
Deepstack
Anthony Castro Rivered Into 4th Place - ₱122,500 / $2,095

After a series of raises and shoves uncalled, Anant Acharya's 145,000 raise is met with a reraise by Anthony Castro risking his last 290,000. Anant calls and has live cards. Castro stays ahead until the river pairs up Anant to crush Castro's hopes in 4th place.
Anant rises over the 2M marker.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
AC Anthony Castro | A♣T♣ SB | busted |
K♣Q♣ UTG | 2,010,000(50 BB) |
Anthony Castro Saved By The Board

From cutoff, Anthony Castro looked down at A♣ J♣ and three-bet 155,000. Action folded around back to initial raiser Ashley Patterson who four-bet all in with his massive stack. Castro called and was at risk against Patterson's Q♣ Q♥ . With the board running 6♦ 5♦ 2♣ 4♠ 3♦ , they split with a straight showing.
Ashley Patterson Gains Off Anthony Castro

Ashley Patterson defended his big blind by calling hijack Anthony Castro's 55,000 raise. Both checked to the turn 4♠ 9♠ 2♣ 7♠ . Patterson led out 100,000 that Castro called. Patterson continued on the river 7♦ announcing all in. Castro folded.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AP Ashley Patterson | 875,000(35 BB) |
AC Anthony Castro | 465,000(19 BB) |
Anthony Castro On The Rise
After scoring a double up, Anthony Castro picks up a few pots. The first one saw him steal the blinds and ante with an uncalled shove. The next, he opened 45,000, got called by two players, then he c-bet the flop 3♦ 5♦ Q♦ for 80,000. No one called. On the third pot, he defended the big blind by calling utg+1 Juhoon Chung's 40,000 raise and called the 30,000 flop bet on a board T♣ 6♣ J♠ . After they both checked the turn 6♥ , Castro fired 95,000 on the river 8♠ , Chung called then mucked to Castro's 9♦ 6♦ trips.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
805,000(40 BB) | |
AC Anthony Castro | 685,000(34 BB) |
Board All In Favor Of Anthony Castro

Reminiscent of his run at yesterday's Warm Up final table, Anthony Castro is back at the final table and is swinging once again. Following Byambasuren Danzanbaljir's shove, Castro risks with less and takes command of the board improving to a crushing full house.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
AC Anthony Castro | K♥9♥ BB | 360,000(18 BB) |
4♣4♠ CO | 209,000(10 BB) |
Final Table

Player | Chips |
---|---|
779,000(49 BB) | |
AP Ashley Patterson | 777,000(49 BB) |
AI Alvir Inocentes | 665,000(42 BB) |
SG Stephane Graffin | 425,000(27 BB) |
332,000(21 BB) | |
OK Oliver Kubalek | 332,000(21 BB) |
254,000(16 BB) | |
AC Anthony Castro | 225,000(14 BB) |
RV Robert Van Schalm | 180,000(11 BB) |
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
AC Anthony Castro | 225,000(14 BB) | 1 | 1 |
AI Alvir Inocentes | 665,000(42 BB) | 1 | 2 |
779,000(49 BB) | 1 | 3 | |
332,000(21 BB) | 1 | 4 | |
AP Ashley Patterson | 777,000(49 BB) | 1 | 5 |
254,000(16 BB) | 1 | 6 | |
SG Stephane Graffin | 425,000(27 BB) | 1 | 7 |
OK Oliver Kubalek | 332,000(21 BB) | 1 | 8 |
RV Robert Van Schalm | 180,000(11 BB) | 1 | 9 |
Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
858,000(54 BB) | |
AP Ashley Patterson | 680,000(43 BB) |
AI Alvir Inocentes | 486,000(30 BB) |
SG Stephane Graffin | 415,000(26 BB) |
365,000(23 BB) | |
OK Oliver Kubalek | 351,000(22 BB) |
332,000(21 BB) | |
AC Anthony Castro | 300,000(19 BB) |
RV Robert Van Schalm | 180,000(11 BB) |
GS George Salud | 71,000(4 BB) |
Tetsunori Saito Leaves In 11th Place - ₱33,000 / $565

Tetsunori Saito was next to bow out after all of his chips were claimed by Anthony Castro. Saito's drawing cards failed to improve to finish in 11th place.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
TS Tetsunori Saito | A♠8♣ HJ | busted |
AC Anthony Castro | 9♥9♠ BB | 341,000(28 BB) |
Table 41
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
GS George Salud | 321,000(32 BB) | 41 | 1 |
SG Stephane Graffin | 220,000(22 BB) | 41 | 2 |
RV Robert Van Schalm | 185,000(19 BB) | 41 | 3 |
AC Anthony Castro | 265,000(27 BB) | 41 | 4 |
ES Emmanuel Segismundo | 173,000(17 BB) | 41 | 5 |
AI Alvir Inocentes | 120,000(12 BB) | 41 | 7 |
TS Tetsunori Saito | 170,000(17 BB) | 41 | 8 |
Craig Jones Eliminated In 16th Place - ₱22,000 / $375

Craig Jones open shoves his last 12 bb and didn't get past Anthony Castro who called from the small blind. At the runout, Jones gained more outs, but it didn't materialize to fall in 16th place.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
AC Anthony Castro | A♥Q♣ SB | 255,000(26 BB) |
CJ Craig Jones (2) | 2♦4♦ UTG | busted |
Edwin Dela Cruz Survives The Flip
Edwin Dela Cruz has been swinging to send his stack down to just 53,000. He sends it all in with a small pair on hand and is given a sweat by caller Anthony Castro. The board keeps the pair afloat to save Cruz from elimination.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
ED Edwin Dela Cruz | 4♥4♦ BB | 118,000(15 BB) |
AC Anthony Castro | 9♣T♦ CO | 112,000(14 BB) |
Castro Gets Concepcion To Jam

Action folds around to the button Michael Concepcion, he raises 12,000 and is denied the steal by small blind Anthony Castro who calls. On the flop 3♠ A♠ K♣ , Castro check-calls 9000, then checks the turn 2♣ with Concepcion checking back. Action resumes on the river J♠ starting with a 15,000 bet by Castro, Concepcion shoves, Castro snap-calls and shows a dominating set for a double up.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
AC Anthony Castro | K♠K♥ SB | 226,000(38 BB) |
MG Michael Gabby Concepcion | T♣2♣ D | 189,000(32 BB) |
Edwin Dela Cruz Scoops A Three-Way

Anthony Castro opens upfor 15,000 and is met with a shove of 13,000 from small blind Alexander Donn. Big blind Edwin Dela Cruz pumps it up more with a four-bet of 80,000 leaving himself just 4000 behind, Castro gives it a thought then calls. At the flop K♦ 4♣ 8♦ , Cruz checks to Castro who puts Cruz all in, Cruz tosses his last chips for a three-way showdown.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
ED Edwin Dela Cruz | T♥T♠ BB | 210,000(42 BB) |
AD Alexander Donn | 6♠6♣ SB | busted |
AC Anthony Castro | A♠T♦ CO | 39,000(8 BB) |
Top Stacks
Player | Chips |
---|---|
378,000(76 BB) | |
MN Munkh Natsagdorj | 375,000(75 BB) |
AP Ashley Patterson | 290,000(58 BB) |
OK Oliver Kubalek | 248,000(50 BB) |
CJ Craig Jones (2) | 210,000(42 BB) |
MG Michael Gabby Concepcion | 187,000(37 BB) |
HK Harish Kumar Asnani | 185,000(37 BB) |
182,000(36 BB) | |
SG Stephane Graffin | 168,000(34 BB) |
TN Tamon Nakamura | 167,000(33 BB) |
TS Tetsunori Saito | 163,000(33 BB) |
AC Anthony Castro | 135,000(27 BB) |
ES Emmanuel Segismundo | 128,000(26 BB) |
MA Marco Almerez | 114,000(23 BB) |
113,000(23 BB) | |
DB Dmitrii Belikov | 108,000(22 BB) |
GS George Salud | 96,000(19 BB) |
RV Robert Van Schalm | 90,000(18 BB) |
AI Alvir Inocentes | 73,000(15 BB) |
JM Joseph Magnotti | 69,000(14 BB) |
AY Alan Yap | 68,000(14 BB) |
ED Edwin Dela Cruz | 67,000(13 BB) |
KC Kento Chogo | 60,000(12 BB) |
KE Kim Enriquez | 58,000(12 BB) |
AD Alexander Donn | 52,000(10 BB) |
CH Claude Henoud | 46,000(9 BB) |
MS Michael Segismundo | 30,000(6 BB) |
BG Battulga Ganbold | 29,000(6 BB) |
Michael Concepcion Jams For The Pot

Michael Concepcion and Anthony Castro enter a betting war that begins with an 8000 raise by hijack Concepcion that's called by cutoff. Button player Castro three-bets 23,000 and after the blinds fold, it's back to Concepcion who four-bets 56,000. Only Castro calls to take it to the flop 2♠ Q♦ 4♥ .
Concepcion leads 32,000 and Castro calls. Concepcion jumps out with a jam of 65,500 on the turn 2♦ and this time Castro backs down and folds.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MG Michael Gabby Concepcion | 259,500(87 BB) |
AC Anthony Castro | 106,000(35 BB) |
Big Raise By Cruz Pushes Out Castro

On a board showing 5♦ K♦ T♥ 3♠ 7♦ and 36,000 weighing down the middle, Anthony Castro's 13,000 bet is met with raise of 63,000. Castro opts to fold.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
ED Edwin Dela Cruz | 134,000(89 BB) |
AC Anthony Castro | 132,000(88 BB) |
Takahiro Numata Shoves Into The Flush

By the turn 2♦ 3♦ T♦ 4♥ , Anthony Castro and Takahiro Numata are battling for a pot of 33,000. Numata bloats it another 15,000 that Castro calls to head to the river Q♦ . Numata fires all in for 18,500, Castro calls then ships it with the flush.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
AC Anthony Castro | K♠J♦ UTG+1 | 146,000(73 BB) |
TN Takahiro Numata | 7♦7♥ SB | busted |
Top Stacks
Player | Chips |
---|---|
PV Pantaleon Valencia Jr | 160,000(107 BB) |
ES Emmanuel Segismundo | 129,500(86 BB) |
AC Anthony Castro | 114,000(76 BB) |
113,500(76 BB) | |
CH Claude Henoud | 113,000(75 BB) |
KC Kento Chogo | 110,500(74 BB) |
FF Fred Farboud Feridoun | 110,000(73 BB) |
JM Joseph Magnotti | 108,500(72 BB) |
LV Leonora Valdezco | 103,000(69 BB) |
SH Soichiro Higashi | 95,000(63 BB) |
KE Kim Enriquez | 94,500(63 BB) |
91,000(61 BB) | |
TN Tamon Nakamura | 90,000(60 BB) |
HK Harish Kumar Asnani | 79,000(53 BB) |
YN Yoshiki Nakamura | 68,500(46 BB) |
JP | 67,000(45 BB) |
RJ Rick Jason Ambata | 66,000(44 BB) |
MG Michael Gabby Concepcion | 65,100(43 BB) |
JI Jester Intia | 65,000(43 BB) |
OK Oliver Kubalek | 62,000(41 BB) |
AI Alvir Inocentes | 60,000(40 BB) |
GS George Salud | 57,000(38 BB) |
DB Dmitrii Belikov | 56,500(38 BB) |
AP Ashley Patterson | 51,000(34 BB) |
Anthony Castro Paid For Trips
Anthony Castro and Jester Intia head to the flop 5♦ T♠ 3♣ with 16,500 already in the pot.A check from Castro sees Intia bet 9000 that's called. Both pass up the turn 9♠ then Castro comes out with a 15,000 bet on the river T♥. Intia calls then mucks to Castro's Q♠ T♦ trips.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AC Anthony Castro | 112,000(93 BB) |
JI Jester Intia | 37,500(31 BB) |
Anthony Castro Boosted By Rockets

Raising from utg+1, Anthony Castro calls Darren Moves's 7000 reraise. On the flop T♦ 6♠ 4♣ , Castro check-calls another 7000 then check-calls all in on the river 2♦ . Castro flips open aces which goes on to win after the river 8♠ .
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
AC Anthony Castro | A♦A♣ UTG+1 | 74,400(62 BB) |
DM Darren Moves | 7♣7♠ CO | 91,700(76 BB) |
Jester Intia Gets Value For Trips

Jester Intia opens for 2000 and is called by the blinds - Sergei Korzhenko and Anthony Castro. Intia continues for 3000 on a flop 6♣ Q♥ 9♦ , and the blinds stick to him. They all check the turn Q♦ then it's back to betting for Intia who sends out 9000 on the river T♠ . This time only Castro pays to see then mucks to Intia's K♠ Q♠ trips.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JI Jester Intia | 78,000(78 BB) |
SK Sergei Korzhenko | 18,000(18 BB) |
AC Anthony Castro | 14,400(14 BB) |