With 169 players out of 376 entries remaining, Day 1b has concluded level nine. In the following 15-minute break, the T-100 chips will be raced off as they are no longer required for the remainder of the night. Another three levels are scheduled until bagging and tagging.
During the last hands before the break, Chi Chung Ho was sent to the rail and left earlier than most other players in the Grand Hall. On the river of a 
board, he called all-in with a short stack following a bet by Hoang Huy Tran and was shown the 
for trips aces.
Ho briefly flashed his cards for what appeared to be 
and then vanished.
A short-stacked Lam Son Phu Pham eventually got the last 27,500 in with the 
and was up against the of Milan Stojkovic. The 
flop gave Pham some more outs and while he bricked the turn, the 
river improved his hand to trips tens.
Abhinav Iyer raised and then called a three-bet by Minh Quang Nguyen to create a pot of 19,000. They checked the 
flop and the 
turn. Iyer then bet the 
river for 5,000 and Nguyen raised to 15,000, which was reluctantly paid off. Nguyen tabled the 
and that won the pot.
Shortly after, the 34,400 of Conrad Lumaban were in the middle of the table and he had the 
exposed already. Iyer was ahead with 
even after the 
flop but the 
turn and river runout gave Lumaban a flush.
James Mendoza raised to 3,000 and then called the shove by Michael Thanh Luong for 19,600.
Michael Thanh Luong:
James Mendoza: 
It was a fair game in the flip and the 
board kept the Aussie in contention.
Towards the end of the previous level, Nang Quang Nguyen had doubled through Sung Joo Hyun in a larger pot when his 
had flopped a set of deuces on the 
. They only got it in after the river with Hyun showing the 
as Nguyen doubled for 37,800.
Once the blinds went up, a raising war broke out between Nguyen and Hyun Sup Kim. He had made it 18,500 to go already only for Kim to reraise to 40,000. Nguyen tanked, then jammed and Kim literally beat him into the pot.
Hyun Sup Kim:
Nang Quang Nguyen:
The 
board gave Nguyen a set of tens and significant stack size.
On a heads-up turn of 
, Vu Duc Trung was all-in with the and found himself up against the 
of Changhwan Lee. The river only improved Lee and Trung re-entered shortly after.
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Milan Stojkovic was all smiles after he had just shipped a double and there was laughter all around the table, even Lich Van Vu who had lost the pot grinned. On a board of 
, the of Stojkovic made aces full while the of Vu were second-best.
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