The tables 25 and 22 have been removed from play as only 171 participants had remained, but since the screens updated and now only show 162 left. Unfortunately there are no media cards, so it will be somewhat difficult to know who busted in the first level but we'll do our best to cut down the list.
After the flop came down Yifan Zheng and Geng Liu checked from the blinds before Wing Cheong Chong bet out 3,000. Both players made the call before the dealer rolled over the on the turn. A round of checks followed and then the appeared on the river.
Zheng then reached for his chips and bet out 7,000 which was enough to take down the pot as Liu and Chong mucked their hands.
We arrived at the table to find the board of spread out and over 25,000 in the pot.
The player in the big blind had checked prompting Gab Yong Kim to bet out 20,100 from hijack. With the decision back on the big blind, he went into the tank for several minutes.
After three minutes the player stood up from his chair and stared down the board before staring down Kim. All the while, Kim casually sat in his chair looking back at his opponent.
Eventually time was called. With 10 seconds left the player chose to muck, exposing his to Kim. Kim then responded by tossing his face up onto the table, showing off his bluff.
Kim now moves up to 100,000 in chips following the hand.
We caught Celina Lin wondering around, and tricked her into taking The Amazing Poker Quiz. The Amazing Poker Quiz isn't your regular everyday quiz, it's a quiz about the contestants own results!
Steve O'Dwyer was able to accumulate some chips in the first level of the day already and just witnessed a bizarre double up for Yoshiro Nagata. The Japanese had raised from the hijack and was called by Wan Zhang out of the big blind. On the turn, Zhang bet 3,200 and called a raise to 11,000 by the Japanese before checking the river.
Nagata shoved for his last 9,800 and then tapped the table when his opponent reluctantly called, expecting to be out of the event with his . But wait, Zhang double-checked his cards and sent them into the muck? The dealer obliged to the all in showdown and flipped over and quite a few of the other players on the table let out gasps and "really?". Nagata himself kind of giggled.
Daniel Lee raised to 3,000 from early position and a short stack shoved for 1,100 more to see the American call it off with the . The short stack doubled with on a board of and the same table also includes Day 1b leader Jia Liang. The Chinese has lost some chips and Dapeng Mu has definitely more than him now.
The action started with Yi Chung Cheng raising to 3,100 from under the gun. Chang He was seated to his left and moved all in for his remaining 34,000 in chips. Wending Luo was next in line, and looked down at his cards, before moving all in for around 235,000 in chips. It didn't stop there, as Takahiro Nakai also decided to get his last 14,600 from the cut off. The decision folded back around to Cheng who mucked his hand before the remaining players tabled their cards.
He:
Luo:
Nakai:
Luo was looking at a double knockout with his monster pair until the board ran out . Nakai was able to flop two pair on his way to tripling up to just over 50,000 in chips. Unfortunately for He, he was unable to catch a break, being sent to the rail.
After the turn, Peng Zhai opted to make a bet worth 8,000 with around 17,000 behind out of the big blind. Feifei Wang moved all in for 29,100 and Zhai tanked for minutes before the clock was called on him. As soon as that happened, he then made the call with the for top pair and the flush draw.
Wang flipped over his and the blank on the river sent Zhai to the rail. He clapped towards his opponent before leaving the table.
A loud cheer from Ryan Nan Yu caught our attention and upon walking over to his table, his had doubled through Jeonghan Lee's on a board of . Lee was left with around 5,000 chips and those vanished shortly after.