After Paul Phua bowed out earlier, Triton co-founder Richard Yong also failed to find a bag to advance to Day 2 in the biggest poker tournament ever held. Already short-stacked, Yong got it in with 
and got looked up by Wai Leong Chan, who held 
.
The 
board drew nothing but blanks for the Malaysian and he headed for the rail.
Bill Perkins is the man of the hour in the London Hilton on Hyde Park as he netted a big double-up through former chip leader Vivek Rajkumar after tripling up earlier too.
It was Rajkumar who opened the action with a raise to 50,000 from under the gun holding 
. Chin Wei Lim called to his left with 
and an unidentified card and Perkins called with 
.
The 
flop promised fireworks and Rajkumar checked his option with his straight flush draw. Lim checked, Perkins bet 55,000 with his set, Rajkumar check-raised to 215,000, Lim folded, Perkins three-bet to 655,000, and Rajkumar called.
On the 
turn, Perkins shoved all in for 915,000 and Rajkumar reluctantly called it off. The river was the 
— "nice and clean," as Perkins would later say — and Perkins took the chip lead from his opponent late in the day.
On one of the outer tables in the field, Dan Smith knocked out Benjamin Wu to bring the field down to 42. Wu started the hand with 397,000 in chips but lost all of those to Smith, who's now up to over 2 million.
Bryn Kenney raised to 35,000 with 
in the cutoff and Martin Kabrhel three-bet to 125,000 on the button with 
. Stephen Chidwick found 
in the small blind and four-bet to 275,000, Kenney folded, and Kabrhel called.
The flop was 
and Chidwick bet 150,000, but Kabrhel quickly gave up his king-high.
Level: 10
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
The turned board had 
face up and there was around 272,000 sitting in the middle. Michael Soyza led out for 200,000 and Qiang Wang moved his last 544,000 into the middle. Jason Koon shoved all in over the top and Soyza quickly folded his hand.
Qiang Wang:
Jason Koon:
The two pair of Wang was ahead and the 
river card did not change a thing as Wang took down the pot for more than a full double up.
Martin Kabrhel limped with 
in the small blind, Stephen Chidwick raised to 60,000 with 
in the big blind, and Kabrhel called. Kabrhel outflopped Chidwick on a 
flop and checked. Chidwick bet 35,000, Kabrhel check-raised to 160,000, and Chidwick called.
On the turn, Kabrhel bet 299,000 and Chidwick called again. Kabrhel thoroughly double-checked his hole cards before moving all in for 599,000 on the river, and Chidwick folded.
Elton Tsang raised to 36,000 from under the gun, Bill Perkins called from the small blind, and Bobby Baldwin called from the big blind. The flop was 
and Perkins bet 25,000. Baldwin raised to 125,000 and Tsang cold-called, leaving himself with just 165,000 behind.
Perkins shoved all in for 503,000 and Baldwin called after some thought. Tsang quickly put the extra chips in as well to create a three-way all-in situation.
Elton Tsang: 
Bill Perkins:
Bobby Baldwin:
It was a brutal cooler for Tsang, who could only survive with the case trey. Baldwin was nearly drawing dead as well for the side pot, and Perkins officially won the hand after the 
turn and river. Baldwin was left with 412,000 while Tsang was eliminated.
Over at Table 2, there was already a sizable pot brewing between partypoker Pro's Timofey Kuznetsov and Mikita Badziakouski. The board read and Kuznetsov, in the hijack, checked to Badziakouski on the button. Badziakouski bet 245,000 and Kuznetzov came along with a call.
The river was the and Kuznetsov checked. Badziakouski bet 601,000 — all of his remaining stack save a single T-1,000 chip — and Kuznetsov called after about fifteen seconds.
"Ace-king," Badziakouski announced as he showed . Kuznetsov mucked and slipped to half the starting stack in the process.
Igor Kurganov opened to 36,000 from late position, Benjamin Wu called in the big blind and the dealer spread out 
on the flop.
Action checked to Kurganov who pushed in 32,000 and Wu check-called to see the turn card. Wu checked to Kurganov, he fired in 165,000 and Wu snap-folded, shipping another pot to Kurganov.
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