Name: Kickoff
Start: 2025-01-20
End: 2025-01-22

Manila Megastack 21

Philippines, Okada ManilaEVENT #3

2025.01.20 - 2025.01.22

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Anju Abrol

India

Blind level

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Entries

20/128

Total Chips

3,840,000

Average

192,000

Flight B

Janette BeeJanette Bee

1/21/2025, 6:41:46 AM

Yoshiki Nakamura Spikes the Turn

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

Yoshiki Nakamura

Anju Abrol defended his big blind against Yoshiki Nakamura's 1,500 button open, and check called another 2,000 on flop 8♠ K♠ 3♥ . Turn Q♣ and river 7♣ welcomed no more bets, revealing Nakamura's Q♥ T♣ for the win.

Player	Chips
YN Yoshiki NakamuraJapan	31,500(79 BB)
AA Anju AbrolIndia	24,000(60 BB)

Blind level

Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Entries

13/89

Total Chips

2,670,000

Average

205,385

Flight C [20 min]

Janette BeeJanette Bee

1/21/2025, 3:06:51 PM

Anju Abrol in Trouble with the Ladies

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Anju Abrol

Anju Abrol stuffed 43,000 utg and was called behind by Brenton Buttigieg.

Abrol in great shape for a win, unfortunately came crashing down after board 6♠ A♥ K♠ 6♣ J♥ paired up Buttigieg's king to steal the win.

Player	Hand	Chips
BB Brenton ButtigiegAustralia	K♦Q♦ CO	208,000(69 BB)
AA Anju AbrolIndia	Q♥Q♣ UTG	busted

Blind level

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Entries

10/66

Total Chips

1,980,000

Average

198,000

Flight A

Christian ZetzscheChristian Zetzsche

1/20/2025, 2:11:09 PM

Recent Casualties on Day 1a

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

A♠ expected, the casualties after the end of the late registration kept coming rather quickly and among those to bow out was also Mike Takayama, who entered the previous level with only seven big blinds. He will, however, certainly be back for more action tomorrow and during the entire festival at Okada Manila.

Player	Chips
JK Jinhyun KimKorea (Republic of)	busted
SI Seigi ImaiJapan	busted
SJ Seonghun JeongKorea (Republic of)	busted
MT Mike TakayamaPhilippines	busted
AA Anju AbrolIndia	busted
PF Prolan FandialanPhilippines	busted
LP Lemmor PatulotPhilippines	busted
MB Michael BuezaPhilippines	busted

Seonghun Jeong

Anju Abrol

Lemmor Patulot

Michael Bueza

busted

Christian ZetzscheChristian Zetzsche

1/20/2025, 1:43:04 PM

Assorted Counts in the Field

Level 11: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

John Jay Magadan

Player	Chips
JJ John Jay MagadanPhilippines	204,000(136 BB)
SK Sergei KorzhenkoRussian Federation	153,000(102 BB)
MH Masaaki HibinoJapan	128,000(85 BB)
PC Peter Chung (2)United States of America	120,000(80 BB)
RR Rey RocaUnited States of America	117,000(78 BB)
MM Michihiko MatsudaJapan	110,000(73 BB)
SW Sham Wing SheukChina	103,000(69 BB)
PC Paul ColesUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	86,000(57 BB)
HS Hochung SongKorea (Republic of)	84,000(56 BB)
TJ Taehyun JangKorea (Republic of)	81,000(54 BB)
TW Tan Wee JieChina	77,000(51 BB)
DK Daito KameiJapan	65,000(43 BB)
HT Ho-Tai TsaiTaiwan	62,500(42 BB)
SA Sunhwi AnKorea (Republic of)	50,600(34 BB)
JC Jose CheungPhilippines	50,500(34 BB)
LP Lemmor PatulotPhilippines	50,000(33 BB)
JT Jansen TiuPhilippines	48,000(32 BB)
HK Hogyun KangKorea (Republic of)	47,000(31 BB)
AK Akihiro KawaguchiJapan	43,500(29 BB)
BB Brenton ButtigiegAustralia	34,000(23 BB)
NM Nichols ManaloPhilippines	30,000(20 BB)
LE Lenart EcarmaPhilippines	28,000(19 BB)
SI Seigi ImaiJapan	26,500(18 BB)
PF Prolan FandialanPhilippines	26,000(17 BB)
SC Seonghun CheongKorea (Republic of)	23,500(16 BB)
AA Anju AbrolIndia	19,700(13 BB)
JK Jinhyun KimKorea (Republic of)	17,000(11 BB)
MT Mike TakayamaPhilippines	14,000(9 BB)

chip counts

Christian ZetzscheChristian Zetzsche

1/20/2025, 12:06:55 PM

Yashiro Naoki Back in Action

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Yashiro Naoki

Anju Abrol raised to 2,000 and was called by John Costiniano on the button. Yashiro Naoki popped it up to 6,500 in the small blind and shut down both opponents.

Player	Hand	Chips
YN Yashiro NaokiJapan	SB	46,500(47 BB)
AA Anju AbrolIndia	UTG+1	51,000(51 BB)
JC John CostinianoPhilippines	D	37,000(37 BB)

Christian ZetzscheChristian Zetzsche

1/20/2025, 11:47:35 AM

Anju Abrol Gets a Shove Through

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Anju Abrol

Wooben Lee raised to 2,000 and Anju Abrol called in the small blind. Tan Wee Jie three-bet to 6,000 for both opponents to call. On the K♠ 7♥ 4♠ flop, Abrol simply moved all-in and forced two folds.

Player	Hand	Chips
TW Tan Wee JieChina	BB	128,100(160 BB)
WL Wooben LeeKorea (Republic of)	UTG	33,200(42 BB)
AA Anju AbrolIndia	SB	63,000(79 BB)