A staggering 410 entries have emerged thus far with 370 players remaining and they have been sent on a scheduled ten-minute break.
A staggering 410 entries have emerged thus far with 370 players remaining and they have been sent on a scheduled ten-minute break.
Following an under-the-gun raise by Kevin Bortfeld, a shorter-stacked Junhui Lee jammed for what appeared to be around 7,000 with Bortfeld coming along.
Junhui Lee: K♠Q♠
Kevin Bortfeld :J♣9♣
"I am ahead? Let's go," Lee joked. The K♣6♣5♥ flop brought a sweat and while Lee stayed ahead on the 2♥ turn, the A♣ river completed a flush for Bortfeld.
On a completed board of 6♣2♣2♦7♣5♣, Feras Elnatsha checked out of the blinds. John Costiniano overbet for 27,300 into a pot of just 9,500 and that sent his opponent deep into the tank.
Elnatsha eventually paid it off and Costiniano revealed the 2♥2♠ for flopped quads. Elnatsha mucked the A♣ and lost a significant portion of his big stack.
In multi-way action to the K♠10♥5♣7♥ turn, Tomochika Kamiya called all-in with a short stack when Kazuya Hyodo had pushed all-in.
Tomochika Kamiya: 9♥8♥
Kazuya Hyodo: 10♣7♣
Kamiya had a ton of outs with the open-ended straight flush draw but bricked it all on the 9♦ river.
Three ways to the 9♥8♣4♣ flop, Gerald Foo bet 1,100. Eric Teck made it 3,300 to go and Ruderico Dela Cruz reraised to 10,300. Foo let go whereas Teck reluctantly called. That brought them to the 5♠ turn on which Teck checked. Dela Cruz pushed near instantly to force a fold.
On a heads-up river of K♣9♣5♣2♣8♠, Croatia's Marko Puskadija bet 2,600 and received the call he was looking for to reveal the A♣J♥ for the nut flush in order to chip up.
Out of a field of 350 entries, some 332 players remain and the following contenders will have to reenter in case they wish to continue their pursuit of reaching Day 2.
Yannick Mouniama bet the 9♣6♥2♥2♠ turn for 9,400 to earn a call from Daniel Benor and instantly pushed all-in whilethe A♣ river was barely out there. Benor folded and was shown the 9♦9♠ for a turned full house by his opponent.
Just before the level switched, Bernard Vu raised to to 500 from under the gun. Hajime Watanabe three-bet to 1,500 and Vu came along to the J♠7♥6♠ flop on which the Frenchman checked. Watanabe continued for 1,500 but a check-raise to 5,000 won the pot for Vu.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300