In a preflop duel cutoff versus small blind, choo was behind with A♦J♥ versus K♦K♠ and on near even stacks against his opponent. The A♠Q♦9♣10♣9♥ board paired the ace and the stacks were very close, his 96,000 covered by a small margin for the knockout.
Joining the action on the 6♠5♦4♠6♥ turn, shika0415 checked and then called a bet worth 13,000 by kasshii. He then opted to lead the Q♥ river for 38,000 and kasshii folded.
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On a heads-up flop of A♥7♦6♣, Ryo called the shove of an opponent for around 50,000 with A♣Q♦ and was shown the 3♥3♣ for an underpair to the board. The 7♠ turn and K♣ river brought no upset and Ryo jumped well above the average.
The next session at the poker tables is completed for Day 1a and the field is down to only around 104 players, which will have another three levels to survive to bag and tag their chips.
While hiroki0821 got the chips in behind with Q♠10♠ versus A♣K♥, the bigger stack immediately improved with the Q♥2♥2♣ flop. The 8♠ turn and 5♦ river changed nothing and hiroki0821 added to his stack.
Dorami won a big flip with 4♠4♣ against the A♣K♦ of iZ for 124,000 thanks to a board of Q♦6♠5♥3♦10♠. They chipped up further after that while iZ recovered to an average stack thanks to a plummeting field of only around 120 hopefuls still in contention.
Dorami then bet 40,000 on a 10♠9♠3♣8♥K♣ river and tsuchy called all-in for less to more than double with K♥10♥ against the 6♠4♠ of Dorami.
While Day 1a is getting towards the business end of the flight, the second starting day has reached level two with almost three figures. According to the screens, there are some 95 entries so far with 91 players still in contention. With the late registration open until approximately 10.35 p.m. local time, it will be a long night to complete 15 levels.
On a heads-up turn of 9♠8♥5♦5♣, KODAI221 checked and then called a bet worth 30,000 by his table neighbour to see the A♦ on the river. He checked again and instantly called when he heard the "all in" behind him.
KODAI221 had it locked up on the turn with 8♣8♠ to catch his opponent speeding with A♣4♣ for rivered aces and fives.