![Philippines [PHL]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/ph.svg "Philippines [PHL]"){kind=small}
Philippines, Newport World Resorts
![United States of America [USA]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/us.svg "United States of America [USA]"){kind=small}
Final Day
Final 9 players of the Main Event
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| 4,325,000 | |
| 2,080,000 | |
| 1,630,000 | |
| 1,470,000 | |
| 1,335,000 | |
| 1,180,000 | |
| 1,165,000 | |
| 1,030,000 | |
| 640,000 |
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| 4,325,000 | |
| 2,080,000 | |
| 1,630,000 | |
| 1,470,000 | |
| 1,335,000 | |
| 1,180,000 | |
| 1,165,000 | |
| 1,030,000 | |
| 640,000 |
Day 2
Final 9 players of the Main Event
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 4,325,000 | ||
| 2,080,000 | 1,893,000 | |
| 1,630,000 | -70,000 | |
| 1,470,000 | 270,000 | |
| 1,335,000 | -265,000 | |
| 1,180,000 | 500,000 | |
| 1,165,000 | -135,000 | |
| 1,030,000 | 370,000 | |
| 640,000 | -260,000 |
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| 4,325,000 | |
| 2,080,000 | |
| 1,630,000 | |
| 1,470,000 | |
| 1,335,000 | |
| 1,180,000 | |
| 1,165,000 | |
| 1,030,000 | |
| 640,000 |
Stephen Nathan eliminated in 12th place - PHP 352,000 (~US$ 6,360)
30,000 ante
Stephen Nathan all in with J♥ J♦ , Ryan McAllister puts him at risk with A♥ Q♥ . With the board running 9♠ A♦ 6♥ 5♦ T♥ , Nathan is out in 12th place.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,300,000(43 BB) | 500,000 |
Big stacks tangle
10,000 ante
On a flop 4♦ 7♣ 2♠ and 70,000 in the pot, small blind Alessandro Taranto bets 400,000, big blind Ryan McAllister calls to bring the turn 7♦ . Taranto checks, McAllister bets 105,000, Taranto gives it a thought then folds.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 900,000(75 BB) | -50,000 | |
| 800,000(67 BB) | 60,000 |
Ryan McAllister boots Shen
10,000 ante
Lojack Ryan McAllister raises to 24,000 and finds three callers to the flop 3♠ 4♥ T♦ . McAllister c-bets 70,000, cutoff Mok Hui Shen shoves, two players fold, back to McAllister who calls. McAlister has J♣ J♦ , Shen with K♥ T♣ , the turn is Q♥ and river 9♥ . McAllister ships it and Shen ships out.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 740,000(62 BB) | 320,000 |
Richard Tolentino check-raises McAllister
10,000 ante
From utg+1, Richard Tolentino raises to 24,000, hijack Ryan McAllister three-bets to 75,000, Tolentino flats. On the flop 9♥ 5♥ 5♣ , McAllister c-bets 50,000, Tolentino check-raises to 150,000, McAllister folds.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 500,000(42 BB) | 394,000 | |
| 420,000(35 BB) | 20,000 |
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
McAllister shaves down Dwan
2,500 ante
On a flop K♠ 3♥ K♣ and a large 50,000 in the middle, small blind Tom Dwan bets 16,000, cutoff Ryan McAllister calls. On the turn 4♥ , Dwan bets 20,000 and is called again. On the river J♣ , Dwan opts to check then folds to McAllister’s 200,000 bet.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 450,000(180 BB) | 120,000 | |
TD | 35,000(14 BB) | -65,000 |
Ryan McAllister banks a three-way
2,500 ante
Three players build a pot preflop of 60,000 and the flop comes 9♦ Q♦ T♣ . Button payer Ewe Eng Soon bets 35,000, small blind Han Yeong Woo check-shoves, under the gun Ryan McAllister four-bet shoves, back to Soon who quickly calls.
McAllister 9♥ 9♣ set Soon A♣ A♠ over pair Han Yeong Woo - J♦ T♥
The turn 6♦ and river J♣ is good to keep McAllister ahead. He rails Han and chunks down Soon to 150,000.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 330,000(132 BB) | 210,000 |
Pot for McAllister
1,500 ante
On a turn board T♦ 7♥ 3♠ K♠ and 26,000 brewed, no bets from Ryan McAllister and button player. Same on the river A♣ no bets land. McAllister opens T♠ 8♠ and wins the pot.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 120,000(80 BB) | -657,000 |
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 |
Day 1A
Ryan McAllister rails Chao
800 ante
After losing a pot to Hao Cheng, Ryan McAllister recovers some chips by railing Yau Chao. It is all in preflop, Chao with A♦ K♥ runs into McAllister’s A♥ A♣ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 25,000(31 BB) | 10,000 |
Hao Cheng wins the flip for a double up
800 ante
Preflop betting war leads to Ryan McAllister all in for all his chips with 9♦ 9♥ . He is put on the ropes by Hao Cheng with overcards A♦ Q♥ . A queen quickly lands on the flop and holds for a double up to Cheng
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 28,000(35 BB) | 13,000 | |
| 15,000(19 BB) | 15,000 |