WPT Prime Cambodia ($1,100)

Day 1A came to an end with 42 players remaining, and the big stack belongs to Raffaele Sorrentino, who bagged 970,000 (97 big blinds).

Action ended with 7:55 remaining in Level 17, with blinds at 5,000-10,000 and a10,000 ante. Day 2 will roll the blinds back to the earliest point where a starting flight finished.

Official chip counts for the 42 survivors will be released by the casino later tonight, and they will be returning on Monday at 11:30 pm for Day 2, where everyone will start play in the money.

There will be two more starting flights over the next two days, with Day 1B beginning tomorrow at 11:30 am, and Day 1C beginning on Sunday at 11:30 am.

The dealers are instructed to stop after the current hand for the bubble play to unfold and that very hand brings the eventual showdown everyone else in the room is rooting for.

Raffaele Sorrentino raises to 22,000 and Jinlong Hu three-bets to 57,000 with a stack of around 210,000. The four-bet shove by Sorrentino follows and Hu calls.

Jinlong Hu: K♠ K♥

Raffaele Sorrentino: K♣ 7♣

The flop comes A♥ Q♣ J♦ and Hu says "now we can chop".

"You didn't see the club, bro?" Sorrentino replies and the crowd gasps when the 2♣ follows on the turn.

"Three of clubs," Sorrentino predicts and the river brings the A♣ for the rail to groan, as Hu slowly exits on the Day 1a bubble with a bad beat story to tell.

A player raises from middle position to 135,000, leaving himself just 6,000 behind, and Victor Fryda calls from the big blind.

The flop comes A♠ J♣ 7♦ , and the short stack quickly gets it all in for his last6,000 with Q♥ Q♣ . But Fryda turns over K♠ K♣ , and the short stack needs to improve to stay alive.

The turn card is the 2♠ , the river card is the 5♣ , and Fryda wins the pot with his pocket kings to eliminate his opponent from Day 1A two spots away from the money.

With 43 players remaining, and no more than 42 advancing to Day 2, all tables will finish their hands in progress before hand-for-hand play can begin on the Money Bubble.

With just two spots to the money, Yuan Xin open shoves 135,000, short stacked Francesco Morales tanks then opts to save his last 1.5 bb while Neng Zhao calls in an attempt to rail. When the hole cards are revealed, it's a flip with Xin A♦ K♦ and Zhao showing 8♠ 8♥ . The board favors the drawing hand as it runs A♣ 4♥ J♣ T♣ J♠ for a double up to Xin.

Action folds around to button player Jacopo Eutizi, he raises it up to 20,000. Small blind Hayato Kitajima likes his cards as well and three-bets 45,000, Eutizi calls. At the flop 9♣ 7♥ 9♠ , Kitajima continues for 75,000 and wins the pot uncontested.

Aleksandar Stojadinovic raises to 20,000 for the second hand in a row and everyone folds but one. Francesco Morales has no options as he is forced all-in for6,000 from the big blind with 8♥ 8♠ .

Stojadinovic flips with the A♠ T♠ and cannot deal the final blow on the 9♥ 6♠ 3♥ 5♠ Q♦ board. There are still 44 players remaining with 42 qualifying for Day 2.

A player gets it all in for 78,000 with A♦ Q♠ , and he is a dominant favorite against Victor Fryda's K♣ Q♦ .

But the board comes J♠ 9♦ 4♦ T♦ T♣ , and Fryda turns a king-high straight to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from Day 1A.

There are now 45 players remaining in Day 1A, and only 42 can advance to Day 2.

Abhishek Paul raises to 20,000 and then calls when Peteris Enders jams for83,000 total.

Enders flips with A♦ J♥ versus 6♠ 6♦ and busts against quads on the T♣ 9♠ 6♥ 6♣ 9♥ runout.

Level 16 comes to an end, and Level 17 begins with increased blinds of5,000-10,000 and a 10,000 ante. Play continues without a break.

With 46 players remaining from a Day 1A field of 334, the average chip stack is around 290,000 (29 big blinds). There will be two more starting flights over the next two days, beginning at 11:30 am.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to 42 players (12.5% of this flight), which will also be the Money Bubble.

Khorshad Sagor raises to 16,000 and Kimsour Kong makes it 37,000 to go. Sagor then four-bet jams for 218,000 and Kong calls with the chip lead at his disposal.

Khorshad Sagor: A♥ 9♣

Kimsour Kong: A♦ K♥

The Q♦ 3♣ 2♣ 9♠ J♥ board provides the sucker punch double and stop the hot run of Kong for now.

After losing a chunk to Xiao Liu, Ali Hassan has ramped up the aggression to win a couple of pots to return to good health. On a board of T♣ 5♣ 6♥ 8♥ K♦ and around90,000 in the pot, Liu test-bets 54,000, Hassan makes the call and ships it with 7♣ 7♠ .

Leo Soma opens from the button with A♠ T♠ and Neng Zhao defends his big blind with T♦ 4♦ . When the flop comes 6♣ T♥ T♣ , both players land trips and go firing. Zhao checks, Soma bets 11,000, Zhang raises 42,000, Soma three-bets 75,000, Zhao flats. The turn 7♥ sees Zhao lead out 37,000, Soma shoves 160,000, Zhao doesn't hesitate to call and they flip them. With the top kicker, it looks like a double up for Soma until the river 6♦ denies him for a split pot.

Pete Chen opens to 16,000 in the cutoff and Michael O'Neill three-bets to 50,000 in the big blind, which Chen calls.

On the A♣ 7♦ 5♦ flop, O'Neill checks and calls Chen's bet of 30,000 before they check down the 6♠ turn and 5♣ river. O'Neill tables A♦ 9♣ and wins the pot.

Khorshad Sagor flips with Q♣ Q♥ against the A♠ K♣ of Yuhan Liu with the latter sitting on more than half a million in chips. It is Sagor who comes out on top of the J♠ 7♣ 3♦ T♦ 8♣ board to dent Liu's tower.

On a board showing K♦ 8♣ T♠ K♠ 3♦ and a hefty 112,000 in the pot, Ali Hassan tanks to Xiao Liu's 120,000 bet. Hassan eventually finds reason to call then mucks to 8♠ 8♦ set.

Following an open of 18,000 from Neng Zhao, button player Tien Dung Pham three-bets all in for 182,000. On the big blind, Leo Soma tanks for two-time banks with Zhao teasing him calling “time!”. Soma decides it’s time to risk his last129,000. The heavy action goes back to Zhao who opts to fold.

Tien Dung Pham reveals A♥ 5♠ , Soma has J♦ J♣ , the board runs 6♥ 6♠ 7♣ 6♦ J♠ for a double up to Soma as Pham plunges to less than 7 bb.

With the board showing Q♠ 7♣ 3♦ T♦ on the turn, Vishal Ojha bets 52,000 from the hijack, and Raffaele Sorrentino calls from the button.

The river card is the A♣ , and Ojha bets 169,000, leaving himself just 10,000 behind. Sorrentino thinks for a few moments before he calls, and Ojha turns over K♠ J♠ for an ace-high straight. Sorrentino mucks, and Ojha wins the pot to nearly double up in chips.

Jehyeon Yang was an early chip leader and now gets it in for 86,000 preflop with Q♦ Q♠ . Nikolai Guliaev has one overcard with the K♦ Q♥ but cannot get there on the 8♣ 6♥ 2♠ A♠ J♥ .

Khayal Abbasov is all-in preflop with a shorter stack and up against Hassan Sey, who raises to 16,000 and eventually calls for 48,000 total.

"Sevens are good," Tien Dung Pham says when walking over the table and sees the 7♦ 7♠ of Abbasov exposed. Sey has two overs with K♣ J♠ and the A♣ Q♣ 5♠ 4♦ 2♣ board stays clear. Abbasov even predicts the deuce on the river.

Aleksandar Stojadinovic defends the big blind against Neng Zhao and calls a bet worth 40,000 on the 9♥ 7♠ 4♦ K♠ turn with around two times as much behind. Zhao waves the hand to see how much he has behind and then bets all bis big chips on the 7♦ river when checked to.

Stojadinovic eventually calls for 78,000 and Zhao instantly says "good call" before showing 6♦ 6♥ , which Stojadinovic has beat with the K♦ J♠ .

A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least 450K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

The players return from break to begin Level 16, with increased blinds of4,000-8,000 and an 8,000 ante.

With 46 players remaining from a Day 1A field of 334, the average chip stack is around 290,000 (36 big blinds). There will be two more starting flights over the next two days, beginning at 11:30 am.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to 42 players (12.5% of this flight), which will also be the Money Bubble.

Xiao Liu opens 14,000 from under the gun, button player Victor Fryda and big blind Peter Kiem give him some action. At the flop T♥ J♠ 2♠ , Liu continues for 12,000 and both players call for the pack staying solid to the turn A♦ . Liu barrels again for30,000 and this time only Fryda makes the call. On the river 7♠ , Liu slows down and checks, Fryda test the waters for 44,000. Liu tank-calls. Fryda has A♥ J♣ top two pair, Liu wins the pot with T♠ T♦ set.

Armon Van Wijk is all in from the small blind for roughly 80,000 with A♦ Q♥ , and needs it to hold to stay alive against the A♣ 5♠ of Abhishek Paul in the big blind.

The board comes K♥ T♠ 2♥ 3♠ 4♦ , and Paul rivers a five-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Van Wijk from Day 1A.

Kimsour Kong snaps off Denny Kruezi's 55,000 open shove and shows K♣ J♣ . Kruezi is ahead A♣ 7♣ until the board runs 6♥ J♦ 5♦ T♠ 5♠ . Kong ships it and adds to his already massive pile.

With only 33,000 in the middle to the A♠ Q♣ 7♥ flop, Leo Soma bets and Neng Zhao raises to 78,000. Soma makes it 120,000 to go only for Zhao to move all-in and force an instant fold from Soma.

Guy Taylor shoves with Ace-King on hand and is looking good for a double against caller Raffaele Sorrentino with Ace-Jack. However, it's not to be with a jack landing on the flop and holding to the river.

Brian Green raises from under the gun and Alex Tchong three-bets to 32,000, then picks up a call by Green only. On the 9♥ 8♣ 3♣ flop, Green checks and Tchong continues for 20,000. The check-raise to 50,000 follows and Tchong folds.

Green rakes in the pot and currently competes against Kimsour Kong for the top of the leaderboard.

WPT Champions Club member Pete Chen holds an above-average stack to his name and puts the chips to use. Chen and Johan Lees invest 16,000 on the 7♣ 3♥ 2♦ T♦ turn and Lees then checks behind the 6♠ river.

Chen reveals K♠ J♥ and Lees takes the pot with the 9♣ 7♠ for a pair of sevens.

Level 14 comes to an end, and Level 15 begins with increased blinds of3,000-6,000 and a 6,000 ante. Play continues without a break.

With 54 players remaining from a Day 1A field of 334, the average chip stack is around 247,000 (41 big blinds). There will be two more starting flights over the next two days, beginning at 11:30 am.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to 42 players (12.5% of this flight), which will also be the Money Bubble.

Classic flip at table 6 with Micheal O'Neill open shoving 109,000 and Jun Li snap-calling. O'Neill has Q♠ Q♦ , Li has A♦ K♦ , the board runs low 6♠ 5♠ 3♥ 7♦ J♦ . O'Neill doubles up as Li plunges to 2 big blinds.

Francesco Morales checks the J♥ 4♥ 2♥ flop and then calls a bet of 17,000 by Neng Zhao in the next seat. He checks the 8♠ turn and instantly calls all-in for78,000 when Zhao bets 100,000.

Morales has the lock with K♥ Q♥ already, as Zhao only has A♠ T♦ for a bluff to make the 9♥ river meaningless.

Catching the action on a board A♠ 3♥ 7♠ 4♦ and 55,000 in the pot, from the big blind Leo Soma with 5♦ 7♣ check-calls a bet of 45,000 from Jun Li who has A♥ 7♥ . Money card river for Soma with 6♠ giving him the straight. Soma shoves to send Kiss to the think tank. After a couple of minutes, Kiss commits his last 61,000 then packs up.

There is a three-way all-in situation at Table 6, with the small blind all in for 9,000, WPT Champions Club member Pete Chen all in from the big blind for 242,000, and Jun Li covering them both from the button.

Jun Li: Q♠ Q♣

Pete Chen: K♠ K♣

Small Blind: 9♦ 4♠

The board came low, with nothing higher than a jack, and the pocket kings held up for Chen to win the entire pot, doubling thru Li and eliminating the player in the small blind.

A massive stack is in front of Kimsour Kong while Siarhei Chudapal was replaced by Xiaosheng Zheng. The latter calls Kong's raise to 11,000 and check-calls for 9,000 on the 9♠ 3♠ 2♠ flop. They check down the 7♠ 8♥ river for Kong to show A♥ 9♣ , which Zheng has beat with the 8♠ 6♥ .

A short-stacked Sertac Turker is all-in holding the J♣ T♦ and Siarhei Chudapal looks him up with the A♠ Q♦ . The A♥ Q♥ T♣ 6♥ 5♠ board sends the 2013 WPT National Cyprus winner to the rail in the late stages of Day 1a.

Xianling Chen is all in from middle position for 20,000 with K♣ Q♦ , and she needs it to hold to stay alive against the J♠ 7♠ of Abhinav Iyer in the big blind.

The board comes K♠ 6♣ 4♥ Q♥ K♦ , and Chen pairs her king on the flop, turns two pair, and rivers a full house to win the pot and double up in chips.

Level 13 comes to an end, and Level 14 begins with increased blinds of3,000-5,000 and a 5,000 ante. Play continues without a break.

With 73 players remaining from a Day 1A field of 334, the average chip stack is around 183,000 (37 big blinds). There will be two more starting flights over the next two days, beginning at 11:30 am.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to 42 players (12.5% of this flight), which will also be the Money Bubble.

Khurshid Zaynutdinov and Shiina Okamoto build a pot of 22,000 preflop and the dealer follows it up with a spread of K♦ 2♥ 6♥ . Zaynutdinov leads out 12,000, Okamoo calls then action heats up on the turn T♠ . Zaynutdinov instantly shoves, Okamoto calls then sees the bad news. Zaynutdinov has A♠ A♦ and she is drawing dead with A♣ T♥ . The river K♥ is of no consequence.

Three players face a flop 9♥ 6♠ K♣ with 25,000 in the pot. Big blind positioned Arun Sriram bets near half pot worth 12,000 which induces a fold while Abhishek Paul from the small blind check-calls. On the turn 4♥ , Paul checks again, Sriram makes it 29,000 to continue, Paul responds with a shove of 74,000, quick fold from Sriram.

Asish Ghosh opens from under the gun, action folds around to the big blind Kishore Nandipati who defends. Both players keep it friendly and check to the turn 6♠ 6♦ Q♥ 8♠ . Nandipati leads out 20,000, Ghosh calls, then both players go back to checking on the river 8♦ .

Nandipati flips open A♥ K♠ , Nandipati wins the pot with T♦ T♠ .

Sertac Turker raises to 8,000 and Siarhei Chudapal calls on the button. Joshua McSwiney then jams for 143,000 and Turker goes all-in over the top to force out Chudapal.

McSwiney is at risk with the J♦ T♦ and has a mountain to climb versus K♥ K♣ .

On the K♦ T♥ 9♦ flop, McSwiney says "okay, more of this," as he picks up a gutshot and flush draw. The J♣ turn is a blank but the A♦ river comes to the rescue.

One hand later, Turker gets the last 19,000 in with K♦ 9♦ and big stack Kimsour Kong calls from the big blind with 4♥ 3♥ . There is no upset this time on the A♠ 8♦ 5♣ T♣ runout.

Alexander Charron moves all in from the button for 14,000, Xiao Liu reraises from the small blind to 32,000, and the big blind folds.

Charron turns over T♥ T♣ , and needs it to hold to stay alive against Liu's A♥ 8♠ .

The board comes A♠ A♦ K♣ Q♦ 5♦ , and Liu flops trip aces to win the pot and eliminate Charron from Day 1A.

Leo Soma raises to 8,000 and Nikolai Guliaev calls from two seats over, all other players fold. On the Q♥ T♣ 2♥ flop, Soma checks and Guliaev wins the pot with a bet of 12,000.

The same table also features Brian Green and Jun Li, the latter of which reached the final table in the 2024 WPT Prime Taiwan Main Event.

A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least 300K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

The players return from break to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 and a 4,000 ante.

With 84 players remaining from a Day 1A field of 334, the average chip stack is around 159,000 (40 big blinds). There will be two more starting flights over the next two days, beginning at 11:30 am.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to 42 players (12.5% of this flight), which will also be the Money Bubble.

Steve Buckner raises from middle position to 6,500, Mats Gramsborg Ullereng reraises from the hijack to 18,000, and Buckner calls.

Buckner checks in the dark before the flop comes 9♥ 8♣ 2♦ . Ullereng bets 17,000, and Buckner calls.

Buckner checks in the dark again before the turn card pairs the board with the 9♣ . Ullereng checks behind.

The river card is the 7♠ , Buckner bets 17,000, and Ullereng moves all in for about105,000. Buckner goes into the tank.

Buckner says, "I don't think I can fold this, cuz. I don't think I can fold this."

Buckner calls all in for 95,000, and Ullereng shows 5♣ T♠ for a king-high bluff. Buckner turns over 6♣ 5♣ to win the pot with a nine-high straight and double up in chips.

Jon Kyte pays off his last few chips on the river of a king-high board and exposes the Q♥ T♦ , which had flopped middle pair with an open-ended straight draw. However, it is no good as the A♠ T♣ of Aleksandar Stojadinovic already has broadway on the flop and increase his already big stack further.

Yucheng Rong is all in with K♥ K♦ against the A♥ A♦ of Peteris Enders, and they're nearly even in chips with a little more than 80K each.

The board comes Q♥ J♣ 2♠ 3♥ 3♦ , and the aces hold up for Enders to win the pot.

Both chip stacks are counted down, and Ender has 84,500 to Rong's 81,000. Ender wins the pot to eliminate Rong from Day 1A.

Tom Verbruggen clashes with Li Lu and is at risk but has the superior pocket pair in Q♦ Q♣ . Lu's J♠ J♥ improve on the K♥ J♦ 7♣ flop and Lu exclaims his excitement. The K♣ turn gives Verbruggen more outs but the 5♦ river is not among them.

Perfect timing for Siarhei Chudapal as he picks up A♣ A♠ and goes down the board for all of his chips with a player holding A♥ K♣ . Slight scare on the turn board doesn't pan out for big slick 5♣ 7♥ J♥ Q♦ 9♦ , aces still hold for a double up.

Level 11 comes to an end, and Level 12 begins with increased blinds of 1,500-3,000 and a 3,000 ante. Play continues without a break.

With 105 players remaining from a Day 1A field of 334, the average chip stack is around 127,000 (42 big blinds). There will be two more starting flights over the next two days, beginning at 11:30 am.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to 42 players (12.5% of this flight), which will also be the Money Bubble.

WPT Prime Liechtenstein champion David Kozma is all in from the big blind for roughly 60K with A♣ J♣ , and he needs it to hold to stay alive against the A♥ 5♠ of Harsh Bubna in the small blind.

The board comes K♠ T♠ 8♦ Q♠ 3♠ , and four spades on the board give Bubna a flush to win the pot and eliminate Kozma from Day 1A.

Max Deveson opens to 5,000 and earns two callers including Diego Valencia. The trio checks the 8♠ 7♠ 5♠ flop and Deveson check-calls the A♥ turn for 9,500. On the 2♥ river, Deveson checks again and Valencia bets 11,000. After some consideration, Deveson opts to fold.

Xiao Liu three-bets to 16,000 and then calls a four-bet shove for 69,500 with the A♠ K♥ . His opponent has K♣ K♦ and Liu hits perfect on the A♣ Q♠ 6♠ 3♠ T♠ runout.

Paul Hoefer kicks off the hand with a raise 0f 3500 and big blind Kou Vang defends to take it to the flop J♥ A♦ 2♠ . Hoefer continues for 13,500 and Vang calls. Hoefer fires again on the turn T♠ for 45,000, this time Vang gives it up.

Jesse Smith is all-in preflop for only 18,000 with the K♠ 9♣ and up against Aleksandar Stojadinovic, who flips over 7♠ 7♥ . The pair holds on the Q♠ Q♣ Q♦ 5♥ 2♠ runout and the rich get richer.

Level 10 comes to an end, and Level 11 begins with increased blinds of 1,500-2,500 and a 2,500 ante. Play continues without a break.

With 126 players remaining from a Day 1A field of 334, the average chip stack is around 106,000 (42 big blinds). There will be two more starting flights over the next two days, beginning at 11:30 am.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to 42 players (12.5% of this flight), which will also be the Money Bubble.

On a board showing J♣ 8♦ 7♥ 5♦ 8♠ and 52,000 in the pot, Neng Zhao shoves for62,000 which sends Francesco Morales deep in the tank. After a couple of minutes, Morales folds.

From cutoff, Somashekhar KM Nahadeva kicks off the preflop battle with a 5000 raise, beside him Wendy Freedman moves all in for 34,5000, then two spots over on the big blind Roman Shcherbakov asks for the count then pushes all in. After a minute of tanking it's a three-way with Nahadeva calling as well.

When the hole cards are revealed, Nahadeva has T♥ T♠ , Freedman A♣ 5♠ and Shcherbakov with A♥ Q♦ . The window quickly improves Shcherbakov as the board runs Q♥ 8♣ 9♥ 4♥ 5♣ .

Hand opens with a raise of 5000 from cutoff, button player Tom Verbruggen three-bets 10,500, small blind Rui Bouquet four-bets 17,000, no takers.

Paul Hoefer is all in from the small blind for 48,500 with K♠ K♦ , and needs it to hold to stay alive against the A♥ T♦ of Denny Kruezi in the big blind.

The board comes J♣ 9♠ 4♦ 7♦ 7♥ , and Kruezi turns a guthshot straight draw, but improves no further. Hoefer wins the pot with his pocket kings to double up in chips.

Catching the action on a board showing 2♠ K♣ 4♥ K♥ with one player all in. The main pot is 53,000. Hayato Kitajima bets 17,000 and wins the 30,000 side pot. At showdown, Kitajima has 9♣ 9♠ , all in player with J♠ T♠ , the river

A♠ ensures the win for Kitajima.

Trong Hieu Ngo is all-in for more than 100,000 after the 8♦ 7♦ 5♣ T♦ turn and faces the red-hot running Rudolf Fourie. He is ahead with Q♣ Q♦ versus 9♦ 9♣ but Fourie spikes the 6♥ on the river for the straight.

"You just cannot lose," Ngo sighs, snaps a picture of the board and then heads out of the tournament area.

Kristopher Rundquist started out the day strong but all those chips have now vanished. On his last stand, he open shoves from the buton with J♥ K♠ and is denied the steal with big blind Khurshid Zaynutdinov making the call holding A♥ 9♠ . The board runs 7♥ 6♦ 6♣ 5♥ 5♠ for Zaynutdinov's ace to play and rail Rundquist.

Victor Fryda opens to 4,000 and calls a three-bet to 15,000 by Frank Lillis in the small blind. Lillis continues for 17,000 on the T♣ 9♦ 2♣ flop for Fryda to call. After the J♦ turn, Lillis takes half a minute before he bets 30,000 and Fryda folds.

Sho Homma defends with a very short stack from the big blind and gets the last10,000 in after the J♠ 7♣ 6♥ flop to get called by button raiser Paul Hoefer. Homma is ahead with J♦ 3♥ versus A♠ 3♦ and stays ahead on the 6♣ J♥ runout.

A scan of the field during the break turned up seven players with at least 190K in chips, plus three more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

Ori Hasson jams for the last 16,500 and Ashik Morar calls all-in for 5,000 in the small blind, the big blind reluctantly folds. Hasson's A♦ 4♠ take on K♠ Q♥ and Morar survives on the Q♠ J♠ 6♠ 7♣ T♦ runout.

The players return from break to begin Level 10, with increased blinds of1,000-2,000 and a 2,000 ante.

Registration for Day 1A is now closed, and the tournament clock shows an unofficial Day 1A field of 334 entries. There are two more starting flights over the next two days, starting at 11:30 am.

The field will play as many 40-minute levels as it takes tonight to reach the final 42 players (12.5% of this flight), which will also be the Money Bubble.

With action folding around to the button, Francesco Morales raises 3500, big blind Robert Kiss defends with a three-bet of 11,700. Morales makes the call then bets8000 on the flop 5♣ 7♣ 4♦ . Kiss check-calls. On the turn 5♣ , Kiss quickly folds as Morales lays out a bet.

Kabir Tandon moves all in from middle position for 3,000, and Wonho Lee moves all in over the top from the cutoff for 55,700 with A♣ 5♠ .

Tandon turns over A♥ J♦ , and needs it to hold to stay alive.

The board comes Q♠ T♠ 6♣ 5♥ K♣ , and Lee pairs his five on the turn, but Tandon rivers an ace-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

Following a raise from under the gun+1, Eric Wasylenko drives it to 8000 and gets called. Both players check to the turn T♦ J♥ 8♣ T♣ where Wasylenko calls an8000 bet. On the river 9♣ , utg+1 quickly shoves, Wasylenko snap-calls. Aggressor shows 3♦ 3♠ , Wasylenko has A♣ K♣ nut flush and scoops a double up.

David Kozma checks the 8♠ 3♣ 2♠ 7♥ turn and calls a bet of 10,000 by Frank Lillis to then check the 3♦ on the river. Lillis bets 20,000 and Kozma reluctantly calls all-in for less than that.

Lillis reveals T♥ T♦ and Kozma bows out holding the A♦ 4♦ for a bluff catcher.

Shmuel Bechor defends the big blind by joining three players to the flop K♠ K♥ 5♠ . Martin Ng c-bets for 5000 that's called by two players including Bechor. All three check the turn and river A♥ Q♥ . Bechor opens up K♣ J♦ trips which is good to claim the pot.

The last full level to register for the opening flight is underway with up to 301 entries, of which 181 players remain on Day 1a. New blinds are now 800-1,,600 with a big blind ante of 1,600. Once the following break is over, the late registration for Day 1a will close.

On a table with several big stacks, Hon Cheong "Ivan" Lee check-jams into Mats Ullereng on the 9♠ 8♥ 3♣ flop and Ullereng calls with the T♥ T♦ . Lee only has A♣ 9♦ and cannot get there on the 3♥ 6♥ runout.

Ullereng's double is for 41,300 to leave Lee very short.

Arun Sriram is sitting on a monster stack and gave us the story on his big win. The hand opens with a min-raise from Yucheng Rong that finds three callers. The flop comes Ace-Three-Five rainbow. Rong continues for 3600, only Sriram and Amin Riyazati call. When the King comes on the turn, Sriram bets 12,000, both players call and a Seven drops on the river. Following a check from Rong, Sriram goes all in, Riyazati calls with less behind, Rong folds. Riyazati has Ace-Seven two pair, Sriram opens pocket Three for a set to boot Riyazati.

The cards of Konstantin Held are already in the muck and Yita Choong confirms he has held pocket treys. Neng Zhao claims the last few blinds as he wins the flip with J♣ T♠ on a board of 8♣ 8♠ 2♥ T♦ 7♣ .

"This table always has action," Sertac Turker jokes not long ago. He is then involved in said action when he takes on He Zhou and bets the K♠ 7♣ 3♠ 2♥ turn on the button for 11,000 into 25,700. Zhou check-raises to 32,000 in the big blind and Turker folds to preserve the slightly bigger stack.

Level 7 comes to an end, and Level 8 begins with increased blinds of 600-1,200 and a 1,200 ante. Play continues without a break.

The tournament clock shows 279 entries so far here on Day 1A. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 10, around 6:15 pm.

The field will play as many 40-minute levels as it takes to reach the final 12.5% of this flight, which will also be the Money Bubble.

After Xianling Chen's 2200 raise is called, Brian Green takes charge at the flop A♥ T♥ 7♦ with a 4000 bet. This loses one player while Chen wants to see the turn 5 . Green continues with a larger 9000 bet, Chen gives it a thought then opts to fold.

From early position, Amin Riyazati opens 2000 then calls big blind Jun Li's 8000 reraise. When the flop comes 5♣ 6♦ 3♥ , Li continues for 5000 that Riyazati calls. Li fires again on the turn 3♣ , this time putting Riyazati all in who takes this.

Riyazati is ahead with a pair 7♥ 6♥ , Li has A♠ Q♣ . The river A♥ burns Riyazati's lower pair and he heads to registration to buy back in.

A player gets it all in under the gun for about 15,000 with 8♣ 7♣ , and he needs to improve to stay alive against the A♦ K♦ of Tero Laurila (UTG+1).

The board comes K♥ 4♠ 4♦ 5♠ 3♥ , and the UTG player turns a gutshot straight draw, but improves no further. Laurila wins the pot with two pair, kings and fours, to eliminate his opponent.

Tien Dung Pham pushes all-in from the button on the T♦ 9♠ 2♦ J♣ turn and his opponent in the hijack reluctantly calls for the 16,800 they have behind, exposing A♥ K♠ for a gutshot broadway draw.

Pham reveals A♦ A♣ and holds on the 8♣ river.

He Zhou then opens, Pham three-bets to 6,000. Edgar Antezana calls, Zhou then jams for 43,400. Pham gives it some thought and then calls, Antezana folds.

He Zhou: A♥ K♣ Tien Dung Pham: T♠ T♦

The A♠ Q♠ 8♣ 7♣ 2♠ board erases the profit of the previous hand.

A short stack is already all-in when Ankit Ahuja bets into the side pot on the A♥ 6♣ 3♠ T♠ turn for 7,000. Elvijs Kuceruks reluctantly folds and the player at risk leaves his chair, exposing the K♥ 5♥ . Ahuja has the winning A♦ Q♦ to make the 6♦ river a formality.

Just before the break, Peter Kiem is all in on a board T♥ 3♣ 3♠ 7♣ and is up against Asish Ghosh. Kiem has J♣ 9♣ draw, Ghosh with 6♥ 6♠ . Kiem lands one of his outs on the river J♦ for a double up.

Three ways to the J♥ 9♣ 4♣ flop, Yita Choong and Konstantin Held check out of the blinds. Neng Zhao bets 2,000 and Choong is the only caller. They check the 5♦ turn and Choong bets the K♣ river for 9,000. Zhao moves all-in and Choong sighs, checks the cards again and reluctantly folds.

A scan of the field during the break turned up seven players with at least 130K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

The players return from break to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 500-1,000 and a 1,000 ante.

The tournament clock shows 254 entries so far here on Day 1A. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 10, around 6:15 pm.

The field will play as many 40-minute levels as it takes to reach the final 12.5% of this flight, which will also be the Money Bubble.

Three players build a pot of 7,400 preflop and continue on a board A♦ J♣ 7♦ . Cutoff player bets 2000 and finds one caller in Roman Shcherbakov. The turn 6♥ sees cutoff fire another 3500, Shcherbakov answers with a check-raise of 12,000, cutoff snap-shoves then exclaims "ugh" when Shcherbakov snap-calls and shows A♣ A♠ top set. Cutoff is drawing dead with 9♠ 7♣ . The river 8♦ is of no consequence.

A player raises from the button to 5,600, Alfie Adam moves all in from the big blind, and the button thinks for a few moments before he calls all in for about 15,500 with J♥ 8♥ .

Adam turns over A♠ J♦ , and the button needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes Q♦ 7♠ 6♥ 5♠ 6♣ , and the button turns an open-ended straight draw, but improves no further. Adam wins the pot with his ace to eliminate his opponent.

A new table opens with Chien Chih "Maggie" Weng, Leo Soma, as well as Tom Verbruggen. The latter opens to 1,600 in the cutoff and Soma defends the big blind.

On a flop of J♦ 5♥ 4♣ , both check and that leads to the 9♥ turn. Soma check-raises from 1,600 to 9,000 and Verbruggen calls. They check the T♦ river and Soma wins the pot with Q♦ T♥ .

Four players contribute 1300 to the pot and more pumps in on the flop 8♦ 7♣ J♦ initiated by under the gun Fabrice Giz with a c-bet of 1500. Button player Yves Thalmann raises 4500, small blind Peteris Enders and Thalmann make the call, the turn drops 4♦ . Everyone checks to the river 2♦ . Giz bets 9000, Thalmann snap-folds while Enders calls.

Giz shows K♦ J♥ king high flush and wins the pot against Enders's Q♠ 9♦ lower flush.

With a pot of 4200 in the middle, Sean Keeton and Aladin Reskallah check to the turn board 4♠ 9♦ J♣ A♦ . Following a check from the big stacked Keeton, Reskallah lays out 2500 and gets the call. On the river 3♠ , Reskallah bangs out a larger 10,000 bet and it's enough to get a fold from Keeton.

Many French players have made the trip to Cambodia this time and among them are also Mario Fata and Jean Dufour. They get their chips in with the classic flip of Q♠ Q♦ versus A♦ K♥ .

Fata's fate secures a double on the T♣ 6♥ 3♥ J♥ 5♣ runout and he doubles.

Level 5 comes to an end, and Level 6 begins with increased blinds of 400-800 and an 800 ante. Play continues without a break.

The tournament clock shows 220 entries so far here on Day 1A. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 10, around 6:15 pm.

The field will play as many 40-minute levels as it takes to reach the final 12.5% of this flight, which will also be the Money Bubble.

Anzhela Vasylenko raises UTG+1 to 1,200, and the next player to act moves all in for 11,000. Carsten Helmuth Klug moves all in over the top from middle position for about 27,200, and Vasylenko thinks for a while before she folds.

The all-in player turns over J♠ T♠ , and needs to improve to stay alive against Klug's A♦ K♠ .

The board comes A♣ J♣ 3♦ 8♥ 4♣ , and Klug wins the pot with a pair of aces to eliminate his opponent.

Picking up the action on the K♦ Q♥ 4♥ 2♥ turn, Ankit Ahuja bets 8,000 into a pot of around 17,500 while in the blinds. Elvijs Kuceruks calls and then faces an overbet worth 50,000 by Ahuja on the J♦ river. Kuceruks checks his cards again and sigh-folds.

Chak Hei Chan opens for 1500 from under the gun and three players make the call. The dealer spreads a flop of 8♠ 7♠ A♦ . Chan continues for 1800 then calls Hon Cheong Lee's 6500 raise as the rest fold. On the turn J♦ , Chan slides out a big bet that well covers Lee who commits the rest of his stack then sees the bad news.

Chan opens up A♣ A♠ top set, Lee has 8♦ 8♣ set, the river 4♠ is no help to Lee and he packs up.

Three players are in for 1800 then toss in 1000 more at the flop 9♥ 4♠ Q♥ and 2000 at the turn K♣ . On the river 8♠ , everyone checks. Small blind Kristopher Rundquist shows K♠ 9♠ and wins the pot.

Xin Tang (cutoff) and the hijack build up a preflop pot worth a little more than23,000 to see a flop of 9♦ 8♦ 7♥ . Both players check.