The outside tables have all been closed, and all Main Event players are into the main poker room.
144 players are still in the field, and they are place in the last 16 tables of Day 1a.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Xiaosheng Zheng was spotted betting 15,000 chips in the turn with the board having 
, and got a call from his opponent.
The 
completed the board on the river, and both players checked, with Zheng opening 
, which was enough to earn him the pot, since his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
114,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
Alan Lau bet in a 
, and got a caller, following with a shove on the 
of the turn. His opponent called again rather quickly and the two players went to showdown.
Alan Lau: 
Opponent: 
The river was the 
, and Lau won a big pot to send him over 100,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Gabriel Remigio was seemingly unlucky when he got it in on a flop 
with bottom set holding 
, only to see his opponent show 
for top set.
The turn was the best card in the deck for him, and the most brutal for his opponent, since the 
gave him quads, and Remigio took a big lead in the hand. Now it was his opponent who was drawing to only one out, and the deck didn't bring any more surprises, with the 
giving to Remigio the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000 |
Zinan Xu reshoved preflop after a short stack's shove, and the rest of the players folded. The showdown had Xu holding in a flip against his opponent's 
.
The board ran out 
, and Xu is on a fall, after his good start in the Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,000
-83,000
|
-83,000 |
The hand was on the turn with 
, Hao Chen had shoved for 27,500 chips, after a player's bet to 11,300, and it was Tae Hoon Han's turn to act.
Han folded, the initial bettor called and saw the bad news when Chen opened his cards.
Hao Chen: 
Opponent:
The river was the and Chen doubled up, while his opponent was left very short and busted a couple of hands later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000 |
Chin Yong Lee busted earlier from the Main Event, when he got it in for more than 40 big blinds, with preflop.
This time, he was facing elimination after re-entering, in another almost sixty-big-blind pot, when he shoved preflop with 
, and he got called by his opponent's 
.
The flop was catastrophic for Lee, since the 
ensured that he could win only with runner-runner cards. You can never say never in poker though, as the on the turn and the 
on the river gave him an unexpected double up to 70,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
