Philippines, Okada ManilaEVENT #23

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Alexis Lim

Philippines

Place

3rd

Prize

$42,761

Prize (PHP)

₱2,502,500

Blind level

Level 30: 60,000 / 120,000 ante: 120,000

Entries

1/467

Total Chips

14,010,000

Average

14,010,000

Main Event - Final

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1/27/2025, 11:05:59 AM

Alexis Lim Eliminated In 3rd Place - PHP 2,502,500 /~$42,761

Level 30: 60,000 / 120,000 ante: 120,000

Alexis Lim - 3rd Place

Alexis Lim's impressive run ended in 3rd place with Kim Enriquez cleaning him out. On a limped pot, Enriquez bet 150,000 on the flop 5♠ 6♥ 4♥ , Lim shoved 1,815,000 (15 bb), Enriquez called. Both players had the same pair with Enriquez showing a higher kicker.

With the turn 9♠ and river T♣ , Enriquez's kicker holds.

Player	Hand	Chips
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	6♣2♣ BB	busted
KE Kim EnriquezPhilippines	6♦8♥ SB	4,525,000(38 BB)

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1/27/2025, 10:21:07 AM

Chip Counts

Level 29: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

Graham Cowan

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	3,440,000(34 BB)	1	1
GC Graham CowanAustralia	7,800,000(78 BB)	1	6
KE Kim EnriquezPhilippines	2,790,000(28 BB)	1	9

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1/27/2025, 10:19:28 AM

Alexis Lim Gets The Best Of The Leader

Level 29: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

Alexis Lim seems to be the only one able to get by the chip leader Graham Cowan as he picks up another two pots. The first one Lim three-bets 750,000 and Cowan folds, giving up his 250,000 raise.

Next hand, Lim raises 200,000 and Cowan calls from the big blind. Both check it to the turn Q♦ J♥ 8♣ 2♦ . Cowan leads out 215,000, Lim keeps him honest and calls. It is back to checking on the river 3♠ . Lim's kicker takes it down.

Player	Hand	Chips
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	K♣T♦ D	3,640,000(36 BB)
GC Graham CowanAustralia	K♠9♠ BB	7,295,000(73 BB)

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1/27/2025, 10:04:17 AM

Ace-High Good For Alexis Lim

Level 29: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

Alexis Lim

Looking down at A♥ 6♥ , button player Alexis Lim raises 230,000 and big blind Graham Cowan calls wih K♥ 4♥ . Both pass on the flop 9♦ 9♥ 8♣ . On the turn 6♦ , Cowan checks again, Lim slides out 125,000, Cowan makes the call. With the river 8♥ , the board shows two pair. Cowan checks, Lim bets 200,000, Cowan wants to see Lim's hand and calls then quickly mucks.

Player	Chips
GC Graham CowanAustralia	8,060,000(81 BB)
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	2,875,000(29 BB)

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1/27/2025, 9:55:46 AM

Jon Kyte Wins Two Pots

Level 29: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

Jon Kyte

Jon Kyte chipped up a bit with two small pots going his way. The first one saw him limp from the button, Graham Cowan checked, and the flop ran Q♥ K♣ K♥ . Kyte jumped out with bet of 100,000 and won the pot.

Next hand, utg Alexis Lim raised 210,000, button Kyte re-raised 1,500,000, Lim tossed his hand in the muck.

Player	Chips
JK Jon KyteNorway	2,200,000(22 BB)
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	2,150,000(22 BB)

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1/27/2025, 9:40:57 AM

Kim Enriquez Cant Get Rid Of The Leader

Level 29: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

Kim Enriquez

Graham Cowan continues to dominate the action picking up another pot. This was a big one against Kim Enriquez who barreled down the streets and losing well over half of his stack.

Hand opened with utg Alexis Lim raising 210,000, small blind Cowan called, big blind Enriquez three-bet 760,000, Lim begged off while Cowan flat. On the flop and turn 4♦ K♣ 6♥ K♠ , Enriquez bets 350,000 and 500,000, Cowan check-called then they both checked the river 8♦ . Cowan flipped over 7♦ 7♥ , Enriquez mucked.

On the next hand, Cowan opened 350,000, big blind Lim called, then both checked to the river K♦ 4♠ 9♣ 2♦ Q♦ . Following Lim's check, Cowan bet 600,000 and won the pot unchallenged. He showed J♦ T♥ .

Player	Chips
GC Graham CowanAustralia	8,835,000(88 BB)
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	2,560,000(26 BB)
KE Kim EnriquezPhilippines	765,000(8 BB)

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1/27/2025, 9:34:44 AM

Chip Counts

Level 29: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

Final 4 players

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	3,280,000(33 BB)	1	1
JK Jon KyteNorway	2,030,000(20 BB)	1	3
GC Graham CowanAustralia	6,365,000(64 BB)	1	6
KE Kim EnriquezPhilippines	2,475,000(25 BB)	1	9

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1/27/2025, 9:21:44 AM

Graham Cowan Confident With Ace-High

Level 28: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000

Graham Cowan is on a hot streak winning another two hands to rise to 6.4M. The first was with an uncalled raise to collect the blinds and ante. On the next, he earned 5 bb in a pot against Alexis Lim.

From the button, Cowan raised 170,000 and Lim defended on the big blind. Both checked to the turn 9♥ 2♦ J♥ J♣ . Lim led out 225,000 and Cowan called. It was back to checking on the river Q♦ . Cowan's A♦ T♣ ace-high was good with Lim mucking.

Player	Chips
GC Graham CowanAustralia	6,400,000(80 BB)
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	3,360,000(42 BB)

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1/27/2025, 9:09:59 AM

Jon Kyte Gets A Shove Through

Level 28: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000

Jon Kyte

From the small blind, chip leader Alexis Lim raised 225,000, big blind Jon Kyte answered with a shove of 2,000,000, Lim tanked for well over a minute then folded.

Player	Chips
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	4,600,000(58 BB)
JK Jon KyteNorway	2,305,000(29 BB)

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1/27/2025, 8:39:56 AM

Florencio Campomanes Flips Into 6th Place - PHP 792,000 / ~$13,625

Level 28: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000

Florencio Campomanes - 6th Place

The fighting Florencio Campomanes has been stopped in 6th place by Alexis Lim. The hand opened with a 170,000 raise from Campomanes, Lim three-bet 650,000, Campomanes shoved, Lim called. At the showdown, Lim flopped a ton of outs and connected on the river to win the flip. Lim zoomed to the top of the counts.

Player	Hand	Chips
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	A♥K♦ BB	4,900,000(61 BB)
FC Florencio CampomanesPhilippines	J♦J♥ HJ	busted

Board:6♥4♥T♥9♣K♣

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1/27/2025, 8:11:32 AM

Alexis Lim's Checks To Induce Bets

Level 27: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000

Alexis Lim

From utg, Florencio Campomanes min-raises and goes head to head against caller Alexis Lim on the small blind. When the flop comes K♥ 6♠ 9♦ , Lim check-calls 110,000. Both check the turn J♥ , then Lim checks the river 7♣ . No checking for Campomanes with a 180,000 bet laid out, Lim calls and wins the pot with two pair.

Player	Hand	Chips
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	K♦J♥ SB	3,600,000(60 BB)
FC Florencio CampomanesPhilippines	K♥Q♣ UTG	1,160,000(19 BB)

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1/27/2025, 7:35:43 AM

No Significant Action

Level 27: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000

The first ten hands kicked off with Florencio Campomanes shoving and finding no callers. No significant action followed. One of the bigger pots was Kim Enriquez raising 125,000 from cutoff, Alexis Lim three-betting 325,000 from the button, Enriquez folded. Lim showed K♣ K♠ .

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1/27/2025, 7:33:22 AM

Chip Counts

Level 27: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000

After two levels, the field was trimmed to 6 players. Entering the new level with Kim Enriquez in the lead.

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	2,790,000(47 BB)	1	1
JK Jon KyteNorway	1,910,000(32 BB)	1	3
FC Florencio CampomanesPhilippines	810,000(14 BB)	1	4
GC Graham CowanAustralia	3,120,000(52 BB)	1	6
JW Ju Won ChungSouth Korea	1,555,000(26 BB)	1	8
KE Kim EnriquezPhilippines	3,910,000(65 BB)	1	9

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1/27/2025, 6:24:47 AM

Alexis Lim Drains More From Jon Kyte

Level 26: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Alexis Lim

Since his fiery start, Jon Kyte has been on a downswing to drop to nearly half of his opening stack. His latest loss was against Alexis Lim who defended from the big blind with A♠ 5♥ . When the board completed Q♦ K♠ 5♠ J♠ 8♣ , Lim check-called 150,000 and 250,000 for his bottom pair nut draw, then both checked the river. Bottom pair was good enough.

Player	Chips
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	2,775,000(56 BB)
JK Jon KyteNorway	1,600,000(32 BB)

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1/27/2025, 5:39:32 AM

Alexis Lim Builds And Earns

Level 25: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Alexis Lim

From utg+1, Alexis Lim opens 80,000 and big blind Ju Won Chung wants to play. Flop comes 5♥ A♦ K♠ , Lim fuels in another 40,000 and Chung matches it. Both players tighten up on the turn K♥ with no bets but on the river 5♣ it's back to action. Chung opens 70,000, Lim raises 195,000, Chung folds.

Player	Chips
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	2,380,000(60 BB)
JW Ju Won ChungSouth Korea	620,000(16 BB)

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1/27/2025, 2:41:50 AM

Manila Megastack 21 Main Event Champion To Be Crowned Today

Level 25: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

The 2025 PokerStars LIVE season opener Manila Megastack 21 is on its final day at world-class Okada Manila in the Philippines. Excitement is at its peak with the newest Main Event champion set to be crowned today. Only 9 players remain out of the 467 entries.

Leading the charge is Norwegian pro Jon Kyte with a stack of 80 bb. Kyte boasts a resume filled with titles and cashes all over Europe including final table finishes at numerous EPT Main Events. He also has two WSOP Circuit rings and just missed a bracelet last year. Kyte is already guaranteed his first cash on Asian soil, and if he takes it to the limit, he will become the second Manila Megastack Norwegian champion following MM 18 winner Henrik Tollefsen.

On the local side, six Filipinos dominate the lineup, thus assuring a crowd of spectators cheering on their favorites. At the top of that list is Kim Enriquez with a stack of 75 bb. Wedged in the lower end is the highly decorated Florencio Campomanes with 15 bb.

The finalists are secured a payout of PHP 365,000 (~$6,280). The biggest slice of PHP 3,900,000 (~$67,090) is up for grabs. Cards start at 1pm. Blinds begin at 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000 with increases every 60 minutes.

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Main Event - Final 9 players

Final 9 Players

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
AL Alexis LimPhilippines	2,265,000(57 BB)	1	1
JC John Carlo SayoPhilippines	410,000(10 BB)	1	2
JK Jon KyteNorway	3,215,000(80 BB)	1	3
FC Florencio CampomanesPhilippines	615,000(15 BB)	1	4
AI Alvir InocentesPhilippines	465,000(12 BB)	1	5
GC Graham CowanAustralia	2,625,000(66 BB)	1	6
MA Mark AlmusajinPhilippines	520,000(13 BB)	1	7
JW Ju Won ChungSouth Korea	755,000(19 BB)	1	8
KE Kim EnriquezPhilippines	3,025,000(76 BB)	1	9