There is a steady list of more than one dozen players waiting to get a seat for the past half an hour and among those to join shortly is also Robert Glasspool, who made a deep run in the 2019 Aussie Millions Main Event and busted just shy of the final table.
Yuki Ko walked in with fellow Japanese player Norihiro Otani, while other notables to join the action are Jun Obara and David Sheperd.
Tatsuya Kyogoku on the button was taking on Keisuke Fujita in the small blind and Kaixiang Ye in the cutoff and the trio created a pot of more than 7,000 to the 
turn. Action checked to Kyogoku and his bet of 3,100 forced two folds to claim the pot.
The same table also features Huijie Zhou, who reached the Six-Handed stage in the 2019 Aussie Millions Main Event and finished in 23rd place for A$61,500.
Koichi Haruta opened to 300 from late position, a player in the hijack three-bet to 1,000 and Haruta called. The dealer spread out 
on the flop and Haruta checked to his opponent who bet 800.
Haruta called, the 
came on the turn and Haruta check-called another bet of 800 from his opponent. The 
hit the felt on the river and both players checked. Haruta tabled 
for two pair on the river and his opponent mucked, sending an early pot to Haruta.
At the very end of the first level, there were just eight big blinds in the pot with the flop reading 
and a raising war broke out between two Japanese players. Shinya Matsumoto bet, Yuzo Shiokawa raised to 1,500 and Matsumoto clicked it back to 4,000. Shiokawa made it 10,000 to go and called the shove of his opponent for the following showdown.
Yuzo Shiokawa: 
Shinya Matsumoto: 
The 
turn changed nothing and the 
river paired the board. Both stacks were counted and Shiokawa doubled for 29,500, which left Matsumoto with 100. Those vanished in the next hand when his 
was dominated by none other than Shiokawa with 
, who flopped trips on a board 
.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
The field is booming early in the day with 130 registration slips sold already!
The turned board read 
and there was 4,500 in the pot. Pavel Lubov checked to his opponent who checked behind and the came down on the river.
Lubov threw in 1,900, his opponent called and Lubov tabled for an overpair of cowboys. His opponent mucked and Lubov took down another early pot with kings.
The field is growing by the minute and up to 12 tables will be used in the secondary VIP area, in which the Super High Roller initially took place. Dong Guo and Changyang Liu can be found in action there already as three tables are running.
A new entry in the main tournament area is Kelvin Beattie, who just sat down over on table 11.
"You have a knack for bad beats, eh?" Pavel Lubov said as he came over to confirm he had knocked out an opponent in the first level of the day. Indeed the screens show 98 players out of 100 entries remaining and Lubov sits on a double stack.
According to Lubov, he called a four-bet to 4,000 with kings and they got it in after a 
flop. His opponent held pocket aces and failed to spike the two-outer.
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