Early chip leader in the event is Tobias "Whooop" Peters after he knocked out Rakesh "ArthurMorgan" Singh in a pot worth 97,756.
In a battle small blind versus cutoff, Peters check-called three barrels including the jam on the 
river with 
and was good as Singh only had 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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117,997 | |
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Busted | |
Around three dozen players have been sent to the rail in the first two levels as 840 players out of 874 entries remain. The field is rapidly growing and may soon crack four digits.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Anson "Tara@0z" Tsang had lost a portion of his stack early on and was just involved in a three-bet pot when an open-raise to 800 and a call was three-bet by Joshua "IyasusSake" [Removed:547]. Only Tsang cold-called and called another bet on the 
flop. They checked the 
turn and [Removed:547] bet 11,001 into 14,668 on the 
river.
Tsang shoved for 21,867 and [Removed:547] reluctantly called with 
only to see his trips queens go down in flames to 
for a rivered full house of Tsang.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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58,402
18,977
|
18,977 |
|
56,923
56,923
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56,923 |
Ghassan "Simbuzzi" Yafaoui raised it up to 800 and was called by Mohammed "JustCruisin" Alamelhuda. The third Canadian entered the pot as Aleeyah "ElleSriracha" Jadavji three-bet to 3,000 from the cutoff and Alamelhuda was the only caller. On a flop of 
Alamelhuda check-called a bet of 2,150 and they checked the 
turn.
Alamelhuda then bet the 
river for 6,450 into 12,100 and forced a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,722
39,722
|
39,722 |
|
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38,562
38,562
|
38,562 |
|
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34,530
34,530
|
34,530 |
The early carnage of all-in showdown has continued and a recent hand included the clash between China's "boneone" and Thailand's "Piagop".
Jonathan "BladeUK" Walker had raised to 900 from under the gun and "Piagop" three-bet, which "boneone" and Walker called. On a 
flop, "Piagop" bet 5,236 when the action checked to them and this time just "boneone" came along to then call the shove of their opponent on the turn.
"boneone": 
"Piagop": 
The 
on the river was no threat as "boneone" scored a double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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66,462 | |
|
28,838 | |
|
27,940
12,060
|
12,060 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 60
Hoong Ping "visualize" Yong doubled through Florencio "FLC-4" Campomanes to leave the latter with just 1,323 and those went in the next hand with against the of "99ImVit99". An ace-high flop provided a gutshot for Campomanes but the turn and river bricked.
With two re-entries available, this certainly won't be the last time Campomanes will be spotted at the tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
77,914
37,914
|
37,914 |
|
Busted |
As the field has reached 1,074 entries with 985 players remaining, most players in the current top ten have already tripled up their starting stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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152,369 | |
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127,470 | |
|
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123,408
47,336
|
47,336 |
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120,996 | |
|
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119,217
1,220
|
1,220 |
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118,462 | |
|
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116,210 | |
|
115,147
26,809
|
26,809 |
|
110,304 | |
|
|
108,625
108,625
|
108,625 |
![[Removed:547] doubles through keysRio](https://s.pnimg.net/xW5r_BQEsO6w2tlKgdwRQybM2Kd1KwXWzkX5y0Ofzp8/pr:reporting-leading-desktop/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbmlt/Zy5uZXQvbHJlcC8y/MDM5LzU1L3hlM2Zk/YzRmOWM1LnBuZw.webp)
Joshua "IyasusSake" [Removed:547] three-bet to 3,500 an was called by initial raiser "keysRio" to see a flop of 
. That's when things got spicy as "keysRio" bet-raised from 2,716 to 29,902. In between, [Removed:547] had raised to 7,224 and then jammed for 49,928 in order to pick up a reluctant call.
Joshua "IyasusSake" [Removed:547]: 
"keysRio": 
The 
turn and river secured the double for the German.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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108,086
51,163
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51,163 |
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51,780
6,622
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6,622 |
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36,290
36,290
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36,290 |
