Manila Megastack, one of the regular tournament series at PokerStars Live, Grand Ballroom, City of Dreams, Manila is making a return in its 5th edition from 3rd May 2016. The 6-day poker fiesta brings 11 tournaments including the ₱6 Million guaranteed Main Event. All the tournaments of the series are eligible for the “Asia Player of the Year” leaderboard.
The series begins on 3rd May with ₱2 MILLION guaranteed Kick-Off event and progress on to ₱5,000 NLH Freezeout and ₱10,000 Knock-out Bounty on the 2nd day. For the Omaha lovers, the organizers have kept ₱5,000 PLO event on 5th May. ₱50,000 NLH Freezeout, ₱3,000 NLH Freezeout, ₱100,000 NLH, ₱5,000 6-Max are the other major events in the series. The ₱25,000 Main Event starts on Friday, 6th May and has 2 flight days and the final day on Sunday, 8th May.
Japanese poker pro Tetsuya Tsuchikawa won the Main Event of the 4th edition of Manila Megastack in December 2015. He bested a field of 375 players to win the first place cash prize of ₱752,200. This season, the organizers have increased the number of tournaments form 7 to 11 expecting a higher turnout.
Manila Megastack 5 (May 3-8) Schedule:
May 3 – Tuesday
1:00 PM #1 Kick-Off Day 1 – Standard Flight 1 (₱2M GTD)** – ₱10,000 (8,800+1,200)
4:00 PM Main Event Satellite ₱3,000 (2,600+400)
6:00 PM #1 Kick-Off Day 1 – Standard Flight 2 (₱2M GTD)** – ₱10,000 (8,800+1,200)
10:00 PM #1 Kick-Off Day 1 – Turbo (₱2M GTD) – ₱10,000 (8,800+1,200)
11:00 PM #1 Kick-Off Day 1 – Flipout (₱2M GTD) – ₱9,500 (8,800+700)
May 4 – Wednesday
2:00 PM #1 Kick-Off – Day 2 (Final)
2:15 PM #2 ₱5,000 NLH Freezeout* – ₱5,000 (4,400+600)
5:00 PM Main Event Satellite – ₱3,000 (2,600+400)
7:00 PM #3 ₱10,000 KO Bounty (2 Day Event) – ₱10,000 (8,800+1,200)
10:00 PM Main Event Satellite – ₱3,000 (2,600+400)
May 5 – Thursday
1:30 PM Qualifier to ₱50,000 NLH Freezeout Satellite – ₱2,000 (1,750+250)
2:00 PM #3 ₱10,000 KO Bounty – Day 2 (Final)
2:15 PM #4 ₱5,000 PLO* – ₱5,000 (4,400+600)
4:00 PM ₱50,000 NLH Freezeout Satellite (5 Seats GTD) – ₱10,000 (8,800+1,200)
7:00 PM #5 ₱50,000 NLH Freezeout (₱2M GTD) ^ (2 Day Event) – ₱50,000 (45,000+5,000)
10:00 PM Main Event Satellite – ₱3,000 (2,600+400)
May 6 – Friday
12:00 PM #6 ₱3,000 NLH Freezeout* – ₱3,000 (2,600+400)
2:00 PM #5 ₱50,000 NLH Freezeout (₱2M GTD) – Day 2 (Final)
3:00 PM Main Event Mega Satellite (10 Seats GTD) – ₱6,000 (5,250+750)
6:00 PM #7 Main Event (₱6M GTD) – Day 1A ^^ – ₱25,000 (22,500+2,500)
11:59 PM #8 Midnight Turbo – ₱5,000 (4,400+600)
May 7 – Saturday
12:00 PM Last Chance Satellite to Main Event – ₱6,000 (5,250+750)
2:00 PM #7 Main Event (₱6M GTD) – Day 1B ^^ – ₱25,000 (22,500+2,500)
9:00 PM #9 Saturday SuperStack (2 Day Event) – ₱15,000 (13,200+1,800)
May 8 – Sunday
12:15 PM Main Event – Day 2 (Final)
12:30 PM #10 6-Max ₱5,000 (4,400+600)
1:00 PM #11 ₱100,000 NLH – ₱100,000 (90,000+10,000)
5:00 PM Qualifier to APPT Manila Satellite – ₱2,000 (1,700+300)
7:00 PM APPT 10 Manila Satellite*** – ₱10,000 (8,800+1,200)
Kick -Off Day 1 plays down to 10% of the field.
* Winner receives ₱25,000 entry to Main Event taken from the prizepool.
** Top 2 receive ₱50,000 APPT 10 Main Event entry taken from the prizepool.
^ Winner receives ₱50,000 APPT 10 Main Event entry taken from the prizepool.
^^ Top 5 receive ₱50,000 APPT 10 Main Event entry taken from the prizepool.
*** APPT 10 Manila Main Event takes place from August 5 to 8, 2016.