40,000 BB Ante
All in preflop, Chun Liang Kuo A♥ J♥ behind Ljia Song Liu’s K♠ K♣ . The board quicklyi improves Kuo with an ace on the flop 3♠ A♦ 9♣ , then gives him the J♦ on the turn for two pair which holds on the river 8♥ .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,320,000(58 BB) | 1,410,000 | |
| 860,000(22 BB) | -1,740,000 |
25,000
From under the gun, Jia Song Liu raises to 60,000, down the orbit button Chun Liang Kuo three-bets to 170,000, Liu calls. On the flop 3♣ 3♦ 2♥ , Liu checks to the aggressor Kuo who fires a 175,000 bet, Liu answers with a check-raise to 500,000, Kuo tanks then folds, giving up his stake on the big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,600,000(104 BB) | 2,000,000 | |
| 910,000(36 BB) | 60,000 |
12,000
From under the gun Chun Liang Kuo raises to 25,000, button Seongsu Kong calls, small blind Tak Chun Yan calls. At the flop 7♣ 3♣ 5♠ , Kuo c-bets 35,000 and Kong calls, Yan folds. Turn card J♥ , Kuo double barrels 75,000, this time Kong opts to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 850,000(71 BB) | -10,000 | |
| 200,000(17 BB) | 200,000 | |
| 190,000(16 BB) | 190,000 |
8,000 BB Ante
On a board 3♦ T♦ 4♦ and 55,000 brewed, both Chun Liang Kuo and Maggie Chien Chih Weng check to the turn 7♥ . Kuo leads out 20,000, Weng calls. The river K♣ , another bet by Kuo of 15,000. Weng calls. Kuo opens 8♣ 8♠ , Weng wins it with a river catch K♦ Q♥ .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 860,000(108 BB) | 377,000 | |
| 282,000(35 BB) | 282,000 |
Carter Ching Wei Chen continued his stellar performance at the series. He topped the 49 Main Event Day 1C survivors with a mighty 735,000 stack to earn the overall chip lead entering Day 2. Stay tuned for the results. For now, you can read up on the action via the Live Updates.
Day 1C - Top 10 in chips
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 735,000 | 735,000 | |
| 599,000 | 599,000 | |
| 548,000 | 548,000 | |
| 483,000 | 483,000 | |
| 463,000 | 463,000 | |
| 411,000 | 325,000 | |
| 410,000 | 410,000 | |
AL | 410,000 | 50,000 |
| 401,000 | 141,000 | |
| 389,000 | 136,000 |
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