WPT Prime Cambodia ($1,100)

There were 679 entries on Day 1C, the final starting flight of WPT Prime Cambodia, creating a total field of 1,484 entries and a prizepool worth $1,439,480.

Action ended with 17:57 remaining in Level 17, with blinds at 5,000-10,000 with a10,000 ante. Day 2 will roll the blinds back to the earliest point where a starting flight finished, which was 30:11 remaining in Level 17 on Day 1B.

There were 85 survivors from this flight, and the chipleader is Carlos Javier Hidalgo, who bagged about 1.4 million. The full list of Day 1C official chip counts will be released by the casino later tonight, along with the seat draw for Day 2.

First-place amount includes the winner's $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

In Hand #1 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Jinlong Hu raises from the hijack to 20,000, Akash Malik reraises from the small blind to 57,000, and Hu reraises to 105,000. Malik five-bets all in for 385,000, and Hu snap-calls, but has to wait until action finishes at all of the other tables before they can show their cards.

It's worth noting at this point that Jinlong Hu was the unfortunate player who was eliminated on the Money Bubble on Day 1A, when his pocket kings were cracked by K♣ 7♣ . Now Hu is in a position to score the knockout to burst the Money Bubble on Day 1D.

When action eventually finishes at the other tables, nobody is surprised to see Hu turn over A♥ A♦ , and Malik shows T♥ T♦ . Malik needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes K♠ J♠ 2♥ 8♦ 4♠ , and the aces hold up for Hu to win the pot, burst the Day 1C Money Bubble, and eliminate Malik from the tournament.

The remaining 85 players are now bagging and tagging their chips for Day 2, which begins tomorrow (Monday) at 11:30 am.

The clock is already stopped and all dealers are informed to stop their action after the current hand.

Said hand has Mario Fata all-in and at risk preflop versus Eduard Burd and he has the best of it with A♦ A♥ . Burd tables the A♣ K♣ and goes runner-runner on the J♣ 6♦ 3♥ 2♣ 8♣ board to reduce the field to the last 86 hopefuls.

With some 87 players remaining according to the clock, the action is on Mikiya Kudo and he moves all-in from the hijack. Jinlong Hu calls all-in for 224,000 in the cutoff and all other players behind fold.

"No bubble this time, I will double," Hu says and reveals the A♣ J♦ . Kudo only has A♥ 8♥ and the kicker plays on the T♠ 5♠ 3♣ K♠ T♥ board for Hu to double and confirm his prediction.

On a completed board of J♦ 9♣ 5♠ 5♦ 4♥ with some 350,000 in the middle, Vadzim Lipauka pushes all-in for 223,000. His table neighbour Manuel Almeida de Carvalho is in the tank and eventually calls.

Lipauka shakes his head and flips over the K♠ Q♣ for a missed gutshot. Almeida de Carvalho has that beat with J♠ T♣ and joins the seven-figure club.

On the button, Georgios Skarparis moves all-in for 150,000 and table chip leader Carlos Javier Hidalgo calls in the small blind.

Skarparis' K♦ Q♦ need to improve versus A♣ 4♣ . However, there is no help on the J♣ 8♦ 3♠ 5♥ J♠ board and Skarparis leaves empty-handed.

Near the money bubble, George Tomescu first doubles to a very healthy stack and then looks up the preflop shove by Joshua Figuerres for 150,000 preflop with K♠ T♠ . Figuerres has A♠ 9♣ and the K♥ 9♠ 4♠ 7♥ 2♠ gives Tomescu a flush.

He then knocks out another short stack when T♣ 9♣ outflop A♦ Q♣ thanks to trips on the T♠ T♦ 4♥ 5♣ 6♦ runout.

Level 16 comes to an end, and Level 17 begins with increased blinds of 5,000-10,000 and a 10,000 ante. Play continues without a break.

With 94 players remaining from a Day 1C field of 679, the average chip stack is around 289,000 (29 big blinds).

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to 85 players (12.5% of this flight), which will also be the Money Bubble.

A large flip unfolds over on table 19 with Kristof Mato and Mike Takayama getting their chips in, Mato being the one at risk and surrounded by a Hungarian rail.

Mato's T♠ T♦ are up against A♦ Q♠ and they cannot hold on the Q♥ 7♦ 2♠ 3♠ 8♦ board.

Joshua Figuerres and Tom Maguire invest 10,000 on the Q♥ 8♥ 3♠ flop and check the 6♦ turn. Maguire bets the 4♣ river for 22,000 and Figuerres calls, then mucks when the Aussie shows A♦ 8♦ .

In a four-bet pot to the Q♥ 8♠ 6♥ flop with some 205,000 in the middle, Daniel Charlton bets 40,000 from under the gun. Guillem Segarra raises to 115,000 and Charlton uses one time bank extension before he sends the cards into the muck.

Aditya Agarwal is spotted on the way out of the tournament area and his chips move over to Haoming Du. The A♣ J♦ of Agarwal turn some equity versus Q♠ Q♣ with the board showing 3♠ 2♠ 2♦ J♠ but no jack or ace comes thereafter.

Two of the biggest stacks in the room are on the same table in Carlos Javier Hidalgo and Tobias Schwecht.

A scan of the field during the break turned up 15 players with at least 400K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

The players return from break to begin Level 16, with increased blinds of 4,000-8,000 and an 8,000 ante.

With 110 players remaining from a Day 1C field of 679, the average chip stack is around 247,000 (31 big blinds).

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to 85 players (12.5% of this flight), which will also be the Money Bubble.

Three ways to the 7♠ 4♦ 3♠ flop, the action checks to Nariman Yaghmai and he bets15,000. Marc Joseph check-raises to 41,000 in the big blind and initial preflop raiser Lars Kamphues folds, while Yaghmai calls.

Joseph near instantly jams the Q♦ turn when a second flush draw opens. The shove is for 120,500 and Yaghmai counts out calling chips for nearly half of his stack, ponders about it for half a minute and folds.

The player on the button is short-stacked and all in with A♦ 5♠ , and needs to improve to stay alive against Yuan Yu's 7♥ 7♣

The board comes 6♥ 5♥ 4♥ 7♦ 9♠ , and the button pairs his five on the flop, but improves no further. Yu wins the pot with a turned set of sevens to eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

The cards are all but rushed away and Darius Samual vanishes as quickly out of the tournament area. His A♠ 7♠ cannot solve the kicker problem against the A♣ 9♣ of Sechariah Sheng Quek and that spells the end for him towards the end of level 15.

Pau Sanroma raises to 12,000 in the hijack and Eric Wasylenko then jams for around110,000 in the cutoff. Monika Zukowicz calls all-in from the button for around 80,000 and Sanroma tank-folds after more than a minute.

Wasylenko's A♦ 9♦ is in bad shape versus A♥ Q♠ and he predicts a chop. The 8♥ 8♠ 3♠ 2♠ turn leaves the split outs rather thin but the 2♣ river brings the desired upon outcome.

Peteris Enders gets it all in from the big blind for 19,500 with 9♣ 2♣ , and he needs to improve to stay alive against the A♦ 8♦ of Max Deveson in the hijack.

The board comes 9♠ 4♠ 2♦ K♦ 6♣ -- Enders flops two pair, Deveson turns a diamond flush draw, and the river card is a blank. Enders wins the pot with his two pair, nines and deuces, to double up in chips.

Level 14 comes to an end, and Level 15 begins with increased blinds of 3,000-6,000 and a 6,000 ante. Play continues without a break.

With 134 players remaining from a Day 1C field of 679, the average chip stack is around 203,000 (34 big blinds).

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to 85 players (12.5% of this flight), which will also be the Money Bubble.

There is a three-way preflop all-in situation at Table 12, with the small blind all in for39,500, Max Deveson all in from the hijack for 114,000, and Peteris Enders (UTG) covering both of them.

Peteris Enders: A♠ 9♠

Max Deveson: A♣ Q♥

Small Blind: K♣ Q♠

The board comes J♦ T♠ T♣ 7♥ 5♠ , and Enders turns a gutshot straight draw, but improves no further. Deveson wins the entire pot with his ace-queen to double thru Enders and eliminate the small blind from the tournament.

Motoya Takamori open shoves 66,500 with 6♥ 6♠ , a few spots over a shorter stack risks with K♣ Q♦ . The board comes 7♦ A♥ J♦ 5♥ 9♠ . Takamori's pair holds to ship the pot.

Calvin Tan defends the big blind with Q♣ 5♠ on hand and goes to the flop 5♣ J♣ 2♠ with under the gun raiser Karan Sitlani with A♣ J♠ . Sitlani continues for 9500 and Tan check-calls his small pair. The turn Q♥ , Tan lands two pair and checks, Sitlani fires 27,000, Tan sends it back with a raise of 65,000, Sitlani calls. On the river T♣ , Tan goes all in for 96,000, Sitlani tanks. After several minutes, the clock is called, and on the last second, Sitlani makes the call. Tan ships it as Sitlani plunges to 2,000 in chips.

A player is all in under the gun for about 35,000 with 7♦ 7♣ , and needs it to hold to stay alive against Alexander Puchalski's A♦ Q♠ .

The board comes K♥ 5♠ 2♠ 8♠ A♣ , and Puchalski turns a spade flush draw and pairs his ace on the river to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

Guillem Segarra gets out of the way when Manuel Almeida de Carvalho looks up Ran Koller for 78,500 preflop.

Ran Koller: A♠ A♦

Manuel Almeida de Carvalho: 7♠ 7♥

The A♥ 9♦ 8♠ 6♠ T♣ board gives the Portuguese an unlikely straight and Koller departs, the table has also lost David Erquiaga as well.

According to one of the players at the table - Dutchman Joris Michl - Ilya Firstov shoots to the top of the leaderboard for Day 1c after winning a gargantuan pot. Firstov flops top set with pocket tens and his opponent has A♠ 6♠ on T♠ 7♦ 4♥ the 5♣ turn opens more outs but the 9♣ river changes nothing anymore.

Alexander Puchalski raises under the gun to 8,000, the player on the button reraises to19,500, and Puchalski calls.

The flop comes 7♥ 4♠ 2♦ , Puchalski checks, the button bets 15,000, and Puchalski calls.

The turn card is the K♦ , Puchalski checks, the button again bets 15,000, and Puchalski check-raises to 35,000. The button calls.

The river card is the 5♣ , and Puchalski moves all in. The player on the button thinks for a bit before he calls all in for about 90,000 with Q♥ Q♣ . But Puchalski turns over 7♠ 7♦ to win the pot with a flopped set of sevens and eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

Level 13 comes to an end, and Level 14 begins with increased blinds of 3,000-5,000 and a 5,000 ante. Play continues without a break.

With 164 players remaining from a Day 1C field of 679, the average chip stack is around 166,000 (33 big blinds).

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to 85 players (12.5% of this flight), which will also be the Money Bubble.

Players are dropping fast. One of the casualties gives Boo Hyun Kim a decent boost over 12 bigs. Following a min-raise that Kim calls, a players is all in for 50,000, only Kim calls. Upon revealing, Kim has A♦ 7♦ and is behind A♠ Q♠ , that is until the dealer spreads K♣ 7♥ 4♥ K♥ 7♣ .

Short stacked player goes all in for 26,000 and gets called by big stacked Carlos Hidalgo. Upon revealing, it's a flip with Hidalgo holding A♦ 8♣ and the short stack with 4♥ 4♦ . The board runs high Q♣ K♣ 2♣ A♥ K♦ .

Marius Kudzamanas opens for 8000, Thomas Eychenne three-bets 22,000, then button Sechariah Sheng Quek four-bets 60,500. No callers.

On the only table remaining in the outer tournament area, Vadzim Lipauka raises to8,000. Ori Hasson jams from the next seat for 48,500 and Lipauka calls after brief consideration.

Hasson's Q♥ 9♥ need help against A♦ 8♣ but he is drawing dead on the turn of a J♠ 5♣ 2♠ A♥ 3♣ board.

A disgusted Saeid Ebrahimi asks the dealer to wait a second before rushing away the cards and board after he is just eliminated by Rayhaan Adam from South Africa.

On a board of Q♣ 3♦ 2♦ 2♥ K♥ , the Q♥ Q♦ of Ebrahimi flop a set and turn a full house but Adam restores the preflop order via two-outer.

Ran Koller is all-in for only 24,000 with A♣ J♣ against the Q♥ T♠ of Victor Chong. The A♥ 9♣ 5♣ flop is quite decisive, and the 4♦ 3♥ runout brings no miracle suckout.

A scan of the field during the break turned up 13 players with at least 250K 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 207 players remaining from a Day 1C field of 679, the average chip stack is around 131,000 (33 big blinds).

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to 85 players (12.5% of this flight), which will also be the Money Bubble.

On the river of a A♣ Q♥ 6♥ Q♣ 6♠ board, Edgar Antezana bets 15,000 and Kunal Patni sends his cards into the muck. The South African chips up above the average on a table with several notables in the mix, usually unheard of for such a buy-in tournament in South East Asia.

Brian Patterson three-bets to make it 16,000 to continue however he is stopped by initial raiser Jiannan Lu who four-bets all in. Well covered, Patterson struggles saying "Ugh, I'm behind", then eventually folds.

Next hand, Patterson makes up for the lost chips and more calling Jorge Lagatuz's shove. Patterson's A♦ 8♦ stays ahead throughout a board K♥ A♥ 3♣ 5♣ 3♠ . He doubles up as Lagatuz is left with less than a big blind.

Three in a row and with successful pairs in succession for Daniel Charlton. First hand opens with a raise of 6500 from big stacked Sumit Sapra, Charlton shoves 53,000 on the small blind and wins the pot. He then shows 3♠ 3♦ .

Now sitting on the button, he pushes again on top of Sapra's 6000 raise and collects the pot with Sapra folding. Charlton shows one point higher 4♣ 4♠ .

On the third consecutive hand, action folds to Charlton at cutoff, he raises 7000, button Yukako Hiroi shoves, Charlton calls and covers. When he opens 5♥ 5♣ everyone is stunned, Hiroi has A♦ 6♠ for a flip. The board doesn't help out the drawing Hiroi as it lands K♣ 8♣ 8♥ 9♦ 5♦ .

Another level comes to an end and the blinds increase without break to 1,500-3,000 with a big blind ante of 3,000. Day 1c is down to around 242 players out of a field of679 entries and will play as many 40-minute levels as it takes to reach the last 85 survivors.

Daniel Neilson raises to 10,000 with 500 chips behind and Josip Simunic calls. They get it in after the A♣ 6♣ 2♣ flop and Neilson is at risk with A♦ 3♣ versus A♠ K♠ . The turn is a blank with the J♦ but the K♣ river brings the flush.

Neilson's short stack survival is short-lived however, as he busts soon after.

In a pot of more than 60,000 to the A♠ 8♥ 3♦ Q♥ Q♠ river, Guillem Segarra is not happy but calls the final bet of David Erquiaga, who jokingly declares a straight and flush then shows T♥ 9♥ for a missed double draw.

Segarra wins the pot with the A♦ J♣ and retains a healthy stack well above the average.

Preflop action heats up starting with a raise of 8500 by Jeffrey Haas from under the gun. Next to act Jianfeng Sun and Li Kai flat, then button Monika Zukowicz three-bets to 25,000. Haas wants to raise but accidentally calls, Sun four-bets 75,000, two folds follow then Haas says "now I am all in". A♠ he moves it in, Sun tosses in the one chip call.

At the showdown, both players have aces, Sun with A♦ A♣ , Haas A♥ A♠ , the board runs 9♥ 4♣ T♣ Q♦ K♥ for a split pot.

Big pot of 139,500 is in the middle and a board 4♦ 8♦ A♠ 2♥ 7♥ . Vadzim Lipauka shoves his last 73,500 to send Keisuke Tajiri in agony. With only 42,000 behind, Tajiri takes a couple of minutes before deciding to fold and save his chips.

He Zhou and Adi Putra face a flop 5♠ 2♠ 8♣ and 22,5000 in the pot. Zhou checks, Putra bets 25,000, then Zhou shoves for 102,500. Putra is well covered and folds. Next hand Putra goes all in with T♦ 7♦ and falls to a player with A♥ K♠ .

"That's the third time it happened to him," Marius Kudzmanas says when Konstantin Held is flipped to the rail by Dorian Debals.

"It was the perfect spot," Held mentions when he had gotten a shorter stack in with 4♠ 4♥ and was isolated by Debals with the A♦ K♠. The Q♣ 9♦ 3♣ as T♠ turn brings the ace and the 2024 WPT Cambodia Championship winner is out for good in this tournament.

The blinds move up to 1,500-2,500 with a big blind ante of 2,500 and there are around279 players remaining, all of which aim to reach the top 85 finishers and advance to the money stages. A total field of 1,484 entries has shattered the previous WPT Prime attendance record here in Cambodia, which stood at 1,050, and $1,439,480 in prize money will be awarded as of Day 2.

Day 1c will play as many 40-minute levels as it takes to whittle down the field to the last 85 contenders.

Konstantin Held tries to defend his big blind but ultimately, he isn't able to pull the trigger against Marius Kudzamanas. The hand opens with a 4500 Kudzamans's raise from under the gun that's called by Held. On the flop and turn 2♦ 5♦ 8♣ Q♥ , Kudzamanas barrels 8500 and 21,000, Held check-calls both to complete the board J♦ . Held checks once more, Kudzamanas goes all in for 110,000, Held is covered, and doesn't risk it.

Kyosuke Nagami opens the hand from under the gun only to get re-raised by Peter Bennett on the button for 18,000. Nagami punches back with a shove of 85,500 to send Bennett deep in the tank. After a couple of minutes go by, Bennett gives up his hand.

Georgios Skarparis and Xianling Chen battle on the flop 3♣ J♠ 8♠ with 20,000 in the middle. Skarparis bets 8500 and Chen check-calls. Another 16,500 fired by Skarparis on the turn 4♦ and this time Chen opts to fight another hand.

On the tail end of a J♠ 9♠ 9♦ A♠ 9♥ board, Javier Zarco bets 3,000. Mario Fata calls but mucks to the T♣ 9♣ of Zarco.

One hand later, Fata calls a three-bet to 9,000 by Joe Sandaev and check-raises the 8♠ 8♦ 2♥ flop from 2,000 to 5,000. Sandaev calls and they check down the 9♦ 3♠ runout as Sandaev wins the pot with A♥ Q♥ .

A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least 175K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

The players return from break to begin Level 10, with increased blinds of 1,000-2,000 and a 2,000 ante.

Registration is now closed, and the tournament clock shows an unofficial field size of679 entries for Day 1C.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to 85 players (12.5% of this flight), which will also be the Money Bubble.

Action packed preflop opens with a raise of 4000 from Noyan Slamiya, two spots over on the button Ngoc Thai Huynh three-bets 12,000, big blind Neil Davidson calls and Slamiya joins as well. Following two checks on the flop 2♦ Q♠ Q♣ , Huynh continues for2000, Davidson check-raises 8000 and wins the pot with no callers.

Getting to the table as the dealer counts out the chips, Dongkyu Kim has earned a double up with T♥ 8♣ flopped straight over Soo Ghee Lim's A♦ Q♦ top pair on a board 7♦ 6♣ 9♦ Q♣ 6♥ .

Facing a raise of 3500 from Trong Hieu Ngo, button player Asish Ghosh three-bets8800 and Ngo gives him some action by calling. Ghosh sends out 10,500 on the flop 9♥ 3♣ 5♠ , Ngo calls, and the dealer turns 8♦ . Ghosh continues the barrage with a shove that well covers Ngo who quickly folds.

Peter Da sets off the betting round with a raise of 3600 from under the gun then calls He Zhou's 10,500 three-bet at the button. Zhou continues on the flop 4♣ 5♦ T♥ , Da calls, then they check it to the river J♣ 8♦ . Da checks once more, Zhou taps back. Da shakes his head while showing 8♣ 8♠ set.

Elvijs Kuceruks raises under the gun to 3,200, Yusuke Uchimura reraises from the button to 8,000, and Kuceruks four-bets all in for 24,100.

Uchimura calls with Q♥ Q♦ , and Kuceruks turns over T♥ T♣ . Kuceruks needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes A♣ 9♣ 3♣ A♥ J♣ , and Kuceruks rivers a club flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Akash Malik is all in from the cutoff for 49,400 with J♦ J♣ , and needs it to hold to stay alive against the 8♠ 8♥ of Calvin Seet Pin Tan (UTG).

The board comes A♠ 5♠ 4♣ 5♦ 7♥ , and the pocket jacks hold up for Malik to win the pot and double up in chips.

Patrick Mahoney raises to 3,500 and Oscar Blanco Carrasco then jams for 21,500 thereafter. Itsuki Chiba goes all-in right behind and Mahoney folds. Blanco Carrasco is dominated with 8♠ 8♥ versus K♣ K♦ but gets there eventually on the Q♠ 5♥ 2♣ Q♦ 8♣ runout.

Three players are at the turn 7♣ 5♥ 4♣ T♦ with 23,200 in the pot. Shiina Okamoto lays out 12,000 and gets called by both opponents Darren Rees and Junghyun An. On the blank river, Okamoto fires again for 45,000 and this time no callers.

On the next hand, Okamoto defends the big blind by calling An's button raise of 2500. At the flop A♥ A♦ 4♣ , Okamoto check-calls 2000 then they both check the turn 4♥ . On the river K♣ , Okamoto leads out 8000 which is met with a quick fold from An.

In a hand that starts with three-way action, Guillem Segarra bets the 9♥ 7♠ 2♠ 9♠ 8♠ river for 13,000. His sole remaining opponent calls and the Spaniard shows A♠ 4♥ for the ace-high flush to chip up. Also on the table are Victor Chong and former Cambodia champion David Erquiaga.

With the final board showing J♣ 4♥ 2♥ 9♣ 6♦ , Mikael Daniel Emil Andersson moves all in from the big blind for 16,400, and Tommi Krankka thinks for a while before he calls.

Andersson turns over 5♦ 3♦ to win the pot with a rivered six-high straight, and Krankka mucks.

Oleg Titov can all but smile when he flops top pair but is dominated with K♥ Q♣ on a board of K♠ J♣ 4♦ 8♥ 8♦ . Ben Loo notches up the knockout with his A♦ K♦ and Titov heads right back to the registration desk.

After a flop of K♦ 9♥ 4♦ , the UTG+1 player is all in for about 25,000 with A♠ K♣ (pair of kings), and needs it to hold to stay alive against Lifu Huang's J♦ T♦ (diamond flush draw with a gutshot straight draw) on the button.

The turn card is the Q♠ , the river card is the Q♦ , and Huang turns a king-high straight to clinch the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Xianling Chen open shoves from under the gun and nearly steals the blinds and ante when Karan Sitlani on the small blind calls. Chen is in trouble with K♦ J♠ against Sitlani's A♠ Q♣ . The board brings no help 7♣ 8♠ 2♠ 2♦ 3♦ to send all of her chips to Sitlani.

Level 8 comes to an end, and Level 9 begins with increased blinds of 800-1,600 and a1,600 ante. Play continues without a break.

The tournament clock shows 601 entries so far here on Day 1C, increasing the total field size to 1,406 and the prizepool to more than $1.36 million. This is the final starting flight, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 10, around 6:25 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.

Ryo Kotake chips up with T♦ T♣ winning over a player's King-Nine on a board 3♠ 6♥ 6♠ 7♣ 7♥ .

With one open seat on table 14, Michael Gathy puts his hopes on A♠ 6♠ for the gutshot and nut flush draw on a T♠ 9♦ 7♠ flop. Kristof Mato looks him up with the T♥ 9♠ and boats up on the T♦ turn to make the 3♣ river a formality.

One hand later, Trong Hieu Ngo looks up two short stacks with Q♣ J♣ and flops top pair to suddenly cause four open seats.

"What did I miss?" Muhammad Shamsudin jokes when he arrives back to his seat with a monster stack at his disposal.

All in on the flop, Elena Litviniuk proceeds to land a double with 2♠ 2♦ finding a third party on a board J♠ 4♦ 2♣ K♣ 7♥ against Calvin Tan's A♣ 8♣ missed draw.

Mai Bien is all-in preflop with a severe short stack and looked up by He Zhou as well as Raul Corral. The latter check-calls the Q♥ 4♣ 3♣ flop for 5,000 and they check down the 7♣ T♠ runout.

Bien shows J♣ 7♠ , Corral has that beat with 8♦ 8♥ and Zhou mucks A♦ 3♥ .

Benny Glaser opens and finds one caller in until Li Kai three-bets 8200. Only Glaser calls and it's off to the flop 3♣ T♥ 3♥ . Kai continues for 7000 and Glaser calls to see the turn 3♦ . Kai barrels 12,000 and this time he wins the pot.

Trong Hieu Ngo check-calls a bet of 4,500 by Muhammad Shamsudin on the A♥ J♦ J♠ flop and they check the 7♠ turn. Ngo leads the 5♦ river for 4,000 and Shamsudin wins the pot with A♣ T♣ versus A♦ 2♦ .

Level 7 comes to an end, and Level 8 begins with increased blinds of 600-1,200 and a1,200 ante. Play continues without a break.

The tournament clock shows 555 entries so far here on Day 1C, increasing the total field size to 1,360 and the prizepool to more than $1.31 million. This is the final starting flight, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 10, around 6:25 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.

Mario Fata just takes his seat at table 35 and makes sure players know he is here to play. Fata quickly jumps in the hand with a raise of 2000 and big blind Manh Hung Nguyen defends. At the flop T♥ Q♦ 5♦ , Fata bets 2500 and Nguyen check-calls. Both players check the turn 2♣ then Fata resumes for 35,000 on the river A♥ leaving himself just 500 behind. Nguyen tank-folds.

It hadn't yet been a half an hour and WPT Cambodia Championship runner-up Josh McCully is already re-entering. On his first bullet, he opens 2100 from cutoff and Hugo Machado calls from the button. At the flop 6♦ T♣ Q♥ , McCully checks then calls Machado's 4700 bet leading to the turn A♠ where chips go flying. McCully checks again, Machado bets 9500, McCully tank-shoves 23,200, Machado calls with more behind.

McCully flips open A♣ K♣ top pair, Machado has better with Q♠ T♠ , it holds to the river 5♠ to clean out McCully.

Linda Minh Phuong Nguyen is all-in preflop with the K♥ Q♠ and aims to knock out Zhiqiang Meng, who is at risk for even less with the 7♦ 6♦ . Nguyen flops the nut straight on J♠ T♦ 9♦ flop, then stays ahead with the J♥ turn.

Meng, however, pulls a cat out of the bag with the 8♦ river to double for 11,800.

Digvijay Lamba defends his small blind with a three-bet of 9000 and wins the pot easy to rake in 6000. Next hand, Lamba is on the button and three-bets 5500, Yves Thalmann makes the call. At the flop T♠ T♥ 5♣ , Lamba continues for 3500 and Thalmann gives him action with a call then both check the turn 4♠ . The river 4♦ is checked again by Thalmann who tanks to Lamba's shove, and after a minute or so, he gives up his hand.

Sebastien Clot is all in for 24,900 with Q♦ Q♣ , and needs it to hold to stay alive against the 9♠ 9♦ of Artem Vezhenkov, who is under the gun.

The board comes 8♦ 6♠ 3♠ 5♠ 5♣ , and Vezhenkov turns a spade flush draw and a gutshot straight draw, but improves no further. Clot wins the pot with his queens to double up in chips.

"Ace king hasn't hit a single time on this table," Filippos Amelios exclaims when Fritz Matthias Douhan doubles Ziad Zebib. The latter flips for 17,700 with T♠ T♦ versus A♣ K♠ and remains ahead on the Q♦ J♣ 3♠ 8♥ Q♥ runout.

"I only saw one," Noyan Slamiya grins after he secures a double with A♦ A♥ versus A♠ J♥ while in table chat with Kolja Luecking.

The A♣ Q♦ 5♥ 9♦ 3♦ board brings no upset as Slamiya earns the full double.

Victor Chong raises to 2,000 and Maciej Kala jams in the next seat. Guillem Segarra folds in the big blind and Chong calls all-in for 16,400.

Chong's A♣ Q♠ are ahead of A♥ T♠ and make trips on the Q♠ Q♦ 3♦ 8♥ K♠ .

After a flop of J♠ 9♦ 5♥ , Fritz Mattias Douhan moves all in from middle position for19,100, and Soon Lee Toh thinks for a while before he calls from the hijack with A♣ Q♠ for ace high with two overcards.