Keiji Takahashi is one of many players from Japan that have registered for the event so far and he bet the 
flop for 800. Fellow countryman Kensaku Takagi made the call from two seats over. The 
fell on the turn and a bet of 2,200 did the trick for Takahashi.
Xing Biao Zhu had more than doubled his stack early on with a very aggressive playing style and soon after he was involved into the action once more. There were already 9,500 in the middle and the flop showed 
. Titov ended up all in and at risk for 37,500 and Zhu had pushed with the 
.
Titov held bottom set with 
and the 
turn and 
river brought no upset. Despite this massive setback, Zhu remains above the starting stack!
On the tail end of a board 
, Lei Yu bet 5,000 and his table neighbor check-called to get shown the 
for aces up. That won the pot for Yu, who enjoys a decent start into Day 1 of the High Roller.
Victor Chong and Jun Obara are already in action, while Yuki Ko and Norihiro Otani are waiting to get a seat and will enter shortly. The screens already show 49 entries, of which 48 remain.
On the river of a board 
, Xing Biao Zhu called a bet of 6,200 by Lifu Liu and mucked when he was shown the 
for the nut full house. Other players that have started well into Day 1 are Huijie Zhou and Kazuhiko Yotsushika while one player has already been eliminated.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
On a flop of 
, Daniel Lee check-raised from 2,200 to 6,500 and Xiaobing He on the button made the call to see the on the turn. Lee now bet 11,500 and He moved all in.
Lee splashed in two time bank extensions right away, which caused some laughter at the table, and he ended up using one further time bank before making the call.
Daniel Lee: 
Xiaobing He: 
The 
river was a blank and Lee doubled, while He still had 40 big blinds left over.
The tables five and six opened as the field is rapidly growing and promises to be quite an interesting mix. Among those to take a seat were Jamie Lee, Christopher Park, Kazuhiko Yotsushika, Hideki Izutsu, Lei Yu, Daniel and Calvin Lee, Jamie Lee and more. None of the Lee's are on the same table thus far.
Xing Biao Zhu min-bet the 
turn for 200 and picked up a call by Sagami Shunsaku to create a pot of around 4,000. Zhu then bet the river for 3,000 and his opponent folded, Zhu flashed the 
.
Single-Day High Roller champion Toshiyuki Onda is also on board in the first level of play, along with the below hopefuls to claim the trophy.
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