Neng Zhao raised and then called the few chips on top when Pham Bao got it in with a severe short stack.
Pham Bao: A♣J♦ 
Neng Zhao: K♠6♠
The J♥J♣7♣8♠K♥ board gave Bao the double but he remained below the starting stack. Nearby tables feature the two flag hunters Dominick French and Andrew Leathem.
Xinxing Tang pushed all-in with a short stack and had a flip with his 9♣9♠ against the A♦K♠ of table neighbour Eng Keat Ng.
The pocket pair held and improved to a set on the 10♠5♦4♠Q♣9♦ board.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Sathien Dhatchayankul raised to 5,000 and received one caller. Weijue Cai then squeezed to 30,000 in the big blind and Dhatchayankul then jammed for 71,000, forcing out the cold-caller and picking up a very reluctant call from Cai.
Sathien Dhatchayankul: A♦A♠
Weijue Cai: K♠Q♠
The aces held thanks to the K♦9♦2♥9♥5♦ runout for the American to double.
Pierre Mothes raised the button to 5,000 and Edwin Ng pushed all-in. Mothes asked for a count and it may have sounded as call, as Ng tabled his J♠J♦ already. Mothes had asked for a count, though, and folded the Q♦10♥.
Soon after on the same table, Jingwei Wang took on Yang Yang preflop on the same table for 38,500.
Yang Yang: A♥10♦
Jingwei Wang: K♥Q♣
The K♣8♦4♠9♣5♦ board left the table six-handed.
In a duel of Singaporean players, Sing Foong Soo was all-in with the 8♣3♣ and needed to improve against the J♣10♦ of Zi Sheng Teo. The Q♣4♦2♦K♥J♥ board was of no help and Teo whispered a "good game bro" before they parted ways.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
More and more tables in the vast tournament area are starting to break with the Opening Freeroll and the Thai Freeroll Qualifier having already concluded. Day 1b currently has 390 players out of 663 entries still left in the mix but many more will bust until bagging and tagging in around two hours from now.
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