A short stack from Russia got it in from under the gun with the J♥J♦ and was miles ahead of the 8♦8♥ of Sungrock Jung. However, the 10♥10♠8♠8♣Q♦ runout gave Jung quads to earn the chips in style.
In a battle of pocket pairs, Tom Maguire had the best of it with A♦A♥ versus 8♦8♥. Both players hit a flush on the 7♥4♠2♥5♥6♥ board and Maguire had his opponent covered to claim a near double-up.
Earlier on, Bien Mai had hit a set with a small pocket pair to win a bigger pot off Selim Souissi and the Tunisian struck back in a three-way showdown when his pocket sevens were up against two ace-kings on an ace-seven high flop.
Mai barely felt the loss, however, as he then barreled against Seunghun Ko shortly after. The K♦4♥2♦7♦ turn bet was worth 15,500 for Ko to call. What followed was the 9♦ river, which saw Mai with another bet of 40,000 and Ko folded.
Chang Hyeon Kim was spotted on his way out of the tournament area when his shorter stack was chopped up between two players. The 5♥5♣ of Kim were second-best to A♣Q♠ and A♠Q♦ on a board of J♠J♥6♦9♣Q♥ as the former big stack vanished.
Koen Breed opened the action with a raise to 2,500 and Chien Chih "Maggie" Weng then jammed for 20,900. The small blind asked for a count and folded while Jimmy Flores in the big blind called, forcing out Breed.
Chien Chih Weng: 5♠5♣
Jimmy Flores: K♠K♣
The Q♠9♦3♠J♠8♦ board brought no help to Weng and she was knocked out in the last level during the late registration period.
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Ilia Miakishev had won his entry for Day 1a in a satellite earlier today which he celebrated vividly for the entire room to hear.
The next celebration of the Russian came after a double-up with A♠K♥ on a K♦J♠3♠8♣6♣ board. Since then, Miakishev had chipped up further while Valeriy Pak vanished from the same table as his second and final bullet for the day was not crowned by success.
Further assorted counts can be found below.
Vishal Ohja was all-in and at risk with the A♥7♥ and had two live cards as well as hearts at his disposal. Junnie Pamplona tabled the 6♣6♥ and stayed ahead on the 3♦2♦2♥9♣K♠ runout to knock out Ohja.
Anthony Cierco bounced back into six figures while Vincent Chauve and Sameer [Removed:550] remained well below the average. [Removed:550] then jammed against a limper, who called his last five blinds with the 7♦4♦. The Indian was ahead with the A♦9♥ but couldn't fade the suckout on the Q♣Q♠6♠J♥7♣ board.
On a completed board of A♣8♥5♣2♣A♠ with some 21,500 in the middle, Daisuke Fujii had bet 14,200 and Hun Tae Choi raised to 32,000. Fujii jammed for another 14,200 on top and Choi asked for a count to then call.
Fujii revealed the A♦8♦ for aces full of eights, as Choi's J♣9♣ for a flush were no good.
Shortly after, Mark Remnant had a piece of the 4♦2♠2♥ flop with the 4♥3♠. Choi revealed the 6♣6♦ when they got it in, and the latter prevailed on the 9♠ turn and 8♠ river runout to knock out Remnant.
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