Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Only 47 players out of 111 entries remain upon completion of level ten and they have been sent on a scheduled ten-minute break. When they return, the late registration for Day 1a will end. The T-100 chips will now also be raced off as they are no longer required or tonight.
Dhanesh Chainani open-shoved out of the small blind in the second last hand of the level and was called by Minxuan Fu, who had just 26,000 behind in the big blind.
Minxuan Fu:
Dhanesh Chainani:
The flop improved Fu to two pair and the turn then gave Chainani some outs. However, the river was not among them and Fu doubled.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Minxuan Fu
|
53,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
Dhanesh Chainani |
47,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
Soon after suffering a dramatic one-outer against Ori Elul, Hoyt Corkins flipped for the rest of his remaining chips and was up against Tzai Wei Phua in the following preflop contest.
Hoyt Corkins:
Tzai Wei Phua:
The flop improved Phua right away and he retained the lead on the turn as well as the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tzai Wei Phua |
90,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Hoyt Corkins | Busted | |
|
Tzai Wei Phua had re-entered not long ago and was all-in for fewer than the starting stack with the . Chris Backhouse was ahead with the but the runout gave Phua the superior two pair for the double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris Backhouse |
120,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Tzai Wei Phua |
55,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
Nang Quang Nguyen pushed all-in for 28,000 on the flop and Nam Hyung Kim asked for a count before he reluctantly called.
Nang Quang Nguyen:
Nam Hyung Kim:
The turn and river were both blanks and Nguyen busted for a second time on Day 1a.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nam Hyung Kim |
295,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
||
Nang Quang Nguyen | Busted |
On a flop of , Hoyt Corkins and Ori Elul got their chips into the middle with Elul as the player at risk for 56,000.
Ori Elul:
Hoyt Corkins:
The river changed nothing whatsoever but Elul hit a one-outer on the river to double as a small crowd gathered around the table to see what had happened.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ori Elul |
130,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Hoyt Corkins |
23,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
Yu Qi Zhao defended the big blind against a button raise by Vincent Huang and check-called a bet worth 1,500 on the flop. Both checked the turn and Zhao then bet the river for 3,600. Huang gave it some consideration and folded.
While the hand played out, a short-stacked Leo Soma was knocked out from one table over.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yu Qi Zhao
|
160,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
||
Vincent Huang |
21,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
Leo Soma | Busted | |
|
Collin Ho was flipping against fellow Singaporean player Ceesvin Abdulla as the latter ended up at risk for 28,800 on the button.
Ceesvin Abdulla:
Collin Ho:
The pocket pair remained ahead on the runout and Abdulla doubled to put a dent into the big stack of Ho.
In the meanwhile, Ido Aboudi was eliminated as Nam Hyung Kim extended his lead at the top of the leaderboard.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nam Hyung Kim |
240,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
||
Collin Ho |
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Ceesvin Abdulla
|
58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
Ido Aboudi | Busted |
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200