Final Day
Kyle Anderson Eliminated In 6th Place - PHP 350,000 / $5,990

All in preflop.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
KA Kyle Anderson (2) | T♦8♦ | busted |
RE Redentor Edoc | Q♦J♣ | 10,198,000(51 BB) |
Kyle Anderson Surviving

Much needed double up for Kyle Anderson who three-bets all in and is isolated by Ron Ryan Mesina to push out initial raiser Kurushima Hiroya.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
KA Kyle Anderson (2) | A♦8♠ | 1,770,000(11 BB) |
RR Ron Ryan Mesina | A♥Q♥ | 2,780,000(17 BB) |
Following that hamd, Anderson shoves from cutoff and wins the blinds and ante.
Oleg Mordassov Sends Out A Big Bet

Kyle Anderson opens from utg, hijack Redentor Edoc three-bets 600,000, cutoff Oleg Mordassov calls, Anderson gets out of the way. Flop lands 9♠ 4♦ 3♣ , Edoc sends out 550,000 and Mordassov calls again. The turn T♠ , Edoc tank-folds to Mordassov's 1,000,000 bet. Edoc shows A♠ K♣ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
OM Oleg Mordassov | 5,450,000(55 BB) |
RE Redentor Edoc | 2,950,000(30 BB) |
KA Kyle Anderson (2) | 1,230,000(12 BB) |
Kyle Anderson Shows The Bluff

Kyle Anderson opens 165,000 from hijack and gets called by big blind Wei Chen Lin. On the flop K♣ 9♣ 2♠ , Anderson continues for 120,000, Lin check-raises 285,000, Anderson shoves 1,205,000, Lin folds. Anderson shows the bluff 4♠ 5♠ .
Badrudin Ampatuan Runs Out of Time Banks

From cutoff Badrudin Ampatuan opens 125,000 and Kyle Anderson defends the big blind. Ampatuan continues for 125,000 on flop J♣ 6♣ 7♣ , Anderson check-raises 295,000, Ampatuan calls to head to the turn 6♠ . Anderson shoves 670,000, Ampatuan has the stack to call instead uses his last time bank then folds.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KA Kyle Anderson (2) | 1,600,000(27 BB) |
BA Badrudin Ampatuan | 820,000(14 BB) |
Shortest Hiroaki Terasaka Increases A Bit

Hijack Hiroaki Terasaka opens and big blind Kyle Anderson calls. After the flop J♣ 3♦ T♠ is felted, Terasaka bets 125,000 and gets called. Both check the turn 2♣ and 8♠ river. Tersasaka shows Q♥ T♦ beating Anderson's Q♠ 3♠ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
HT Hiroaki Terasaka | 1,705,000(28 BB) |
KA Kyle Anderson (2) | 1,350,000(23 BB) |
Day 2
Battle Of The Blinds

Small blind Kyle Anderson makes it 250,00, big blind Kurushima Hiroya defends and go to a flop 6♦ 3♠ J♣ . Anderson bets 260,000 Kurushima calls. Both then check the turn 6♠ . On the river 8♦ , Anderson fires another 385,000 that's met with a shove, Anderson lets go of his hand.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KH Kurushima Hiroya | 3,600,000(36 BB) |
KA Kyle Anderson (2) | 1,230,000(12 BB) |
Kyle Anderson Cleans Out Liao Po Hsun

Liao Po Hsun opens, Kyle Anderson three-bets all in, Liao calls for his tournament life.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
KA Kyle Anderson (2) | A♥9♥ | 2,400,000(60 BB) |
LP Liao Po Hsun | 4♠5♠ | busted |
Big Stacks
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KA Kyle Anderson (2) | 1,710,000(57 BB) |
OM Oleg Mordassov | 1,400,000(47 BB) |
JG Jonald Garcia | 1,300,000(43 BB) |
JL Junhui Lee | 1,200,000(40 BB) |
KH Kurushima Hiroya | 1,100,000(37 BB) |
Kyle Anderson Will Not Be Pushed

Kyle Anderson is back on top once again with a huge double up off Ron Ryan Mesina. Anderson called Mesina's four-bet shove.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
RR Ron Ryan Mesina | K♣J♣ | 128,000(5 BB) |
KA Kyle Anderson (2) | T♣T♠ | 1,710,000(68 BB) |
Chip Leader Sends One Packing

Chip leader Kyle Anderson piles in more chips by cleaning out Kam Fung Lee who shoves all in preflop. Anderson with 7♣ 7♦ completed a straight on a board A♥ 8♣ 9♥ T♥ 6♠ to deny Lee's A♦ Q♠ top pair.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KA Kyle Anderson (2) | 760,000(152 BB) |
KF Kam Fung Lee | busted |
Flight B
Kyle Anderson bags the lead across Flight B

After nine hours of play, Flight B wrapped up with another 156 entries added to the Main Event tally with only 24 survivors making it through to Day 2. USA's Kyle Anderson leads the charge, having bagged a mighty 673,000 (134 BB) stack after dominating the last hour of today's games. Anderson stormed to the lead and delivered at least three eliminations by the final two levels to find the largest bag and return strong on Saturday's Day 2.
Stay tuned for the chip counts and recap of the day.
Pak Jeonghun misses to make the money

Utg+1 Kyle Anderson opened to 13,000, joined by big blind Pak Jeonghun on flop J♦ 8♠ 4♦ . Anderson continued for 30,000, and called off his opponent's check jam for 80,000 total with K♣ J♣ . Pak with 6♥ 6♠ , is in big trouble with no hope seen on either turn 9♣ or river 5♠ for his elimination two spots short of the money.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KA Kyle Anderson (2) | 640,000(128 BB) |
busted |
Kyle Anderson continues to dominate

Button Pak Jeonghun opened to 9,000 and called a 26,000 three bet from big blind Kyle Anderson. On flop 6♥ 2♥ 3♠ , Pak was quick to give it up after Anderson moved all-in. Anderson shows Q♣ Q♠ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KA Kyle Anderson (2) | 560,000(112 BB) |
99,000(20 BB) |
Kyle Anderson breaks 500k mark

Cutoff Kyle Anderson opened to 16,000 and saw Kitamura Keita complete from the big blind to see flop K♠ 9♦ 6♥ . Checked to Anderson, he bet all-in, leaving Kitamura to call off his remaining 56,000 with Q♥ T♥ . Drawing to a straight, Anderson's A♣ A♠ piled in the win after the turn 7♦ and river K♣ bricked for his opponent.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KA Kyle Anderson (2) | 530,000(133 BB) |
KK Kitamura Keita | busted |
Looi Tek Wye Jonathan stacks off to Kyle Anderson

With 42,000 in the middle on flop 8♣ K♥ 3♦ , small blind Looi Tek Wye Jonathan check called a 15,000 bet from Kyle Anderson. Turn came 5♠ and Anderson bet all-in with Looi check calling once more for his 75,000 behind. Anderson tables A♥ A♦ , crushing his opponent's K♣ J♦ all the way to river 4♣ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KA Kyle Anderson (2) | 470,000(118 BB) |
JL Jonathan Looi Tek Wye | busted |
Kyle Anderson shows down a straight

Utg Kyle Anderson opened to 6,000, called behind by Kim Dong Il and the button. Action on flop 3♦ 4♠ 5♠ was checked through, revealing turn 7♣ . Anderson this time, led for 16,000 and Kim put in the call. By river Q♣ , Anderson churned out another 50,000 and showed A♦ 6♦ for a straight after his opponent folded.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KA Kyle Anderson (2) | 210,000(70 BB) |
KD Kim Dong-Il | 135,000(45 BB) |
Son Changnam and Kyle Anderson chop it up

A four bet pot between Son Changnam and Kyle Anderson rolled flop Q♠ T♦ 7♦ . Son churned out a 15,000 bet, called by his opponent. On turn J♣ , both stacks rushed to the middle and shortly revealed both players' Ace Kings for a split pot.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
49,000(82 BB) | |
KA Kyle Anderson (2) | 44,000(73 BB) |