Day 2
Anton Del Rosario eliminated in 15th place - PHP 306,000 (~US$ 5,530)
25,000 ante
Lojack Anton Del Rosario shoves his short stack, button Anton Welo Tor raises to 55,000, big blind Anthony Tacda calls. At the flop and turn 9♠ 8♥ 7♣ T♦ , both players check. On the river 3♥ , Tacda bets 60,000, Welo Tor folds.
Tacda K♦ J♣ straight, Del Rosario busts with K♥ 8♣ pair.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
900,000(36 BB) | -100,000 | |
750,000(30 BB) | 250,000 |
Tacda spikes two outer against McAllister
8,000 ante
After a preflop battle, Ryan McAllister opens K♦ K♥ , at risk player Anthony Tacda with Q♦ Q♥ . With the board running 6♠ 9♠ 9♣ 4♦ McAllister is coasting but when the river felted Q♠ , Tacda spiked the two-outer to avoid elimination.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
500,000(63 BB) | 77,000 | |
400,000(50 BB) | -377,000 |
Main Event Day 2 underway at 1pm
Welcome to Day 2 of the Main Event! The Main Event drew 499 entries over three starting days to more than crush the PHP 20M guarantee. The 77 returning players are now looking at a prize pool of over PHP 28.7 Million. We will have the official number and payout breakdown for you once that’s been made available. Today’ stage will play down to the Final 9 players. Leading the race is Ryan McAllister with a towering 777,000 stack which is equivalent to 129 bb. Live updates begin at 1pm.
Day 2 playersChip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
777,000 | 327,000 | |
622,000 | ||
483,000 | 383,000 | |
454,000 | ||
423,000 | 223,000 | |
421,000 | ||
416,000 | 166,000 | |
398,000 | ||
377,000 | 127,000 | |
368,000 | ||
350,000 | ||
336,000 | ||
300,000 | ||
282,000 | 282,000 | |
281,000 | ||
278,000 | 218,000 | |
278,000 | 78,000 | |
271,000 | ||
266,000 | ||
257,000 | ||
251,000 | ||
SL | 238,000 | |
233,000 | 153,000 | |
233,000 | 10,000 | |
226,000 | ||
223,000 | ||
207,000 | 207,000 | |
202,000 | ||
202,000 | ||
202,000 | ||
195,000 | -85,000 | |
195,000 | 125,000 | |
187,000 | 187,000 | |
186,000 | ||
176,000 | 6,000 | |
164,000 | 94,000 | |
161,000 | ||
155,000 | ||
152,000 | ||
145,000 | 95,000 | |
140,000 | ||
136,000 | 136,000 | |
130,000 | ||
126,000 | ||
123,000 | ||
122,000 | ||
120,000 | ||
119,000 | -201,000 | |
118,000 | ||
115,000 | ||
LH | 114,000 | |
112,000 | ||
110,000 | ||
106,000 | ||
106,000 | ||
YL | 103,000 | |
103,000 | ||
101,000 | ||
100,000 | ||
96,000 | ||
91,000 | ||
87,000 | ||
84,000 | 84,000 | |
83,000 | 79,400 | |
78,000 | ||
76,000 | ||
68,000 | -52,000 | |
66,000 | ||
65,000 | 5,000 | |
63,000 | ||
60,000 | ||
YC | 58,000 | |
57,000 | 17,000 | |
55,000 | 5,000 | |
48,000 | -42,000 | |
41,000 | -79,000 |
Day 1B/1C
Anthony Tacda rails Delos Santos
1,500 ante

On a flop 6♣ J♥ 8♣ and 14,000 in the pot, utg +1 bets 4,000, button Jose Delos Santos calls, small blind Anthony Tacda three-bets to 17,000, big blind folds, back to utg+1 who folds, then Delos Santos shoves, Tacda calls.
Delos Santos T♠ 9♥ open ended Tacda K♠ J♠ top pair
The turn 4♣ and river J♦ are no help to Delos Santos to lose all of his chips to Tacda.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
200,000(133 BB) | 110,000 |
Chai Tiong Hong with a lucky two-outer
600 ante
On a flop T♥ 8♣ 8♦ and 17,000 in the pot, button Chai Tiong Hong bets 8,000 then calls Anthony Tacda’s shove. Hong has J♣ J♠ and is at risk of elimination against Tacda’s K♠ K♦ , however with the turn J♥ and river 4♦ , Hong spikes the two-outer to double through.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
90,000(150 BB) | -333,000 | |
75,000(125 BB) | 75,000 |
Day 1B ends with Ryan McAllister bagging a monster stack!

It took nearly twelve hours of Day 1B play to whittle the field down from a roaring 265 entries to 40 players. Bagging the largest stack of 777,000 (155 bb) was USA’s Ryan McAllister to take command of the overall Day 2 survivors list.
End of Day 1B - 40 survivorsChip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
777,000 | 752,000 | |
483,000 | 43,000 | |
454,000 | 454,000 | |
423,000 | 423,000 | |
416,000 | 416,000 | |
398,000 | ||
377,000 | 377,000 | |
350,000 | 310,000 | |
300,000 | 300,000 | |
278,000 | 278,000 | |
278,000 | 278,000 | |
233,000 | 233,000 | |
226,000 | 226,000 | |
202,000 | 202,000 | |
202,000 | 202,000 | |
202,000 | 202,000 | |
195,000 | 195,000 | |
176,000 | 176,000 | |
164,000 | 164,000 | |
152,000 | 152,000 | |
130,000 | 130,000 | |
123,000 | 123,000 | |
122,000 | 122,000 | |
120,000 | 120,000 | |
118,000 | 85,000 | |
115,000 | 115,000 | |
LH | 114,000 | 114,000 |
106,000 | 106,000 | |
91,000 | 91,000 | |
87,000 | 87,000 | |
76,000 | 76,000 | |
68,000 | -12,000 | |
66,000 | 66,000 | |
65,000 | 65,000 | |
60,000 | 60,000 | |
YC | 58,000 | 58,000 |
57,000 | 57,000 | |
55,000 | 55,000 | |
48,000 | 39,000 | |
41,000 | 41,000 |