Main Event

3000 ante

Action opens with three players in on a raised pot and the cards come 6♥ 3♠ Q♠ , Cheng Zhang bets 12,000, Charlie Chiu and Somashekar call. On the turn 8♥ Zhang checks, Chiu calls, Somashekar jams, Zhang calls, Chiu folds. Somashekar has Q♥ 9♥ top pair, Zhang has him trapped with K♦ K♣ . The river 4♣ is no help to Somashekar.

Main Event Day 1A is in the books with 41 players out of 176 entries surviving the 13 rounds. Cheng Zhang bagged the chip lead with 399,000 and at his heels was hot running Bien Mai with 394,000.

1200 ante

All in preflop, Jeremy Jehanne A♣ K♣ , Eric Ceret K♠ K♥ , an ace on the window that holds to the river to knock out Ceret.

1000 ante

On a turn board 3♦ 5♣ 9♣ 7♦ and 24,5000 in the pot, Bonifacio Mondalo tanks then check-calls Cheng Zhang’s 14,500 bet. On the river Q♦ both players check. Mondalo is first to show and has 2♦ 2♠ good call at the turn but Zhang spiked the river with K♦ Q♣ to win the pot. Mondalo cannot believe it.

600 ante

With a 3,300 pot brewed, Cheng Zhang and Aladin Reskallah check a flop 5♦ 8♣ 4♥ . On the turn 2♦ , Zhang leads out 1600, Reskallah calls. On the river A♠ , Zhang fires 5,100, Reskallah folds and shows A♦ top pair.