The eighteenth edition of the fan-favorite Manila Super Series kicked off yesterday, 18 September and will run through the 24th at the PokerStars hub inside Okada Manila Resort & Casino.

Hundreds of players are expected to register and vie for the P8 million USD141,014) festival pot.

A conservative number for the usual twenty event lineup, the center of attention Main Event already takes up nearly half of this listed guarantee. Year after year, garnered results have easily shattered the P3 million (USD52,880) advertised Main Event prize pool.

Players will have several opportunities to make it through Day 2 with a total of three starting flights available on schedule beginning on the 20th.

Other tournament highlights include the P2 million(USD35,253) guaranteed Superstack, P1 million (USD17,626) guaranteed Warm Up and Super Series Turbo, and P500,000 (USD8,813) guaranteed Knockout and Mystery Bounty events.

Last June's Manila Super Series 17 festivities saw a massive P21,125,730 (US$377K) in total prize awarded, towing a boosted turnout of 746 entries collected for its Main Event games.

Filipino pro William Ysmael took home the largest share of the P9,551,784 (USD170,918) prize pool after defeating Taiwan's Ting Yi Chen in heads-up play and capturing his first career spade trophy.