Anderson saw off Mike de Decker with a strong display which was highlighted with a 94 average. This saw him claim a 6-2 victory over the young Belgian.
'The Original' will be hoping to back up early form he showed this year and put together a strong run and this is a good start to that.
Laursen edged past Reece Robinson to become the first Host Nation Qualifier through to the second day in Copenhagen.
The experienced Dane will move on to face Jonny Clayton who hasn't been in the best form as of late and with the crowd likely to get bigger tomorrow night, he can count on their support.
Finally Cody Harris moved through with a 6-1 win over Teuvo Haverinen to mark a successful European Tour debut - his opponent had a horrific time of it averaging only 60.77 meaning some complacency could have occurred from 'Code Star'.
This wasn't the case though as he eased through with an 80 average and he will take on Stephen Bunting tomorrow in round two.
Luke Woodhouse (90.74) 3-6 (94.63) William O’Connor
Mick Todd (88.86) 3-6 (100.13) Nathan Aspinall
Mike De Decker (90.03) 2-6 (94.03) Kyle Anderson
Per Laursen (85.43) 6-4 (87.99) Reece Robinson
Cody Harris (80.63) 6-1 (60.77) Teuvo Haverinen
14:30 Jose De Sousa v Scott Taylor
15:00 Jose Justicia v Ryan Joyce
15:30 Krzysztof Kciuk v Krzysztof Ratajski