Picking up the action on the J♦9♣4♥7♥ turn, Nasser Khalid bet 8,500 in the hijack and Jiahua Liu called on the button. Khalid jammed the K♦ on the river for around 22,000 and Liu reluctantly called to see his 7♣4♣ second-best, as Khalid's J♠7♠ had turned superior two pair.
Yukihito Misawa was already all-in preflop and looked up by two opponents who then headed to the A♠K♥J♥ flop. Shicheng Gu bet 4,500 in the cutoff and that forced out Shy Lamong Rogers on the button.
Yukihito Misawa: Q♥J♦ 
Shicheng Gu: K♣4♠
The 9♣ turn and 7♣ river spelled the end for the player from Japan.
With around 20,000 in the middle to the A♥8♠5♥8♣ turn, Mingxin Yang checked and then called a bet of 13,500 by Xin Liang. The river brought the K♠ and both players checked. Yang tabled the Q♦Q♣ and it win the pot as Liang sent his cards into the muck.
Scottish flag hunter Andrew Leathem was eliminated in the Opener Freeroll and jumped into Day 1a of the Championship Event, which is now up to 271 entries and 262 players remaining.
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Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Vietnam's Hai Van Dinh tangled with Po Wei Chen and they had already around 34,000 in the middle to the 8♠5♣3♠5♦ turn when Dinh bet 10,000. Chen went into the tank and ultimately tossed his cards into the muck with a lot of frustration.
On the tail end of a 9♠6♣5♠A♣9♣ board, Ivan Doroshin bet 3,000 when checked to and was called by Xinyu Sha. Doroshin shook his head already and then sheepishly turned over the 4♥3♦ for a bluff which Sha had beat with the 7♠7♥.
In multiple action to the K♥6♠2♠ flop, the small blind bet 600 and earned two callers including Steve Morris in the cutoff. On the 7♣ turn, the action checked to Morris and he bet 2,000 to earn one check-call for the action to repeat on the Q♣ river for 8,000.
Morris tabled the 7♦6♦ for two pair and won the pot.
The second level of the day is already underway and there are now up to 204 players registered for the opening flight. Below are some of those now in the mix on tables that previously broke from the Opening Freeroll.
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