2017) and the leaderboard is full of familiar names.We're going to take a look at our Big Three contenders who are all ranked in the T...more
MPC26: 10 million reasons to play the Red Dragon
Happy New Year folks and welcome to 2017!Grab your calendars and ready your pens as PokerStars LIVE today announced the 2017 calendar for special events in Asia headlined by the inaugural PokerStars Championship Macau - replacing the previous APPT Macau stop - which begins on March 30.Here are the p...more
Manila Megastack 6: Heng wins after miracle comeback
Heng stages miracle comeback to win Manila Megastack 6Singapore's Siong Boon Heng emerged triumphant over the Philippines largest-ever international tournament field for a payday of ₱2,771,000 (~US$55,850). Boon battled back from a 5-1 chip deficit against Taiwan's Yi Te Wu in what proved to be one ...more
Manila Megastack 6: Day 1B Live Updates
Main Event sets all-time Philippines record Manila Megastack 6 chip leader, Singapore's Aurelius Tan With the second of two starting flights now concluded the Manila Megastack 6 has made Filipinio poker history, attracting 646 players to become the Philippines' largest field for an international pok...more
Manila Megastack 6: Day 1A Live Updates
Tanaka tops record Day 1AJapan's Shinobu Tanaka finished Day 1A as chip leaderPlay has now concluded and the Manila Megastack Day 1A is now in the books. A record-breaking 284 players coughed up the ₱25,000 (~US$500) entry fee meaning that the ₱6 million guarantee has been reached on the first of ou...more
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