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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
80,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
||
|
|
72,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000
-12,500
|
-12,500 |
|
|
19,000
-36,000
|
-36,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
115,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
105,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
85,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
Busted |
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.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
In the very first hand after coming back from the break, Phachara Wongwichit was all-in with the 
. He was flipping against the 
of Kumpyo Cho but ended up drawing dead on the turn of a 
board.
With the late registration for Day 1b now closed on 379 entries, he can only jump straight into Day 1c.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
There was some uproar on the table when the cards were flipped over as William Ysmael as well as Hung Richard Nguyen had both flopped a set on 
.
Ysmael was in need of a miracle holding the as Nguyen was miles ahead with the 
. The board completed with the turn and 
river, ending his Main Event run for Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
Busted |
As the tables of Day 1b start to break more rapidly, the far right corner of the Grand Hall now hosts the hopefuls of the turbo heat 1c. So far, some 67 entrants have been recorded and among those to take a shot are Phachara Wongwichit, Chi Chung Ho, Joachim Lob, and Seung Mook Jung.
The blinds in level three are 200-300 with a big blind ante of 300.
