Main Event

12,000 ante

Short stacked Hal Rotholz all in with K♥ T♣ and runs into big stacked Eric Tsai’s A♠ K♦ . With the board running 8♦ 8♣ 7♠ 5♥ K♣ ,the bigger kicker plays.

12,000 ante

From cutoff, Hal Rotholz raises to 25,000 then calls button Evegnii Nekrasov’s three-bet to 75,000. At the flop 9♣ Q♥ 6♣ , Rotholz checks to the aggressor who fires 55,000, Rotholz calls. On the turn Q♦ , Rotholz switches up and sends 110,000 out front, Nekrasov calls. The river 6♥ , Nekrasov shoves, Rotholz tanks and uses up his last time-bank. When the clock runs out with still no action, his hand is declared a fold.

4000 ante

Hal Rotholz is all in preflop with K♠ Q♦ and is challenged by Feng Li with A♥ Q♠ . With the board running 5♦ A♠ T♣ 3♥ J♣ it’s a straight for Rotholz.

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.