With three different events running in the vast tournament area, the entries have continued to increase for Day 1a of the Championship Event and they are approaching 500. Near the start of level eight, some 489 entries have been recorded and there are 384 players remaining.
According to the screens, the next break will take place at the end of level nine.
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
On a turn of 8♣3♣2♦9♦, the chips went into the middle between Qingtao Kong and Fabio Fumagalli with the latter at risk for 35,600.
Fabio Fumagalli: J♣10♣ 
Qingtao Kong: 8♠3♠
The open-ender and flush draw of Fumagalli got there with the A♣ on the river for the double.
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A four-way pot to the 7♣5♠3♦ flop was checked to Yixing Yu and he bet 3,000. Joel Singam called and table big stack San Aung Hpaung then check-raised to 13,000. Only Singam called and Hpaung checked for his stack before he jammed the 7♦ turn for 24,800. Singam pondered about it for a minute and folded.
Before raking in the pot, Hpaung asked the dealer how much time a player would have to think about their decision while also flashing his A♠Q♣.
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Three ways to the 10♠3♠2♦9♣ turn, Gautam Abhay bet 3,600 and was called only by Abdelali Kapadia, while Yanxin Chu folded. Abhay bet the 10♣ river for 6,800 and his opponent folded.
Following an open raise and a three-bet to 5,000 by Yury Danilau, Mingxin Yang pushed in his stack thereafter. It folded back to Danilau who asked how much more it was before he eventually piled in his chips in kind of a massive string bet.
Yury Danilau: A♥10♥
Mingxin Yang: K♠K♥
The board ran out 8♠7♣4♥6♠3♠ and that spelled the end for the Belorussian for now.
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