Yi Yang raised to 4,000 and was called by Steve O'Dwyer as well as Daming Kang in the big blind. On the K♦10♦5♠ flop, all three players checked to the A♥ turn and Kang led for 5,000. Yang and O'Dwyer called and they headed to the 9♣ river. Kang check-called Yang's bet of 20,000 and mucked when he was shown the A♦9♠ for two pair.
Benedek Farkas opened to 4,500 in the hijack and Isaac Haxton called in the small blind.
Haxton checked on the flop of 4♣Q♦4♠ and Farkas continued for 6,000. Haxton called. Haxton check-called again on the 5♣ turn as his opponent sized up to 18,000.
Haxton checked once more on the 3♦ river and Farkas, who is wearing a watch on both wrists, fired a final bet of 14,000. Haxton laid it down.
Rowan Wong raised to 3,500 and was called by Joseph Cheong on the button. Ivan Karatayeu three-bet to 20,000 and Wong was the only caller to the K♠3♥2♠ flop, on which Karatayeu's bet of 16,000 was called. After the A♠ turn, Karatayeu check-called for 27,000 and the A♥ river was checked by both players.
Karatayeu tabled his K♣Q♦ for aces and kings, which took down the pot.
Level: 3
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Yuhang Liu opened to 3,500 from under the gun and was called by Shiina Okamoto on the button and Curtis Knight in the small blind.
The flop of 9♦A♣8♣ checked through and Liu bet 5,500 on the 4♥ turn. Only Okamoto called.
Liu then bet 10,000 on the Q♥ river to force a fold from the Ladies Event end-boss.
Ning Lu raised to 3,500 and was called by Alex Foxen on the button as well as Evgenii Shilin in the small blind. Taiwan's Chia-Yun Wu three-bet to 20,000 and earned three callers to the 10♠10♣4♥ flop. Wu continued for 15,000 and Lu now raised to 40,000, forcing out Foxen and Shilin while Wu stuck around.
Both players checked the 2♣ turn to the K♦ river on which Wu's bet came for 50,000. Lu used one time bank extension and then folded.
Murly Manokharan opened to 4,000 on the button and Artem Vezhenkov three-bet to 22,000 in the big blind.
Vezhenkov continued for 15,000 on the flop of 10♠2♠5♠ and Manokharan called. Both players then checked on the 4♦ turn.
The 4♣ river also checked through and Vezhenkov showed A♥K♦ to win the pot with ace-high.
Midway through the second level of the day, the field has reached 125 entries and 123 players remain. Below are some notables that entered as of lately with nearly all tables in the main tournament area already in use.
Metasit Pratipsangkorn raised it up to 3,500 and was three-bet to 15,000 by Gytis Lazauninkas in the small blind, which the Thai player then four-bet to 34,000. Lazauninkas called and they headed to a flop of A♦6♦2♦. The Lithuanian check-called for 15,000 and they checked the 4♣ on the turn. Lazauninkas bet the 2♥ river for 5,000 but folded when Pratipsangkorn raised to 55,000.
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