The registration line has surged in length after the break and there are now over 3,000 entries in Day 1a. Players have until the end of level 10 to register today so the number of entries is only going to increase as the day goes on.
Xiao Yu had raised all in pre-flop. Action folded around until he got a call.
Yu held 
which dominated the 
of his opponent who had just started to eat the food he had brought to the table after break.
The board was clean for the kings when it ran out 
to bust the player holding jacks. "I didn't even get to eat my food" he said as he got up from the table, with rice bowl in hand but no chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Martin Jacobson was a favorite to score a knockout, facing off with 
against 
in a preflop all-in situation.
However, the 
runout gave his opponent a backdoor flush and Jacobson conceded 9,500 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000
400
|
400 |
|
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Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Players are now on their second twenty minute break of the day.
Niall Farrell was in position with the action on the 
turn where his opponent fired 2,300. Farrell raised to 6,500 and he received a call. The 
river was checked and the showdown followed.
"I've got nothing," Farrell's opponent said.
"Nothing-nothing?" the triple crown winner asked.
The other player rolled over 
and Farrell showed 
, explaining that he also had almost nothing so he needed to be sure that his hand was the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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||
With 
in the middle of the table, Ryan Hughes fired 7,500 to about 11,000 after his two opponents checked to him. The first player released his hand quickly but the other was reluctant for a while. Then he laid his hand down as well, turning up 
. Hughes, in return, showed 
while scooping in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | |
|
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
85,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
||
|
70,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
51,000
30,400
|
30,400 |
|
|
||
|
50,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
45,000
5,600
|
5,600 |
|
|
||
|
45,000 | |
|
35,000 | |
|
||
|
30,000 | |
|
23,000 | |
|
23,000 | |
|
||
|
19,700 | |
|
17,500
-12,500
|
-12,500 |
According to his twitter account, Marcel Vonk got a very fortuitous turn card to win a big pot.
If you don't know who Marcel Vonk is, that might be because the Dutch player has only won three ranking titles in his poker career, and his only WSOP bracelet win came in 2010, when he outlasted a field of 3,844 players, toppling a certain David Peters heads-up. While Peters has gone on to earn over $32 million in tournament earnings alone, Vonk's winning result of $570,960 in the $1,000 No Limit Hold'em event nine years ago still accounts for over half of his lifetime earnings at the tournament tables.
Vonk has just got lucky on the turn to survive in the Millionaire Maker as he detailed in a Tweet just moments ago. Vonk said that he four-bet pre-flop to 5,000 which his opponent called. The flop came 
and Vonk bet 5,000, to which his opponent responded to with a big shove to 25,000.
Despite not loving the situation, Vonk called. He held against his opponents top set. The turn was a king to turn the hand on its head and when the river was a blank, Vonk was sitting on 59,000. Can the Dutchman use it as a springboard for another bracelet victory which would double his earnings thanks to the Million-Dollar guarantee for top prize? He has a long way to go, but a great start to build on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
59,000
4,900
|
4,900 |
|
|
||
Under the gun, Kevin MacPhee opened to 800, his neighbor three-bet to 2,200, and MacPhee agreed to see the 
where he check-called 1,800.
The turn filled the flush draw and MacPhee checked again, letting his opponent fire 4,800. Then he raised to 12,000 and, after 20 seconds or so, MacPhee was allowed to drag the pot as his opponent folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
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