Picking up the action on the 10♣6♥3♣ flop, Wai Loon Ng in the cutoff had checked and Hal Rotholz bet 5,500 on the button. Ng then check-raised to 16,000 only for Rotholz to make it 45,000 to go.
That was not the last of it yet as Ng went all-in over the top for another 64,500 more. Rotholz went deep into the tank and folded.
Yin Liu defended the big blind against a raise by William Teoh and checked the A♦K♦4♠ flop. Teoh then made it 6,000 to go only for Liu to check-shove for 25,500 total. Teoh asked for a count and reluctantly folded.
A raise to 7,000 was in front of Won Jae Lee, who then faced the all-ins of Jhon Hendri, Artem Utevskii in the small blind and Ryan Hong in the under-the-gun position. Lee reluctantly folded and the three shorter stacks tabled their cards.
Artem Utevskii: A♠A♦
Ryan Hong: A♣K♠
Jhon Hendri: 8♦8♣
The board ran out K♦4♣2♠9♣3♦ and Utevskii tripled up while Hong won the side pot versus Hendri. The Aussie departed soon after as two seats were open on the table.
Oi Xia raised to 3,500 and was called by Junho Kim as well as Artem Utevskii, the latter of which was in the big blind.
The A♦9♦9♥ flop was checked to Xia and he continued for 3,500, which only Kim called. Xia bet another 7,000 on the 10♦ turn and that won the pot uncontested.
A total of 141 entries have been generated on Day 1a and 75 players remain as the late registration period has now officially concluded. Only 22 players will advance and that makes for a long night ahead of all those who wish to earn a portion of the prize pool.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
According to the tournament info screens, there are 71 players out of 136 entries remaining and they have been sent on a scheduled 50-minute dinner break. Action resumes at approximately 8.33 pm local time and that's when the late registration closes, which then determines how many players will advance.
The stack of Kok Weng Beh had taken another major hit as Eng Siang Ewe emerged as a new big stack over on table two. Beh then couldn't beat the A♠J♣ of Gai Lax Lim either, as Lim made trips on the A♥A♣2♥4♠7♦ runout.
Former big stack Beh, who held nearly three times the average earlier on, disappeared a few minutes prior to the dinner break.
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