Date: September 18-19, 2023
Buy in: PH₱ 6,000 (~US$ 105)
Guarantee: PH₱ 1,000,000 (~US$ 17,600)
Total entries: 525
Prize pool: PH₱ 2,688,840 (~US$ 47,330)
ITM: 79 players
Day 2 levels: increase every 30 minutes
Chips in play: 15,750,000
14:42: Han Yoon Seung’s aces cracked
Level 21: 8,000-16,000 ante 16,000
Under the gun Vivencio Nachor Jr raises to 41,000, hijack Han Yoon Seung three-bets to 85,000, Nachor flats, flop comes 
. Han shoves, snap call by Nachor and opens 
two pair. Han has 
. The turn 
and river 
further improves Nachor to a flush to ship it and clean out Han.
Vivencio Nacho Jr – 820,000
Han Yoon Seung – eliminated
14:30: Blinds up, 42 players remaining
Level 21: 8,000-16,000 ante 16,000
Another batch of players eliminated. Only 42 players remaining. Minimum payout is still PH₱ 11,000.
14:29: Lau Chun Ming dusts Ono Tatsuki
Level 20: 6,000-12,000 ante 12,000
Under the gun Ono Tatsuki raises 28,000 and finds three callers to the flop 
. Ono c-bets all in for 174,000, utg+1 Lau Chun Ming raises all in, no other takers.
Ono Tatsuki 
open ended
Lau Chun Ming 
set
The turn 
is quads for Lau, Ono is drawing dead. River is 
.
Lau Chun Ming – 730,000
Ono Tatsuki – eliminated
14:15: Ian MacDonald burns Luqman Alghanim
Level 20: 6,000-12,000 ante 12,000
Action folds to the button Ian MacDonald who min-raises, big blind Luqman Alghanim three-bets 132,000, MacDonald calls, flop runs 
. Luqman shoves, MacDonald calls. Luqman ahead 
, MacDonald 
, the turn makes two pair for MacDonald, then boots Luqman on the river 
.
Ian MacDonald – 760,000
Luqman Alghanim – eliminated
14:10: Matthew Sheils with quads
Level 20: 6,000-12,000 ante 12,000
Matthew Sheils 
calls Kenneth Aklus shove , then lands quads 
to boot Aklus.
Matthew Sheils – 360,000
Kenneth Miah Aklus – eliminated
14:05: Khalife Hanna eliminates Huang Yu Chen
Level 20: 6,000-12,000 ante 12,000
Down to 166,000, Huang Yu Chen 
is all in preflop, Khalife Hanna calls with 
. The board runs 
.
Khalife Hanna – 830,000
Huang Yu Chen – eliminated
14:00: Blinds up, 55 players remaining
Level 20: 6,000-12,000 ante 12,000
Another batch of players eliminated on the previous round. Only 55 players remaining. Minimum payout is now PH₱ 11,000.
13:59: Mark Almusajin eliminates Edwin Dela Cruz
Level 19: 5,000-10,000 ante 10,000
From under the gun+1 Edwin Dela Cruz opens 22,000, cutoff Mark Almusajin three-bets 52,000, Dela Cruz four-bet shoves (197,000), Almusajin calls and shows 
. Dela Cruz at risk with . When the flop lands 
, it’s an instant flush for Almusajin which holds to the end turn 
river.
Mark Almusajin – 1,400,000
Edwin Dela Cruz – eliminated
13:55: Rico Pecho lands the two-outer
Level 19: 5,000-10,000 ante 10,000
Under the gun Rico Pecho raises to 25,000, utg+2 Emelito Dela Cerna three-bets 55,000, button Lau Chun Ming calls, back to Pecho with a four-bet to 130,000, Dela Cerna calls (all in), Lau folds.
Rico Pecho
Emelito Dela Cerna
The board runs 
, Pecho lands the two-outer to rail Del Cerna.
Rico Pecho – 400,000
Lau Chun Ming – 210,000
Emelito Dela Cerna – eliminated
13:50: Doroshenko Bogdan uses two time banks then plunges
Level 19: 5,000-10,000 ante 10,000
Big stacks Doroshenko Bogdan and Mark Almusajin go head to head with Almusajin raising to 23,000 from under the gun. Cutoff Doroshenko three-bets to 55,000, Almusajin calls. At the flop , Doroshenko c-bets 65,000 and is check-called. On the turn , Doroshenko sends out 100,000, Almusajin check-raises all in, Doroshenko tanks while using up two time banks then calls putting Almusajin at risk.
Doroshenko Bogdan
Mark Almusajin
The river 
burns the ladies for a huge double up to Almusajin.
Mark Almusajin – 1,000,000
Doroshenko Bogdan – 30,000
13:45: Jayvon Carreon shoves for the pot
Level 19: 5,000-10,000 ante 10,000
From the small blind, Javon Carreon three-bets from 20,000 to make it 59,000, initial raiser Huang Yu Chen from under the gun calls. Both players check the flop then Carreon shoves on the turn. Chen folds.
Jayvon Carreon – 180,000
Huang Yu Chen – 150,000
13:40: Hanna Khalife hard-bets Han Yoon Seung
Level 19: 5,000-10,000 ante 10,000
Under the gun +2 Han Yoon Seung opens then calls button Hanna Khalife’s three-bet. On the flop , Khalife c-bets, Han raises, Khalife three-bet shoves, Han folds.
Hanna Khalife – 700,000
Han Yoon Seung – 520,000
13:38: Bryan Manalo doubles up huge from the big blind
Level 19: 5,000-10,000 ante 10,000
Jerson Quiras opens from under the gun+2, big blind Bryan Manalo calls, flop runs 
. Quiras c-bets 35,000, Manalo check-raises 80,000, Quiras calls. On the turn , Manalo shoves, Quiras calls and shows overpair, Manalo is ahead 
two pair. The river is no help to Quiras for a huge double up to Manalo.
Bryan Manalo – 840,000
Jerson Quiras – 9,000
13:30: Blinds up, 65 players remaining
Level 19: 5,000-10,000 ante 10,000
Blinds are up, 65 players remaining. Minimum payout is now PH₱ 10,000.
13:29: Chip leader Han Yoon Seung ends Steve Arnold
Level 18: 4,000-8,000 ante 8,000
Action folds to the blinds, Steve Arnold raises, Han Yoon Seung calls. At the flop 
, heavy betting action leads to Arnold three-bet all in, Han calls. Arnold , Han . Arnold bust after the turn and river 
.
Han Yoon Seung – 820,000
Steve Arnold – eliminated
13:26: Maaku Tanaka rises from 5 bb to 45 bb
Level 18: 4,000-8,000 ante 8,000
Hijack Maaku Tanaka all in , button Cheng Wai Chiu joins , big blind Winifred Obedoza calls with to place both short stacks at risk. With the board running 
, Tanaka ships a triple up, Obedoza wins the side pot, Chiu is eliminated.
Following that hand, Tanaka picks up another pot. From under the gun+1, Tanaka raises and finds three callers to the flop . Tanaka c-bets, and finds just one caller in Jonathan David Tan to the turn . Tanaka then jams, Tan calls. Tanaka ahead , Tan , the river keeps aces on top for another maximum pay.
Maaku Tanaka – 360,000
Jonathan David Tan – 240,000
Winifred Obedoza – 240,000
Cheng Wai Chiu – eliminated
13:18: Edwin Dela Cruz fires rockets
Level 18: 4,000-8,000 ante 8,000
Kozuki Nomura shoves his last 12 bb with then falls to Edwin Dela Cruz’s on a board .
Edwin Dela Cruz – 380,000
Kozuki Nomura – eliminated
13:15: Joseph Talamayan doubles up
Level 18: 4,000-8,000 ante 8,000
From under the gun+1 Hanna Khalife raises to 24,000, next to act Joseph Talamayan three-bets his 67,000 stack, Khalife calls. Talamayan is ahead against , and stays that way on a board 
for a double up.
Joseph Talamayan – 154,000
Hanna Khalife – 350,000
13:08: Kim Enriquez outdraws George Manolas
Level 18: 4,000-8,000 ante 8,000
Short stacks are sending it all in early in the opening round. George Manolas three-bet shoves his 9 bb stack with , initial raiser Kim Enriquez calls holding . The board runs 
.
Kim Enriquez – 260,000
George Manolas – eliminated
13:00: John Jay Magadan wins the flip
Level 18: 4,000-8,000 ante 8,000
From under the gun +1, short stacked Kim Minki shoves 9 bb with , small blind John Jay Magadan calls with . The board runs low .
John Jay Magadan – 200,000
Kim Minki – eliminated
Welcome to Day 2 of the PokerStars LIVE Manila Warm Up event! 79 players out of the 525 entries are back at Okada Manila for the race to the top and capture the PH₱ 515,000 (~US$ 9,065) first prize. Leading the charge is Flight A’s Han Yoon Seung with 85 bb. You can find the payout and Day 2 chip count via the link provided below.
