Kick-off

6,000 BB Ante

The first fifteen minutes brings the field down to 42 players after six quickly busted. Among the executioners is France’s Leopold Godefroy who sends Taiwan’s Nien Heng Li 李念恆 out of the running with a higher spread of trips queens.

At the same table, Taiwan’s Yi Wei Peng 彭亦瑋 cleans out a short stack with pocket Aces dominating pocket Jacks. He chips up to 175,000. And at table 23, Malaysia’s Ang Yang Siang 洪揚翔 9♣ 9♠ holds to dust Taiwan’s Yu Chan Tsai 蔡昱群 A♦ Q♦ . The board comes T♠ 6♣ 8♦ 7♥ 4♣ .