Cheng Zhang bags the chip lead at the end of Main Event Day 1A; 41 survive
Main Event Day 1A
Buy in: US$ 1,500 Guarantee: US$ 400,000 *Single re-entry per flight
Day 1A: 176 entries / 41 survivors CHIP COUNTS (Full)
Last level of the day, 48 remaining
2500 ante
Last level of the day. 40 minutes before they bag up.
Quang Nguyen tilts from the menu, Gardner down to 4.5 bb
Blinds up, 58 remain
2000 ante
The first round after registration closed saw 25 players go bust to bring the number of players remaining to 58. They have two more rounds to play before bagging up at the end of Level 13.
Junnie Pamplona with a lucky two-outer to triple up
Minwoo Kang rivers broadway to crack kings
1500 ante
A player is all in with pocket Queens, Minwoo Kang attempts to eliminate with Ace-Queen, Kang improves to broadway on the river to ship it and send one packing.
Registration closes at 176 entries
1500 ante
After over seven hours of play, registration closes at 176 entries with 83 players remaining. From here on, they play for another two hours, bagging up at the end of Level 13.
Break time, last chance to enter; 175 entries
1200 ante
Last chance to enter Main Event Day 1A. It closes at the start of Level 11. Currently 175 entries on the screen.
Quan Zhou coolered, Bien Mai soars to 275,000
Blinds up, last level to enter
1200 ante
Last level to enter, 175 entries so far.
Blinds up, 162 entries
1200 ante
Registration has slowed with only seven picked up on the previous round. The screens show 162 entries.
Blinds up, 155 entries
1000 ante
Blinds are up, 155 entries. Two more levels of late registration available, closing at 8:10pm.
Halfway through this rounds, 132 entries
500 ante
Lots of action out there with 132 entries and climbing. Quan Zhou, Vincent Chauve, Sameer Agarwal, Dylan Wayne Foster, and Bo Jin are among the players hunting.
Blinds up, 127 entries, incoming players start with 60 bb
500 ante
The Main Event is three hours in with 127 entries so far. Registration closes at the end of Level 10 which means still another four hours to jump in. Buy in is US$ 1,500, guarantee is US$ 400,000. Incoming players start with a 30,000 stack which is a deep 60 big blinds.
First break of the day, 91 entries
400 ante
First break of the Main Event. 91 entries on the screens. For latecomers, there are still six levels of late registration available, closing at the end of level 10 at 8:10pm.
Halfway through the round, 81 entries
300 ante
The field continues to grow with 81 entries at the halfway mark of Level 3. Shardul Parthasarathi and Mystery Bounty champion Bin Zhang were among the new entries.
Blinds up, 67 entries
300 ante
Blinds are up again and so is the number of entries with 67 on the screens. There is already one re-entry. Among the arrivals were Jenam Yu, choi Hun Tae, Koen Breed, Somashekar, and Vishal Ojha.










