Jinyu Wang was among the latest players to enter Day 1c and he got his stack of 61,500 into the middle against Liam Neeson, revealing the superior suited ace in the following showdown.
Jinyu Wang: A♣J♣ 
Liam Neeson: A♦10♦
The 10♥7♦3♥ flop propelled Neeson into the lead, while the 8♣ turn gave Wang more outs to survive. One of them was the J♦ on the river to secure his double. In the meanwhile, Jackson Young departed one table over.
Moz Edelstein and Heidi May both invested 12,000 chips on the A♣6♠3♣9♦ turn before they checked the J♦ on the river. May revealed a pair of jacks but Edelstein had that beat with the A♦8♣ for the top pair to continue his rise on the leaderboard.
Yixiao Wang was all in from early position for 102,000, and Charalampos Petsos had his shorter stack in the middle on the button.
Charalampos Petsos: K♥K♦
Yixiao Wang: A♠A♥
Petsos saw the bad news when the cards were turned up, and his pocket kings remained second-best through the 7♦J♥6♦5♥9♠ runout. The left Wang's aces in the lead, and Petsos exited the tournament area.
Todd Sekli raised to 5,000 and Lucas Morritt defended his big blind to a flop of K♦8♣6♣ on which Morritt checked, prompting a bet of 4,500 and a call. Once Morritt checked the Q♦ on the turn, Sekli checked behind to see the 10♣ river for free.
Morritt checked the third street in a row and Sekli eventually checked behind with the 10♥8♦ to beat Morritt's K♠7♥. The latter said he regretted not having check-raised the flop.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
On a heads-up flop of K♣Q♦J♦, Li Tam checked and then called a bet of 2,500 by Todd Sekli. She double-checked her cards on the A♦ turn and bet 10,000 only for Sekli to snap fold.
In the 1,012th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by Solana, Chad Holloway has a very special one-on-one interview with the Mad Genius of Poker, Mike Caro.
The legendary poker player disappeared from the poker world 20 years ago, and Chad managed to track him down for an exclusive two-part interview. In Part I, Caro talks about his early days in poker, mastering poker tells, and some of his famous laws such as "The Law of Least Tilt" and the "Threshold of Misery."
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Farhad Mohajerani opened to 5,000 before Hongbo Ju slid out a three-bet to 12,000. Abishek Krishnan then moved all in, and Mohajerani folded. Ju made the quick call, and the cards were turned up.
Abishek Krishnan: 7♣7♦
Hongbo Ju: A♣K♣
Ju found immediate help on the Q♣K♠J♥8♣8♠ runout, finishing with the superior two pair to send Krishnan to the rail.
Ming Hsu pushed all-in from the small blind and Levina Drake called for the last 49,500.
Levina Drake: 9♥9♠
Ming Hsu: A♣3♠
No ace came on the K♥6♣5♥5♦3♥ runout and Drake could sit back down.
Idris Hassan opened to 5,000 from under the gun, and Jai Painter quickly called as next to act. The dealer fanned out the Q♦J♣10♦ flop, where both players checked.
Hassan led out for 6,000 on the 10♣ turn, and Painter tossed out a raise to 12,000. That led to a fold from Hassan, and Painter raked in the pot.
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