Upon completion of level eight, the remaining 48 players out of 60 entries have been sent on a scheduled 60-minute dinner break. The action will recommence at approximately 8.50 pm local time.
Chung Chuen Co was spotted raking in a big pot and the cards as well as the board were still tabled while most other players had already left for the dinner break. On a board of 
, he had looked up a shove by Mike Takayama and was shown the 
for a gutsy bluff with the missed flush draw.
Co's 
for queens and treys were good enough for the knockout as he leaped to a seven-figure stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Following an open raise to 12,000, Vincent Huang pushed his shorter stack into the middle. He was cold-called by Wai Leong Chan and the rest of the table including the initial raiser folded.
Vincent Huang: 
Wai Leong Chan: 
The 
board delivered the blow for Huang on the turn while Chi Zhang added "I would have won, ace jack".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,030,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
|
575,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Three ways to the 
river, Quang Nang Nguyen in the big blind bet 51,000. Hien Van Dang raised to 155,000 only for the table big stack Supitong Popiyukkul to reraise, making it 300,000 to go. Two folds later, the pot was shipped to Popiyukkul as he continued the cruise near the top of the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,250,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
650,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
540,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
The Day 1a field is now already up to 60 entries of which 49 players remain. Wai Kiat Lee was eliminated not long ago and then boosted his stack by some margin already.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
|
500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
||
|
500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Down to around 105,000, Chi-Jen Chu moved all-in from under the gun. Jun Wah Yap then jammed all-in over the top on the button to force out the blinds.
Chi-Jen Chu: 
Jun Wah Yap:
The 
flop improved Yap to the top pair and top kicker while Chu needed a ten for broadway or running cards. Neither came on the 
turn an 
river to end his run for now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
610,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
Busted |
In a pot of around 185,000, the turn showed 
and Choon Tong Siow opted to check. Zhi Yi Ning bet 105,000 from one seat over and the call by Siow followed.
As they headed to the 
river which brought a straight on the turn, Siow moved all-in for more than 250,000. Ning shrugged and called without using a time bank to get shown the 
, which chopped against his as both played the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
740,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
525,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Ling Tien Yoon was spotted on his way out of the tournament area and his cards were already in the muck. He had previously lost a big portion of his stack with ace-queen versus ace-king and could not beat Victor Chong in the last showdown either.
Chong's were the best hand on a 
runout as the field was reduced by one contender.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
365,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Kannapong Thanarattrakul had raised preflop and was called by Vincent Huang. A continuation bet on the 
flop was check-raised by Huang with Thanarattrakul sticking around. After the turn, Thanarattrakul called an overbet for 140,000 to leave himself with 295,000 behind to the 
river.
Thanarattrakul then faced the shove by Huang with the superior stack, who was eventually get hero-called by his opponent with the . Huang had bricked a massive draw with the 
and took a big blow to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
975,000
475,000
|
475,000 |
|
||
|
|
200,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
