WPT Cambodia 2019 Main Event : Live Updates
7:20PM: Brian Tougias wins the record-breaking Main Event – U$ 131,460
Brian Tougias crushed the heads up round to become the newest WPT Cambodia Main Event champion! Tougias overcame the largest WPT Asia Pacific field of 750 entries. He earned US$ 131,460 and 1500 points towards the Player of the Year leaderboard. Congratulations to Brian Tougias! And since it was his birthday yesterday, it is indeed a very profitable birthday present.
7:15PM: Kai Fu Wong eliminated in 2nd place – US$ 92,152
Level 32: Blinds 75k – 150k ante 150k
In just under two hours of heads up action that saw 49 hands tabled, the Main Event champion emerged! Brian Tougias came from behind to knock out Kai Fu Wong in 2nd place. The final hand saw Tougias raise to 400k, Wong called. On the flop 
, Tougias c-bet 300k, Wong check-raised to 2.1m, Tougias snap-called.
Tougias 
Wong 
gutshot
The turn was 
and river 
to close out the Main Event. Wong earned US$ 92,152 for his superb run.
7:10PM: Kai Fu Wong continues to drop
Level 32: Blinds 75k – 150k ante 150k
Kai Fu Wong lost another pot to send him further into the hole. He is down to 4.2m while Brian Tougias is up to 18.2m. The hand opened with Tougias raising to 375k, called by Wong. Both checked the flop 
. At the 
turn, Wong led for 400k, Tougias called. On the river 
, another 800k shelled out by Wong, Tougias answered with a 2.5m raise, quick fold by Wong.
7:00PM: Brian Tougias exposes the bluff
Level 32: Blinds 75k – 150k ante 150k
On a flop 
, Brian Tougias check-called a 300k bet by Kai Fu Wong. On the turn , both checked. When the river came 
, Tougias check-called an 800k bet. Wong showed 
bluff, Tougias won it with 
two pair.
6:50PM: Brian Tougias takes the lead
Level 32: Blinds 75k – 150k ante 150k
For the first time since the start of the final table the leadership has changed. No longer is Kai Fu Wong commanding, Brian Tougias is now on top with around 12m. There were two hand that sent him there.
First one, Wong limped, checked by Tougias. On the flop 
, Tougias check-called 150k, then also 400k on the 
turn. On the river 
, no bets. Tougias showed 
, Wong mucked. About even stacks.
Second win was a much larger pot. Tougias raised to 400k, Wong called. When the board ran 
, Tougias bet every street and was called. Bets were 300k flop, 900k, turn, 3.2m river. Tougias showed 
trips, Wong mucked. Tougias up to 14.3m, Wong down to 8.2m.
6:40PM: Brian Tougias rising
Level 32: Blinds 75k – 150k ante 150k
Kai Fu Wong’s lead is thinning with Brian Tougias winning a majority of the big pots here. He just claimed another good one with 
. The board completed to 
, Tougias bet 475k flop, no bets on the turn, and 875k on the river, called by Wong. Tougias over 9m, Wong around 13m.
6;30PM: Back in action, Kai Fu Wong earns a good pot
Level 32: Blinds 75k – 150k ante 150k
Third hand after a short break and Kai Fu Wong picked up a fairly big pot. He limped in and Brian Tougias checked it. On the flop, turn, and river 
, Wong triple- barreled 150k, 450k, and 2m, Tougias check-called twice but folded on the river while showing .
6:25PM: Short break
Level 32: Blinds 75k – 150k ante 150k
Kai Fu Wong 12,850,000
Brian Tougias 9,650,000
6:10PM: Kai Fu Wong takes it to the river
Level 32: Blinds 75k – 150k ante 150k
Kai Fu Wong raised to 400k, Brian Tougias called, the flop came 
. No bets landed and the turn was dealt 
. Tougias check-called 300k by Wong. On the river 
, no bets. Tougias showed , Tougias took it with 
flush.
6:00PM: Brian Tougias collects two heavy pots to rise to 9.1m
Level 31: Blinds 75k – 125k ante 125k
First two hands of heads up were claimed by Brian Tougias with both pots quite substantial. The first one saw Kia Fu Wong limp, checked by Tougias. On the flop 
, Wong check-called 125k. Same action on the turn with Wong check-calling 300k. The river 
both checked. Tougias won with 
pair.
Immediately after, Tougias raiseed to 600k, Wong called. At the flop , Tougias c-bet 500k, Wong check-raised to 2m, Tougias jammed, fold by Wong. Tougias down to 13.4m, Tougias charging up to 9.1m.
5:40PM: Heads up: Kai Fu Wong vs Brian Tougias
Level 31: Blinds 75k – 125k ante 125k
Kai Fu Wong 15,700,000
Brian Tougias 6,800,000
5:35PM: Sim Jae Kyung crippled then out in 3rd place – US$ 59,400
Level 31: Blinds 75k – 125k ante 125k
Cooler hand sent Sim Jae Kyung crashing to just 3bbs then fell immediately after. The crucial hand saw a limped pot preflop and the board come . Sb Simba bet 150k, bb Brian Tougias called. On the turn it was fireworks. Tougias bet 275k, Simba check-raised to 1.275m, Tougias jammed, snap-called by Simba.
Simba trips
Tougias trips higher kicker
The river secured the double up for Tougias to 6.8m, Simba nosedived to 375k (3bbs). Simba put it all in on the next hand with , Kai Fu Wong called with 
, no help arrived on the board. Simba earned US$ 59,400 for his 3rd place finish.
We are now heads up!
5:30PM: Three way action
Level 31: Blinds 75k – 125k ante 125k
Three way to the flop , button Brian Tougias bet 225k, sb Kai Fu Wong checked, bb Sim Jae Kyung check-raised to 650k to take it down with no callers.
5:20PM: Three remaining
Level 31: Blinds 75k – 125k ante 125k
Final three players. Here are the chip counts. Average stack is 7,500,000.
Kai Fu Wong 15,050,000
Brian Tougias 3,925,00
Sim Jae Kyung 3,525,000
5:15PM: Aladin Reskallah eliminated in 4th place – US$ 43,941
Level 31: Blinds 75k – 125k ante 125k
Aladin Reskallah’s magic lamp could only get him to 4th place with the massive chip leader Kai Fu Wong putting the door stopper. From the button, Reskallah raised to 25k, bb Wong three-bet to 1.2m, Reskallah shoved, Wong called to put him at risk.
Reskallah 
Wong
The board ran 
. Reskallah earned US$ 43,941 for his finish.
5:10PM: Kai Fu Wong muscles Tougias
Level 31: Blinds 75k – 125k ante 125k
Utg Kai Fu Wong raised to 25k, bb Brian Tougias three-bet to a large 1.125m, Wong with the quick call. On the 
flop, Tougias c-bet 1.125m, Wong raised to 2m, Tougias opted to fold.
5:00PM: Brian Tougias takes command, rises to 5.95m
Level 31: Blinds 75k – 125k ante 125k
Brian Tougias grabbed himself two pots to send his stack to 5.95m. The larger scoop saw Sim Jae Kyung raise to 250k, called by the blinds Aladin Reskallah and Brian Tougias. No bets on the flop . On the turn, Tougias laid out 350k, called by both players. On the river, Tougias c-bet 1.825m, Simba folded, Reskallah tank-folded while showing trips.
4:45PM Kai Fu Wong wins six in a row to rise to 8.950m
Level 31: Blinds 75k – 125k ante 125k
Kai Fu Wong continues to lead the final table and has widened his lead further with six consecutive pots won. The largest was at hand #83 where he raised to 250k from utg, sb Aladin Reskallah called, bb Brian Tougias three-bet to 1.175m, only Wong continued. At the flop , Wong fired 1.325m, Tougias folded.
4:30PM: Brian Tougias lays out a big one
Level 31: Blinds 75k – 125k ante 125k
Sim Jae Kyung has fallen below average after losing a pot to Brian Tougias. Simba opened to 350k from the button, Tougias defended on the big blind. Simba c-bet 300k on the flop , Tougias called. No bet s on the turn for a free look at the river . Tougias led out with a huge 1.350m bet, Simba folded. Tougias up to 5.250m, Simba down to 4.9m.
4:20PM: Chip counts at the break
Level 31: Blinds 75k – 125k ante 125k
Players are on their second break. 4 left, Average stack 5,625,000.
Seat 1: Sim Jae Kyung 5,590,000
Seat 4: Aladin Reskallah 5,860,000
Seat 5: Brian Tougias 4,456,000
Seat 9: Kai Fu Wong 6,740,000 (chip leader)
4:00PM: Si Yang Phua out in 5th place – US$ 33,574
Level 30: Blinds 50k – 100k ante 100k
Si Yang Phua was next to tumble out. He went all in with 
but chip leader Kai Fu Wong woke up with 
to make the no-brainer call. When the board ran empty, , it was a 5th place finish for Phua for US$ 33,574.
3:50PM: Kue Seong Tchong ships it then ships out in 6th place – US$ 26,583
Level 30: Blinds 50k – 100k ante 100k
Kue Seong Tchong has just fallen in 6th place with Brian Tougias delivering the bad news. Before he went down, he doubled up through Tougias with pairing up on the river 
. Tchong said he thought it was A-Q so he jammed. Still the hand was good to win the pot.
However, on then very next hand, Tougias took it all back and more. From utg, Tchong raised to 250k, bb Tougias called. The flop 
, Tougias checked, Tchong bet 275k, Tougias shoved, Tchong risked it.
Tchong
Tougias set
The turn and river didn’t help Tchong. He collected US$ 26,583 for his finish. Tchong ran very well at the series with three final tables reached.
3:40PM: Up and down and out for Alex Lee in 7th place – 7th place – US$ 22,007
Level 30: Blinds 50k – 100k ante 100k
On hand #60, hijack Brian Tougias raised to 200k, cutoff Alex Lee all in with his remaining 440k, action folded to bb Sim Jae Kyung who four-bet to 1.3m. Lee said “Simba you protecting me?” Simba replied “I’ll show you my cards.” At that, Tougias folded.
Lee
Simba
The board ran for 7th place to Lee and a US$ 22,007 payday.
3:35PM: Aladin Reskallah doubles up, Lee chunked to 4 bbs
Level 30: Blinds 50k – 100k ante 100k
Hijack Aladin Reskallah raised to 200k, button Alex Lee shoved, snapped off by the man with the magic lamp. Lee , Reskallah , the board ran for a full house double up to 4.2m. Lee plunged to 440k.
3:30PM: Kai Fu Wong rises to 6.4m
Level 30: Blinds 50k – 100k ante 100k
After shipping all of Yong Cheong Foo’s chips, Kai Fu Wong proceeded to claim another pot. From cutoff he raised to 200k, was called by the blinds to see the flop . wong c-bet 350k, no callers. He is up to 6.4m
3:20PM; Yong Cheong Foo falls in 8th place – US$ 17,504
Level 30: Blinds 50k 100k ante 100k
On hand #49 of the final table, chip leader Kai Fu Wong raised to 200k, Yong Cheong Foo jammed, fast call by the leader. Wong , Foo , the board gave a bit of sweat as it ran for a possible straight to Foo however it was not to be. The river sealed his fate in 8th place for a US$ 17,504 payday.
3:10PM: Sim Jae Kyung takes almost half a mil from Lee
Level 29: Blinds 40k – 80k ante 80k
After out-dueling Alex lee for a pot. Sim Jae Kyung is not far from chip leader Kai Fu Wong who has 4.925m. The hand saw utg Sim raise to 180k, cutoff Alex Lee three-bet o 480k, Simba four-bet to 1.1m, Lee folded. Simba at 4.65m. Lee slipped to 2.1m.
3:00PM: Sim Jae Kyung outkicks Reskallah
Level 29: Blinds 40k – 80k ante 80k
Button Sim Jae Kyung aka Simba raised to 180k and bb Aladin Reskallah defended. No bets at the flop . On the turn , Reskallah led for 280k, Simba smooth-called. On the river , another 300k called by Simba. Reskallah showed two pair but Simba had better . Simba up to 4m, Reskallah slipped to 2.1m.
2:45PM: Alex Lee adds another million, rises to 3.35m
Level 29: Blinds 40k – 80k ante 80k
After wining three small pots in this round, Alex Lee a bigger one to send his stack to 3,35m. That’s another million more than when he started at 2.295m. The larger pot saw cutoff Aladin Reskallah limp in, joined by sb Lee, and checked by Kue Seong Tchong. On the flop , Lee bet 12k, Tchong called, Reskallah raised to 300k, Lee answered with a three-bet to 850k, no callers. While folding, Reskallah said to Lee “show the bluff”. Reskallah dipped to 3.29m, Tchong below 1m.
2:20PM: Kue Seong Tchong on a downtrend
Level 29: Blinds 40k – 80k ante 80k
After ten hands into the new rounds, Kue Seong Tchong has dropped from 2.385m to 1.2m. He lost two big pots, one against Aladin Reskallah and the other to Kai Fu Wong.
Against Reskallah, a pot of around 500k was already built up when the flop ran . Utg Reskallah check-called a 150k bet by Tchong. No bets on the turn but on the river, Reskallah led for 550k and won it with Tchong folding. Reskallah up to 3.46m.
Up against Wong, action folded to sb Tchong who raised to 210k, Wong called. On the flop , Tchong c-bet 350k, Wong jammed, Tchong quickly folded.
2:05PM: First break of the day; Chip counts final 8 players
Level 29: Blinds 40k – 80k ante 80k
Seat 1: Yong Cheong “Ricky” Foo 1,7780,00
Seat 2: Sim jae Kyung aka Siimba 3,385,000
Seat 3: Si Yang Phua 1,250,000
Seat 4: Aladin Reskallah 2,925,000
Seat 5: Brian Tougias 3,960,000
Seat 6: Alex Lee 2,295,000
Seat 8: Kue Seong “Michael” Tchong 2,385,000
Seat 9: Kai Fu Wong 4,585,000
1:50PM: Yong Cheong Foo next to get fully paid
Level 28: Blinds 30k – 60k ante 60k
On hand #9, Brian Tougias three-bet jammed from the big blind and initial raiser Yong Cheong Foo snap-called.
Foo
Tougias
When the flop ran , Tougias improved to a pair but still behind Foo. The turn and river completed the board for a double up to Foo to 1.960m. Tougias dipped to 2.8m.
1:45PM; Ji Young Kim first to depart – 9th place – US$ 13,146
Level 28: Blinds 30k – 60k ante 60k
We just lost a player and it was the lone WSOP bracelet winner Ji Young Kim. She earned a double up on the second hand of the day but on the 7th hand, she lost it all to Brian Tougias. She three-bet jammed his 130k raise and Tougias called.
Kim
Tougias
Board
Kim earned US$ 13,146 for her impressive run at the Main Event.
1:40PM: Another pot for Simba
Level 28: Blinds 30k – 60k ante 60k
Aladin Reskallah raised to 120k, bb Sim Jae Kyung defended. No bets to the river . Simba bet 60k, Reskallah called. Simba showed , Reskallah mucked while saying “that’s the best hand”.
1:35PM: Kai Fu Wong in action
Level 28: 30k – 60k ante 60k
From lo-jack, Brian Tougias raised to 130k, sb Kai Fu Wong called, bb folded and the flop ran . Both checked for a free look at the turn . Wong check-called a 105k bet. On the river , no bets. Wong won it with pair.
1:30PM: Alex Lee jams again, no callers
Level 28: 30k – 60k ante 60k
Utg Kai Fu Wong opened to 130k, Alex Lee shoved 1.695m, no call.
1:25PM: Another all in! Jiyoung Kim doubles up
Level 28: 30k – 60k ante 60k
Players have come out swinging here! Button Brian Tougias raised to 130k, bb Jiyoung Kim all in for 695k, Tougias called.
Lin
Tougias
The board came for a double up to Kim to 1.420m. Tougias dropped to 3.415m.
1:20PM: First hand of the day….. double up for Simba!
Level 28: blinds 30k – 60k ante 60k
No time wasted for action here at the final table. Sim Jae Kyung aka Simba raised to 130 from hijack, button Aladin Reskallah called, sb Alex Lee shoved, Simba called, Reskallah got out of the way.
Simba
Lee
The board , cowboys held for a double up to Simba to 3.48m. Lee dropped to 1,725,000.
1:18PM: Main Event Final Day begins!
Level 28: 30k – 60k ante 60k
After four days of competition that drew a record-breaking 750 entries, the Main Event is down to the Final 9 players! Here’s a look at the players, the numbers, and ultimately what they are gunning for.
Seat 1: Yong Cheong Foo – Singapore – 1,040,000
Seat 2: Sim Jae Kyung – Korea – 1,630,000
Seat 3: Si Yang Phua – Singapore – 1,650,000
Seat 4: Aladin Reskallah – France – 2,570,000
Seat 5: Brian Tougias – USA – 4,140,000
Seat 6: Alex Xiang Wei Lee – Singapore – 3,415,000
Seat 7: Jiyoung Kim – Korea – 695,000
Seat 8: Kue Seong Tchong – Australia – 2,685,000
Seat 9: Kai Fu Wong – Malaysia – 4,700,000
Chips in play: 22,500,000
Average stack: 2,500,000
Remaining: 9 players
Resuming blinds: 30k – 60k ante 60k
Prize pool: US$ 727,500
ITM: 94 places
Depending on how they fall today, below are the payouts. Everyone is guaranteed at least US$ 13,146. The eventual champion will pocket a very handsome US$ 131,460 along with 1500 point towards the WPT APAC Season XVIII Player of the Year leader board. The only player already on the board is Sim Jae Kyung with 60 points for his 17th placement at the WPT Korea Incheon Main Event back in September.
Remaining payouts
1st US$ 131,460
2nd US$ 92,152
3rd US$ 59,400
4th US$ 43,941
5th US$ 33,574
6th US$ 26,583
7th US$ 22,007
8th US$ 17,504
9th US$ 13,146
Good luck to all!
12:55AM: Day 2 ends! Final 9 formed!
With the fall of Dajia Chen in 10th place, Day 2 is a wrap! The finl 9 players return tomorrow for the race to the inaugural WPT Cambodia Main Event title and the US$ 131,430 first prize. We will have a recap for you shortly. For now, here are the numbers, the chip counts, and the remaining payouts. You can read up on the live posts for all of today’s action.
Chip counts by rank
Kai Fu Wong – Malaysia – 4,700,000 (Seat 9)
Brian Tougias – USA – 4,140,000 (Seat 5)
Alex Xiang Wei Lee – Singapore – 3,415,000 (Seat 6)
Kue Seong Tchong – Australia – 2,685,000 (Seat 8)
Aladin Reskallah – France – 2,570,000 (Seat 4)
Si Yang Phua – Singapore – 1,650,000 (Seat 3)
Sim Jae Kyung – Korea – 1,630,000 (Seat 2)
Yong Cheong Foo – Singapore – 1,040,000 (Seat 1)
Jiyoung Kim – Korea – 695,000 (Seat 7)
Chips in play: 22,500,000
Average stack: 2,500,000
Remaining: 9 players
When they return on Monday, November 25 at 1pm, the blinds will resume at 30k – 60k ante 60k with the clock counting down from 49:14.
Total entries: 750
Prize pool: US$ 727,500
ITM: 94 places
Remaining payouts
1st US$ 131,460 + Season XVIII WPT APAC Player of the Year 1500 points
2nd US$ 92,152
3rd US$ 59,400
4th US$ 43,941
5th US$ 33,574
6th US$ 26,583
7th US$ 22,007
8th US$ 17,504
9th US$ 13,146
12:50AM: Dajia Chen dominated, exits in 10th place – US$ 10,891
Level 28: Blinds 30k – 60k ante 60k
Dajia Chen will not be joining to the final day. He bubbled to the final 9 table holding only to be dominated throughout by Brian Tougias’s . Chen pocketed US$ 10,891 for his finish.
12:40AM: Ryan Revai rivered in 11th place – US$ 10,891
Level 27: Blinds 25k – 50k ante 50k
Ryan Revai was all in with 
and initial raiser Kai Fu Wong called with . Revai was ahead but called out for an ace. The flop came , Revai still up. The turn gave Wong an open-ended and at this point Revai retracted his wish and said “no ace!” But the river still came down to end his run in 11th place. Revai earned US$ 10,891 for his efforts.
12:30AM: Ji Young Kim earns a double through Tougias
Level 27: Blinds 25k – 50k ante 50k
Unlike others before her, WSOP bracelet winner Ji Young Kim was all in against Brian Tougias and was able to double up. On a flop , she was all in on the big blind with and Tougias tried to eliminate with lower pair, the turn and river improved her further to get back over a million. Tougias dipped to 3.2m
12:25AM: Leiguang Li just behind, railed in 12th place – US$ 10,891
Level 27: Blinds 25k – 50k ante 50k
We just lost another here to bring the field down to 11 players. Bumping the rail was Leiguang Li with unable to improve against Brian Tougias’s . He pocketed US$ 10,891 for his deep run. Tougias up to 3.8m.
12:15AM: Ping Liu out in 13th place – US$ 8,672
Level 27: Blinds 25k – 50k ante 50k
Ping Liu’s late rush here ended with unable to improve against Kai Fu Wong’s on a board that ran out . He earned US$ 8,672 for his deep finish.
12:10AM: Sim Jae Kyung doubles up to 1.3m
Level 27: Blinds 25k – 50k ante 50k
Sim Jae Kyung raised, Alex Lee shoved, Sim called with . Lee had . No bad beat on the board . Lee paid the 630k stack. Sim up to 1.3m.
12:00AM: Julian Warhurst bluffs out in 14th place – US$ 8,672
Level 27: Blinds 25k – 50k ante 50k
Catching the action on the river with 600k in the middle, Julian Warhurst open shoved with air and Kai Fu Wong snap-called with trips. With Wong backed by a larger stack, Warhurst bluffed out in 14th place to earn US$ 8,672.
11:50PM: Si Yang Phua with a huge boost from Warhurst
Level 27: Blinds 25k – 50k ante 50k
Si Yang Phua jammed his 890k stack with and Julian Warhurst called with . The board ran clean , Warhurst paid and dropped to 910k. Phua over 1.8m,
11:44PM: Chip counts at the break
Level 26: Blinds 20k – 40k ante 40k
Table 2
Sim Jae Kyung 755k
Liguang Li 1.47m
Aladin Reskallah 1.505m
Brian Tougias 2.83m
Alex Lee 3.48m
Daiji Chen 1.5m
Ji Young Kim 910k
Table 3
Julian Warhurst 1.810m
Yong Cheong foo 1.345m
POing LIu 1.155m
Kai Fu Wong 1.29m
Kue Seong Tchong 2.75m
Si Yang Phua 1.38m
Ryan Revai 910k
Average stack: 1,607,142
11:33PM: Burin Shinawatra out in 15th place – US$ 8,672
Level 26: Blinds 20k – 40k ante 40k
Burin Shinawatra wished he just folded and went on the break. Instead, he four-bet jammed with , initial raiser Aladin Reskallah folded but Brian Tougias called with . The board came . Shinawatra out in 15th place to earn US$ 8,672.
11:25PM: Si Yang Phua banks a double through Liu
Level 26: Blinds 20k – 40k ante 40k
Si Yang Phua raised to 160k, bb Ping Liu defended. On the flop , Liu checked, Phua all in for 305k, Liu called. Liu top pair but Phua had better . The turn and river were and . Phua scooped a double up to nearly a million.
11:20PM: Aladin Reskallah wins the toss
Level 26: Blinds 20k – 40k ante 40k
Button player Sim Jae Kyung raised to 85k, bb Aladin Reskallah three-bet jammed 785k, Sim called. Sim , Reskallah , and ace came instantly with the board running . Reskallah doubled up to 1.7m, Sim dropped to over 600k.
11:10PM: Youngjin Kim falls in 16th place – US$ 7,188
Level 26: Blinds 20k – 40k ante 40k
Yong Cheong Foo shoved but found no callers. Immediately after he was all in with and Younjin Kim called for his tournament life with . When the board ran , the lady on the board paired up Foo to end Kim in 16th place. Kim earned US$ 7,188 for his deep finish.
11:00PM: Ceesvin Abraham out in 17th place – US$ 7,188
Level 26: Blinds 20k – 40k ante 40k
Ceesvin Abraham was down to 370k and shoved with , Brian Tougias called with [qc}, the board ran for a pair spiked by Tougias to rise to 2.5m. Abraham earned US$ 7,188 for 17th place.
10:50PM: Ping Liu doubles up through Ryan Revai, back over a million
Level 26: Blinds 20k – 40k ante 40k
Ping Liu won another showdown to bring his stack well over a million. With 400k in the pot and a flop , Liu shoved with and Ryan Revai called with . Though Revai was ahead, the turn switched them up and with on the river, it was the nut flush for Liu. He is over 1.1m.
10:40PM: Dan Alexandrovitz exits in 18th place – US$ 7,188
Level 26: Blinds 20k – 40k ante 40k
After losing the duel against Ceesvin Abraham, Dan Alexandrovitz was down to 265k, he put it all in with , his nemesis Abraham called with . The board ran . Abraham shipped it while Alexandrovitz went to collect his US$ 7,188 earnings.
10:35PM: Brett Kennedy railed in 19th place – US$ 5,885
Level 26: Blinds 20k – 40k ante 40k
Brett Kennedy jammed from utg, everyone folded to the bb Brian Tougias who called. Kennedy , Tougias , the board ran to send Kennedy packing up in 19th place.
We are down to 18 players. Two tables.
10:30PM: Dan Alexandrovitz drops, Ceesvin Abraham doubles up
Level 25: Blinds 15k – 30k ante 30k
All in preflop, Dan Alexandrovitz , Ceesvin Abraham , Alex Lee folded pockte sevens. The board came for sevens to hold. Abraham doubled up while Alexandrovitz down to 265k.
10:25PM: Ping Liu on an upward momentum
Level 25: Blinds 15k – 30k ante 30k
Ping Liu is on the fast track to gain the chips he lost. He just earned another double up to get him back in fighting for. He was all in on a flop , called by Julian Warhurst. Liu with , Warhurst . The turn and river were good for a winning flush to rise to 770k.
10:15PM: Brian Tougias chunks Ping Liu
Level 25: Blinds 15k – 30k ante 30k
Brian Tougias won the coin toss when his paired his ace on the board to overtake Ping Liu’s . Tougias climbed back up to a million, Liu dropped to 170k.
Liu pushed it all on the next hand with and Julian Warhurst on the big blind called with . Warhurst paired his three on the board but still behind Liu’s pocket pair. Liu doubled up to 370k.
10:10PM: Abhinav Iyer eliminated in 20th place – US$ 5,885
Level 25: Blinds 15k – 30k ante 30k
Abhinav Iyer all in with , big stacked Alex Lee had better , no magic came for Iyer to bounce him out in 20th place.
10:05PM: Three-way all in! No busts….
Level 25: Blinds 15k – 30k ante 30k
Nutty three way all in here with Yong Cheong Foo , Kue Seong Tchong and Si Yang Phua . The aces held to split the pot. Foo dropped to 400k. Tchong at 2M, Phua at 800k.
10:00PM: Nadav Cohen settles for 21st place – US$ 5,885
Level 25: Blinds 15k – 30k ante 30k
Nadav Cohen all in with and right beside him Julian Warhurst put him at risk with . When the board ran it favored Warhurst to end Cohen’s chase in 21st place.
9:55PM: Chenxu Zhang falls in 22nd place – US$ 5,005
Level 25: Blinds 15k – 30k ante 30k
Chenxu Zhang was dealt her last hand of the Main Event. Her could not get past Abhinav Iyer’s that paired the lady on the river. Board was .
9:50PM Sim Jae Kyung pushes and gets the call
Level 25: Blinds 15k – 30k ante 30k
Catching the action on the flop , Sim Jae Kyung pushed on the big blind spot and utg Brett Kennedy called. Sim showed a gorgeous boat on a board against Kennedy’s . The turn was and river for a double up to Sim. He is at 1m.
9:45PM: Rindra’s big slick fails him in 23rd place – US$ 5,005
Level 25: Blinds 15k – 30k ante 30k
Another fast drop here. Rindra all in with called by Alex Lee with . The board ran for a pair spiked by Lee on the turn. Rindra out in 23rd place.
9:40PM: Kok Wei Teoh exits in 24th place – US$ 5,005
Level 25: Blinds 15k – 30k ante 30k
Next to go was Kok Wei Teoh who had it all in with but could not crack Julian Warhurst’s 
. He finished in 24th place.
9:35PM: Jiazhi Zhong falls in 25th place – US$ 4,169
Level 25: Blinds 15k – 30k ante 30k
Back from the break, Jiazhi Zhong all in with and fell to Ping Liu’s 
. Liu improved to a set on the flop to ensure the bust.
9:32PM: Kue Seong Tchong earns a big one
Level 25: Blinds 15k – 30k ante 30k
From the button, Kue Seong Tchong raised to 75k, sb Si Yang Phua three-bet to 210k, Tchong called. On the flop , Phua c-bet 150k only to face an all in jam of 445k from Tchong. Phua tank-called. Tchong straight, Phua , the turn and river were no help to Phua. Tchong up to 1.33m. Phua just under 600k.
9:00PM: List of next ITM players
26th Jaegwang Kim – US$ 4,169
27th Leo Kho – US$ 4,169
28th Joen Seungsoo – US$ 3,412
29th Yuanxi Chen – US$ 3,412
30th Ari Kumpumaki – US$ 3,412
31st Justin Skovholt – US$ 3,412
32nd Arrivand Udayakmar – US$ 3,412
33rd Peter Leworthy – US$ 3,412
34th Clement Van Driessche – US$ 3,412
35th Linh Tran – US$ 3,412
36th Kiat Leong Ng – US$ 3,412
37th Sven McDermott – US$ 2,975
38th Mark Gruendemann – US$ 2,975
39th Loo Soon Yi Ben – US$ 2,975
40th Apichai Jewampai – US$ 2,975
41st Raj Jaruplavath – US$ 2,975
42nd Takao Shimizu – US$ 2,975
8:55PM; Break time chip counts
Level 24: Blinds 15Kk – 25k ante 25k
Estimated counts of final 25 players. Average stack 900,000.
Table 2
Abhinav iyer 555k
Chenxu Zhang 345k
Rindra 340k
Ceesvin Abraham 795k
Alex Lee 880k
Dajia Chen 1.475m
Burin Shinawatra 635k
Ji Young Kim 950k
Table 3
Leiguang Li 1.66m
Yong Cheong Foo 1.735m
Dan Alexandrovitz 730k
Youngjin Kim 445k
Kai Fu Wong 1.6m
Kue Seong Tchong 760k
Si Yang Phua 1.4m
Ryan Revai 1.575m
Table 4
Ping Liu 1.115m
Jiazhi Zhong 160k
Nadav Cohen 255k
Julian Warhurst 960k
Kok Wei Teoh 415k
Aladin Reskallah 1.105m
Sim Jae Kyung 740k
Brian Tougias 825k
Brett Kennedy 955k
8:45PM: Ceesvin Abraham lives on to continue
Level 24: Blinds 15Kk – 25k ante 25k
Ceesvin Abraham all in with and Alex Lee called with . The board was to keep Abaraham in the running. He is up to 795k.
8:40PM: Jaegwang Kim denied by the flush
Level 24: Blinds 15Kk – 25k ante 25k
Jaegwang Kim was all in on the button with , sb Alex Lee put the heat on with . The flop was not looking good for Kim especially when the showed up on the turn. When the river came , Kim got the higher pair but Lee had better with the nut flush. Kim eliminated in 26th place.
8:35PM: Leo Kho falls in 27th place
Level 24: Blinds 15Kk – 25k ante 25k
Catching the action with 80k put out front by Dan Alexandrovitz, button Leo Kho all in for 335k holding . Alexandrovitz tank-called with . Kho missed the board while Alexandrovitz further improved with a pair of nines to eliminate Kho in 27th place.
8:30PM: Perfect time for rockets
Level 24: Blinds 15Kk – 25k ante 25k
Rindra found a good spot to jam his short 145k stack when he looked down at . Abhinav Iyer hoped to dust him with but it was not to be. The board ran clean for a double up to the short stack.
8:25PM: Chenxu Zhang doubles up
Level 24: Blinds 15Kk – 25k ante 25k
Chenxu Zhang all in with and got called by Ceesvin Abraham with . Her gamble paid off with the board running . She is up to 400k.
8:20PM: Lucky river for Abhinav iyer
Level 24: Blinds 15Kk – 25k ante 25k
Abhinav Iyer risked it all with and it was looking bad when Rindra opened . However, it ain’t over until the river. The cards ran for a winning straight to Iyer. He doubled up to 625k, Rinard down to 145k.
8:15PM: Kue Seong Tchong finds a king to stay alive
Level 24: Blinds 15Kk – 25k ante 25k
Kue Seong Tchong all in with , Ryan Revai was ahead with , a king showed up on the board to keep his engine running for the gold. Tchong up to 600k.
8:10PM: Ceesvin Abraham survives
Level 24: Blinds 15Kk – 25k ante 25k
Ceesvin Abraham all in with and Jaegwang Kim was there to try and eliminate with a dominating . However when the board ran , Abraham paired up for a double up to 500k.
8:05PM: Ryan Revai up to 1.83m
Level 24: Blinds 15Kk – 25k ante 25k
After a preflop raise war that ended on a three-bet called, the flop ran , Kue Seong Tchong and Ryan Revai checked. The turn brought back the heavy betting. Tchong bet 100k, Revai raised to 650k, Tchong folded. Revai increased to 1.83m.
8:00PM: Brett Kennedy jams on Warhurst
Level 24: Blinds 15Kk – 25k ante 25k
On a board , Julian Warhurst bet 170k, Brett Kennedy shoved, Warhurst folded to slide down to 500k. Kennedy up to 1.13m.
7:58PM: Kok Wei Teoh doubles up
Level 24: Blinds 15Kk – 25k ante 25k
Kok Wei Teoh all in for 190k with , Alex Lee challenged with . No bad beat arrived for a double up to Teoh to 445k.
7:55PM: Aladin Reskallah ships it and busts one
Level 24: Blinds 15Kk – 25k ante 25k
Yuanxi Chen shoved with 210k, Ping Liu called, Aladin Reskallah three-bet jammed 370k, Liu tank-called. Chen , Reskallah , Liu , the board ran low, no hits for the players. Chen eliminated, Reskallah won it and rose to 1m.
7:50PM: Abhinav Iyer doubles up through Kok Wei Teoh
Level 24: Blinds 15Kk – 25k ante 25k
All in prelfop Abhinav Iyer with , Kok Wei Teoh called with . The board further ensured Iyer’s domination with an ace dropping on the flop. Iyer at 480k.
7:45PM: Dan Alexandrovitz continues on
Level 24: Blinds 15Kk – 25k ante 25k
Dan Alexandrovitz has bumped up his stack to over 600k on a double up through Julian Warhurst when his got lucky against . The board ran . Warhurst down to 850k.
7:25PM: Counterfeit! Chenxu Zhang pays Reskallah
Level 23: Blinds 10k – 20k ante 20k
Aladin Reskallah all in for 125k with to battle with. Chenxu Zhang laid out a large bet that pushed everyone else out. She had . When the board ran , the board showed a higher two pair than Zhang’s to counterfeit her pocket pair, Reskallah took it with his king kicker. Zhang dropped to 370k. Reskallah at 300k.
7:20PM: Burin Shinawatra doubles up
Level 23: Blinds 10k – 20k ante 20k
Burin Shinawatra is hanging in there with his short stack. He pushed it with and Ping Liu called with . The board ran low for a double up to Shinawatra to 590k.
7:15PM: Ari Kumpumaki eliminated
Level 23: Blinds 10k – 20k ante 20k
Ari Kumpumaki put his last chips in the middle with , Si Yang Phua challenged with , a king ensured the win for Phua.
7:10PM: Justin Skovholt busts to Leiguang Li
Level 23: Blinds 10k – 20k ante 20k
Justin Skovholt was all in preflop that had two callers to put him at risk. At the flop , Leiguang Li bet for a side pot but Nadav Cohen opted to check-fold. Skovholt had , Li , the turn and river . Skovholt eliminated, Li up to 1.69m.
7:05PM: Jaegwang Kim doubles up through Ari Kumpumaki
Level 23: Blinds 10k – 20k ante 20k
All in preflop, Jaegwang Kim 
, Ari Kumpumaki 
, board ran . Kim up to 850k, Kumpumaki plummeted to 100k.
7:00PM Busts…..
Level 23: Blinds 10k – 20k ante 20k
Right after the break, three players quickly fell.
34th place – Clement Van Driessche 
falls to Ryan Revai – Revai at 1.6m
33rd place – Peter Leworthy 
falls to Ping Liu straight – Liu at 1.7m
32nd place Arravind Udayakumar busts to Nadav Cohen – Cohen at 1m
6:35PM: Estimated chip counts at the break, 34 remaining
34 remaining
Average stack 661,764
Chips in play: 22,500,000
Si Yang Phua 1.8m
Alex Xiang Wei Lee 1.45m
Brian Tougias 1.26m
Leiguang Li 1,125m
Brett Kennedy 965k
Ji Yung Kim 950k
Dajia chen 925k
Julian Warhurst 850k
Kai Fu Wong 780k
Kue Seong Tchong 740k
Kok Wei Teoh 725k
Yong Cheong Foo 725k
Yuanxi Chen 680k
Clement Van Driessche 640k
Leo Kho 630k
Peter Leworthy 620k
Rindra N 610k
Ping Liu 530k
Arravind Udayakumar 525k
Nadav Cohen 500k
Ryan Revai 460k
Ari Kumpumaki 450k
Aladin Reskallah 415k
Jaegwang Kim 410k
Abhinav Iyer 400k
Dan Alexandrovitz 360k
Burin Shinawatra 360k
Chenxu Zhang 350k
Sim Jae Kyung 215k
Jeon Seungsoo 315k
Young Jin Kim 305k
Ceesvin Abraham 300k
6:20PM: Si Yang Phua ralis Linh Tran
Level 22: Blinds 8000 – 16000 ante 16000
After heavy preflop betting that beefed up the pot to 265k, the flop came . Linh Tran checked, Si Yang Phua bet 125k, Tran tank-shoved around 600k, snap-called by Phua.
Tran
Phua
The turn and river secured the win for Phua to eliminate Tran in 35th place. Phua soared to 1.8m.
6:00PM: List of ITM from 43rd – 76th
43rd Dan Sinaguglia – US$ 2,975
44th Suchart Angunsri – US$ 2,975
45th Jakub Kotas – US$ 2,975
46th Andrew Kibsey – US$ 2,634
47th Pete Chen – US$ 2,634
48th Lai Heng Foo – US$ 2,634
49th Jack Hardcastle – US$ 2,634
50th Simon Quintal – US$ 2,634
51st Didrik Mantor – US$ 2,634
52nd Xianling Chen – US$ 2,634
53rd Dewan Hassan – US$ 2,634
54th Seokchan Hwang – US$ 2,634
55th Lim Wai Cheung – US$ 2,379
56th Kuang Hung Lee – US$ 2,379
57th Dongsheng Xia – US$ 2,379
58th Piet Pape – US$ 2,379
59th Mohammed Ladak – US$ 2,379
60th Kelvin Beattie – US$ 2,379
61st Ying Lin Chua – US$ 2,379
62nd Sean Keeton – US$ 2,379
63rd Michael Wood – US$ 2,379
64th Roger Bratley – US$ 2,175
65th Duy Tung Nguyen – US$ 2,175
66th Naoto Harada – US$ 2,175
67th Wei Bing Low – US$ 2,175
68th Nick Blackburn – US$ 2,175
69th Erik Billgren – US$ 2,175
70th Noah Weimer – US$ 2,175
71st Edgar Kim – US$ 2,175
72nd Alexis Cozon – US$ 2,175
73rd Wayland Mathias – US$ 1,972
74th Donghyun Kim – US$ 1,972
75th Jingjing Ke – US$ 1,972
76th Jieming Xu – US$ 1,972
5:31PM: Kai Fu Wong ends Pete Chen’s day
Level 21: Blinds 6000 – 12000 ante 12000
Pete Chen is out of the running. He open shoved with , big blind Kai Fu Wong with , the board ran low. Chen out in 47th place. Wong up to 640k.
5:28PM: Brian Tougias at 1.5M
Level 21: Blinds 6000 – 12000 ante 12000
Brian Tougias has been pumping in the chips and is now at 1.5m after dusting a player. The hand was dominating throughout. Tougias is currently the chip leader.
5:25PM: Aladin Reskallah doubles up through Ping Liu
Level 21: Blinds 6000 – 12000 ante 12000
Ping Liu dropped to 590k after paying a double up to Aladin Reskallah. It opened with Liu raising to 26k, Julian Warhurst called, Reskallah shoved, Liu called and Warhurst got out of the way. Liu , Reskallah . Liu missed the board. Reskallah up to 520k.
5:22PM: Kue Seong Tchong rails Quintal
Level 21: Blinds 6000 – 12000 ante 12000
Kue Seong Tchong with , Simon Quintal , board . Out went Quintal in 50th place.
5:20PM: Burin Shinawatra shoves for the pot
Level 21: Blinds 6000 – 12000 ante 12000
90k in the middle, flop, Burin Shinawatra bet 25k, Sim Jae Kyung check-raised to 100k, Shinawatra tanked then pushed all in. No call. Shinawatra up to 365k.
5:18PM: Ari Kumpumaki wins another pot, rises to 470k
Level 21: Blinds 6000 – 12000 ante 12000
On a raised pot brewed preflop, the board was . Sb Ari Kumpumaki check-called a 54k bet. No bets on the turn. The river betting resumed with Kumpumaki firing 48k, no call.
5:15PM: Ari Kumpumaki with quads!
Level 21: Blinds 6000 – 12000 ante 12000
Ari Kumpumaki got full pay from Linh Tran for his turned quads. Catching the action on the turn , Kumpumaki bet 40k and Tran called. On the river , Kumpumaki all in with 61k, snap-called by Tran.
5:10PM: Alex Lee ships Mantor’s chips
Level 21: Blinds 6000 – 12000 ante 12000
We aren’t sure how Didrik Mantor’s stack dropped to below 200k but we did see how Alex Xiang Wei Lee shipped it. Mantor was all in with , Lee called with , no help arrived on the board to send Mantor out and Lee rise to 1.3M.
5:05PM: Yuanxi Chen wins two pots
Level 21: Blinds 6000 – 12000 ante 12000
Yuanxi Chen claimed two pot to bring him over 500k. The first pot was against Leo Kho who tank-folded top pair queen. Chen showed as well his pocket aces while scooping up the pot.
Next hand, 120k was in the middle and four players saw a flop . Dajia Chen bet 45k, Yuanxi called, two others folded and the turn came . Yuanxi bet 90k, Dajia check-folded.
4:45PM: Big stack and notables update
Level 21: Blinds 6000 – 12000 ante 12000
53 remaining
Average 424,528
Chips in play: 22,500,000
Big stacks:
Alex Xiang Wei Lee 1.2M
Julian Warhurst 1M
Ping Liu 1M
Leo Kho 820k
Kok Wei Teoh 800k
Sven McDermott 800k
Brian Tougias 925k
Jeon Seung Soo 725k
Linh Tran 700k
Clement Van Driessche 650k
Raju Jaruplavath 650k
Arravind Udayakumar 560k
Si Yang Phua 500k
Sim Jae Kyung 400k
Pete Chen 377k
Abhinav Iyer 270k
Ji Young Kim 260k
Takao Shimizu 176k
4:22PM: Break time; 56 remaining; list of ITM players
Level 20: Blinds 5000 – 10000 ante 10000
List of ITM players from 77th down.
77th Gareth Chantler – US$ 1,972
78th Chris Kwo Chua Soon – US$ 1,972
79th Michael Robert Hahn – US$ 1,972
80th Ming Hong Teoh – US$ 1,972
81st Bickel Cyril – US$ 1,972
82nd Hsien Weil Lai – US$ 1,782
83rd Jeffrey Davis – US$ 1,782
84th Richard Marquez – US$ 1,782
85th Ting Yi Tsai – US$ 1,782
86th Lay Ann Ong – US$ 1,782
87th Romain Nussmann – US$ 1,782
88th Cyrllr Rousset – US$ 1,782
89th Mitja Rudolf – US$ 1,782
90th Jun Yan Kok – US$ 1,782
91st Kensuke Koizumi – US$ 1,593
92nd Christopher Shebat – US$ 1,593
93rd Yuwen Pan – US$ 1,593
94th Romit Advani – US$ 1,593
3:45:PM: Big stacked Richard Marquez eliminated in 84th place
Level 20: Blinds 5000 – 10000 ante 10000
During the bubble round, Richard Marquez took a 5 bb hit against Alex Lee. When the bubble burst, their battle continued. Marquez eventually fell to Lee. We will get that story for you later. As of now, Lee is nearing 1M.
3:14PM: New level. rapid fallouts
Level 20: Blinds 5000 – 10000 ante 10000
Shortly after the bubble burst with 94 remaining, fallouts were quick. First to the rail was Romit Advani who managed to triple up his very short stack just after the bubble burst. Yuwen Pan couldn’t get back up after losing a huge pot to Julian Warhurst and took 93rd.
3:00PM: Bubble bursts! Phanlert Sukonthachartnant eliminated
Level 19: Blinds 4000 – 8000 ante 8000
After getting chunked on a previous hand, Phanlert Sukonthachartnant put his remaining 10k in with . Two players called, Burin Shinawatra and Leo Kho . Both callers checked down the board . Kho won it with a straight and Sukonthachartnant bubbled.
2:55PM: Bubble round: Pete Chen tanks Jiazhi Zhong
Level 19: Blinds 4000 – 8000 ante 8000
Pot built up to 60k with three players looking at a flop . Action was checked to Si Yang Phua, he bet 21k, called by button WPT APAC Season XVI POY winner Pete Yen Han Chen, check-called by bb Jiazhi Zhong. They all checked the turn and got a free look at the river . Zhong led for 45k, Phua folded, Chen jammed (189k), Zhong tanked….. a big crowd had gathered…. he folded when time was called.
2:50PM: Bubble round: Mohammad Ladak survives
Level 19: Blinds 4000 – 8000 ante 8000
Mohammad Ladak couldn’t meet the small blind with just 3k left. Justin Skovholt raised and found no callers for heads up. Ladak , Skovholt , the board awarded a nine on the turn to keep Ladak in the race.
2:45PM: Bubble time! 95 remaining; Justin Skovholt doubles up
Level 19: Blinds 4000 – 8000 ante 8000
On a board [5s}, Justin Skovholt all in and was called by Phanlert Sukonthachartnant. Skovholt , Phanlert , the river was for a double up to around 220k. Phanlert down to 10k.
2:40PM: Kok Wei Teoh jams on the big blind
Level 19: Blinds 4000 – 8000 ante 8000
Button player limped, bb Kok Wei Teoh jammed for 133k, bb tanked for a long time then folded. Teoh got some praises from the players when he showed .
2:30PM: Yuanxi Chen rails Daniel Lim
Level 19: Blinds 4000 – 8000 ante 8000
All in preflop Yuanxi Chen with , Daniel Lim , the board ran for a flush to Chen to bust Lim.
2:14PM: New level, blinds go up every 60 minutes
Level 19: Blinds 4000 – 8000 ante 8000
New level, new blinds, players now enjoy a 60 minute interval. Bubble approaching, 97 players remaining.
1:45PM: Julian Warhurst at 800k
Level 18: Blinds 3000 – 6000 ante 6000
Julian Warhurst is sitting with nearly 800k so we had to find out how he got there. One of the hands that helped him was a huge double up against Yuwen Pan. At the previous level with blinds at 3K-5K ante 5K, utg Pan raised to 11k, beside him Warhurst three-bet to 32k, called by button Hsien Wei Lai and Pan. On a rainbow flop , Pan jammed his massive 340k stack, Warhurst called with less, Hsien folded.
Pan overpair
Warhurst set
No help on the turn and river for Pan to send his stack plummeting to below 100k.
1:40PM: Go Mori nosedives to his doom
Level 18: Blinds 3000 – 6000 ante 6000
Go Mori started the day with a very healthy stack of nearly 60 bbs but that’s all but a memory. He lost two consecutive pots to fall out of the running. The first pot was against Ping Liu. On a board , Liu bet 80k onto a big pot and Mori called. Liu showed flush. Mori mucked.
Next hand he was all in with but couldn’t get past Jigjing Ke’s . Ke up to 380k.
1:35PM: Pete Chen doubles up, Rousset crippled
Level 18: Blinds 3000 – 6000 ante 6000
Pete Chen all in with , Cyril Rousset with , the boar ran out for a winning straight to Chen. He doubled up to 259k. Rousset down to 14k.
Two hands later, Rousset doubled up with , two pair against Jeon Seung Soo’s with both of his cards pairing up.
1:30PM: Alex Xiang Wei Lee up to 360k, drops Yuxiao Yu
Level 18: Blinds 3000 – 6000 ante 6000
Pro Alex Xiang Wei Lee , Yuxiao Yu , the board ran 
for a runner runner bust. Lee up to 360k.
1:24PM: New round begins with 110 remaining…
Level 18: Blinds 3000 – 6000 ante 6000
Third round of Day 2 underway with 110 players remaining. Bubble approaching. 94 players paid.
1:20PM: Vincent Chauve guttered; Linh Tran at 600k
Level 17: Blinds 3000 – 5000 ante 5000
Vincent Chauve has just joined Hari Varma to the exit. His with king top pair on the flop was way behind Linh Tran’s set. With no improvement on the turn and river, Tran shipped it and is up to 600k.
1:15PM: Chiristos Vlahos plummets to Jeon Seung Soo
Level 17: Blinds 3000 – 5000 ante 5000
Christos Vlahos has taken a hard fall here. He four-bet jammed with and fell to Jeon Seung Soo’s . Jeon up to 530k.
1:10PM: Arravind Udayakumar shortens Pape’s stack
Level 17: Blinds 3000 – 5000 ante 5000
Arravind Udayakumar raised to 11k, bb Piet Pape three-bet to 28k, Udayakumar four-bet to 100k, quick fold by Pape. Udayakumar up to 325k, Pape down to 70k.
1:05PM: Dhaval Mudgal railed by Jaegwang Kim
Level 17: Blinds 3000 – 5000 ante 5000
Dhaval Mudgal’s didn’t hold up against Jaegwang Kim’s with both overcards pairing up. Kim at 315k.
1:00PM: Cowboys drop Lester Pinto
Level 17: Blinds 3000 – 5000 ante 5000
Lester Pinto open jammed for around 90k with , beside him Ping Liu had , no help arrived for Pinto to. Liu shipped it and is up to 260k.
12:55PM: Tung Nguyen doubles up to 145k
Level 17: Blinds 3000 – 5000 ante 5000
Utg limped, button raised to15k, sb Tung Nguyen jammed for 60k, utg called while button folded. Nguyen , utg , no bad beat on the board. Nguyen up to 145k.
12:50PM: Wayland Mathias wins the race, Beattie pays
Level 17: Blinds 3000 – 5000 ante 5000
Kelvin Beattie opened for 11k, down the round bb Wayland Mathias three-bet jammed for 75k. Beattie tank-called with . With Mathias holding [qs}, it was a race. The board ran for a double up to Mathias to 158k. Beattie dropped to 70k.
12:44: First level see 22 fall
Level 16: Blinds 2000 – 4000 ante 4000
First level just completed and with it 22 players quickly out. We are down to 126 players. The money starts at 94th place.
12:35PM Hari Varma out so soon
Level 16: Blinds 2000 – 4000 ante 4000
WPT APAC Player of the Year front runner Hari Varma is out of the Main Event. Delivering the bad news was Chris Soon. On a flop and 30k built preflop, bb Varma checked, button Soon bet 50k, Varma tank-shoved around 90k and Soon snap-called.
Varma
Soon
The turn and river only improved Soon to bring him to over 300k and Varma the exit.
12:30PM: Yuwen Pan rises to 400k, rails Kartik Ved
Level 16: Blinds 2000 – 4000 ante 4000
We aren’t sure how Kartik Ved dropped so fast but we did catch his final hand. He was all on with and was challenged by Yuwen Pan’s . The board ran for a pair to Pan to rail Ved. Pan up to 400k.
12:25PM: Qiyuan Huang happy for the triple up
Level 16: Blinds 2000 – 4000 ante 4000
Qiyuan Huang all in with , called by Steffen Endres and the big blind. On the flop , Endres bet to initiate a side pot, no call for heads up. Endres top pair, Huang with a straight draw, the turn was no help to Huang but the river was good for a straight to triple up to 57k. He will need much more though to reach average of around 165k.
12:20PM: Jingjing Ke vs Vincent Chauve
Level 16: Blinds 2000 – 4000 ante 4000
With a raised pot before them and felted, chip leader sb Jingjing Ke bet 10k, bb Vincent Chauve called. No bets on the turn. On the river, Ke led for 22k, Chauve raised to 57k, Ke tank-folded.
12:15PM: Edgar Kim grabs an early pot against Vlahos
Level 16: Blinds 2000 – 4000 ante 4000
One of the day’s chip leaders, Edgar Kim defended his bb by calling button Christos Vlahos’s 9k raise. At the flop , Vlahos c-bet 8k, Kim called. No bets on the turn. On the river , Kim bet, Vlahos folded.
12:10:PM: Nick Blackburn wins an early pot
Level 16: Blinds 2000 – 4000 ante 4000
Ihor Yerofieiev opened preflop and got called by the blinds to see the flop . Yerofieiev c-bet 14k, sb Nick Blackburn called, bb Jingjing Ke folded. No bets came on the turn . Blackburn bet 25k on the river , Yerofieiev called. Blackburn opened and cackled for winning the pot with his straight.
12:04PM: Day 2 begins!
Level 16: Blinds 2000 – 4000 ante 4000
Welcome to Day 2 of the Main Event! The past three starting days attracted 750 total entries for a record-breaking WPT APAC turnout. It was also the largest event ever seen in Cambodia. Today 148 players return to action for another round. The agenda is to play to the final 9 players. Here’s all the info for readers and players.
Players: 148
Chips in play: 22,500,000
Average stack: 152,000
Prize pool: US$ 727,500
ITM: 94 places
1st prize: US$ 131,430
For the first three levels, the blinds will increase every 40 minutes. Starting Level 19, the blinds will increase every 60 minutes.
Good luck to all the players!
12:02AM: Day 1C ends with 71 players
The last starting day of the Main Event is in the books and with it a monster 346 entries! That brought the combined entries to 750 for a new WPT APAC record. The prize pool has yet to be posted. We will have that for you once it has been tallied.
Day 1C ended with 71 players. They will join the 77 from the previous days for a total of 148 players to Day 2 taking place on Sunday, November 24 at 12PM. We will have a recap for you shortly.
Day 2 numbers
Chips in play: 22,500,000
Average stack: 152,000
Bagging time: Final 9 players
12:00AM: Ceesvin Abraham closes Day 1C at the top
Level 15: Blinds 1500 – 3000 ante 3000
Day 1C is over and with a large field remaining, we hunted down the chip leader. It was Ceesvin Abraham with 442K. Abraham won two pots to get him there. The first one was with when his burned . It was an ace high flop but the turn and river were both nines for trips.
Next big pot he claimed, he raised on the button with 
and bb defended with . On the flop , bb check-raised and Abraham called. On the turn , bb check-jammed and a snap call by Abraham to expose the bluff. The river completed the board.
11:55PM: Aladin Reskallah rails Daniel Holmedahl
Level 15: Blinds 1500 – 3000 ante 3000
Preflop pot grew to 17.5k, board came . Daniel Holmedahl bet 5k, bb Reskallah check-raised to 15k, Holmedahl called. On the turn , Reskallah all in with his big stack, Holmedahl tank-called for all his chips.
Reskallah straight
Holmedahl {as] two pair
The river didn’t improve Holmedahl to send him packing while Reskallah climbed to 280k.
11:50PM: Jieming Xu folds top pair to Khai Loon Poon
Level 15: Blinds 1500 – 3000 ante 3000
Big fold by Jieming Xu against Khai Loon Poon. Action opened with late position player raising to 7k, called by Poon and Jieming Xu. At the flop , lp raised to 7k, called by Poon, Xu raised to 30.5k, lp folded, Poon shoved for 86k, Xu tanked. Xu eventually folded and showed top pair.
11:45:PM: Mark Gruendemann doubles up
Level 15: Blinds 1500 – 3000 ante 3000
All in by short stacked Mark Gruendemann with , Alex Xiang Weil Lee called with , the board ran with both getting a piece but with the river , Gruendemann was relieved for the double up.
11:25PM: Big stack update
Level 15: Blinds 1500 – 3000 ante 3000
Richard Marquez 400K
Edgar Kim 380K
Jieming Xu 260K
Ceesvin Abraham 280K
Justin Skovholt 238K
Deok Yeong Lee 234K
Kensuke Koizumi 225K
Go Mori 210K
11:15PM: Kensuke Koizumi dominates
Level 14: Blinds 1500 – 2500 ante 2500
Kensuke Koizumi already had a big stack when he railed Derek Wang with pocket queens over pocket jacks. He now has 255k.
11:10PM: Michael Egan goes up then busts to Burin Shinawatra
Level 14: Blinds 1500 – 2500 ante 2500
Michael Egan three-bet shoved all in and Anthony Do tank-called. Egan , Do , a queen graced the flop and held for a double up to Egan to 103.5k.
Several hands later, he three-bet shoved again and initial raiser Burin Shinawatra called. Egan , Shinawatra , an ace showed up on the turn to burn Egan out of the running. Shinawatra up to 210k.
11:00PM: Up and down, Richard Marquez and Lee Basil tangle twice
Level 14: Blinds 1500 – 2500 ante 2500
Big pots being won at table 5 with several big stacks on attack mode. One of them was Richard Marquez who met Lee Basil twice. The first hand Marquez raised preflop and was called by Basil and the button. With the pot at 23k, the flop ran , Marquez c-bet 10k, called by Basil. On the turn , Marquez bet 21k and Basil called. The river , Marquez checked, Basil bet 39k, Marquez tank-called. Basil , Marquez flush.
We actually missed the hand on the second meeting where Basil won the pot but one we did catch, it was all in preflop. Marquez , Basil , board ran low, Marquez shipped it and currently leads with 400k.
10:50PM: David Erquiaga swinging
Level 14: Blinds 1500 – 2500 ante 2500
The pot built up to 75k on a board , sb David Erquiaga checked, bb Yuwen Pan jammed, Erquiaga could afford it but opted to fold after tanking.
Erquiaga made up the lost chips on the next hand against Daniel Holmedahl. On a full board Erquiage bet 20k onto a big pot and was tank-called. Erquiaga up to 130k, Holmedahl dropped to 70k.
10:40PM: Big stack update
Level 13: Blinds 1K – 2K ante 2K
Edgar Kim 380k
Kok Wei Teh 230k
Richard Marquez 220k
Jaegwang Kim 205k
Go Mori 200k
Edward Pastoll 200k
Sim Jae Kyung 200k
Deok Yeong Lee 190k
Aladin Reskallah 170k
10:30PM: Daniel Holmedahl ships a doube up
Level 13: Blinds 1K – 2K ante 2K
Daniel HolmedahlAction folded to the small blind Lai Heng Foo, he raised to 5k. Bb Daniel Holmedahl – the only Norwegian left in the field today – three-bet to 14k. Lai called. It was fireworks on the flop with Homedahl betting 8k, La check-raising to 21k, Holmedahl answered with a shove, quick call by Lai.
Lai
Holmedahl
The turn and river ended the hand for a double up to Holmedahl. He now sits with an above average stack of 130k.
10:20PM: Ying Lin Chua doubles up through Pogodin
Level 13: Blinds 1K – 2K ante 2K
Two players all in Konstantin Pogodin , Ying Lin Chua , the board ran clean and Chua scooped a boost to 115k.
9:50PM: Hari Varma busts Ho, up to 140k
Level 12: Blinds 800 – 1600 ante 1600
The dealer was sweeping the cards and sending the pot to Hari Varma. From what we gathered, Chi Chung Ho was all in on a jack-high flop holding and Varma had . No improvement from there for Ho and Varma shipped it to rise to 140k.
9:45PM: Heiko Klimanschewsky tanks the rest
Level 12: Blinds 800 – 1600 ante 1600
Action opened with Richard Marquez raising to 3600, called by two players, bb Heiko Klimanschewsky jammed for 66.6k, sb Ceesvin Abraham thought about calling then opted to tank-fold, Marquez and the rest also tank-folded. Klimanschewsky claimed it and is up to 80k. Both Marquez and the player beside him showed their pocket tens. Abraham said he had pocket jacks.
9:40PM: Jaegwang Kim against Ying Lin Chua and Jin Yong
Level 12: Blinds 800 – 1600 ante 1600
Big stack at the table was Jaegwang Kim which he’s had since the start of the day when he busted two players simultaneously. We just caught him win a couple of pots to send his stack to around 250k. The first pot was against Ying Lin Chua who three-bet Kim’s raise from 3200 to 10.2k. Kim called. On the flop , Kim led for 8300 and Chua folded.
Next pot was much larger. On a board and 18.2k brewed, sb Jin Yong check-called 20k to see the river . Jin fired 31k, Kim called, Jin mucked. Jin down to 61k.
9:30PM: Ceesvin Abraham rails Clement Guilleminot, rises to 228k
Level 12: Blinds 800 – 1600 ante 1600
Ceesvin Abraham railed Clement Guilleminot and in the process climbed to 228k. He had , Abraham , the board .
9:20PM: Big stack battle: Edgar Kim calls out the bluff, rises to 242k
Level 12: Blinds 800 – 1600 ante 1600
Edgar Kim and Romaine Nussmann with the largest stacks at their table but Kim has just widened the gap in this hand. We caught it only on the river on a board . Cutoff Nussmann bet 23.2k, button Kim called. Nussmann showed bluff, Kim won it with . Kim also won the blinds and ante on the next hand. He is up to 242k.
9:12PM: Rajneesh Katoch takes some from the big stack
Level 12: Blinds 800 – 1600 ante 1600
Three way unraised pot saw a flop , big stacked Sim Jae Kyung bet 2k, called by bb Rajneesh Katoch, Michael Kim Falcon folded. On the turn , Sim bet 3800, Katoch raised to 10k, Sim folded.
9:05PM: Cyril Bickel doubles up
Level 11 : Blinds 600 – 1200 ante 1200
On a flop , Cyril Bickel was all in with top pair and Siak Moh Yeo called with . The turn and river doubled him up to 60k which is about average stack.
9:00PM: Big stack update
Level 11 : Blinds 600 – 1200 ante 1200
Romaine Nussmann 185K
Sim Jae Kyung 180K
Dan Alexandrovitz 175K
Edgar Kim 170K
Jeagwang Kim 160K
Deok Yeong Lee 150K
Jieming Xu 150K
Richard Marquez 145k
Justin Skovholt 140K
Jin Yong 138K
Hsien Wei Lam 135K
Go Mori 130K
David Erquiaga 130K
Lee Basi 125K
Michael Falcon 110K
Hari Varma 110K
8:10PM: Registration closed at 346 entries! 750 combined total
Level 10: Blinds 500 – 1000 ante 1000
That’s it! Registration has closed! Today’s tally was 346 entries for a combined 750 entries for the Main Event! The official prize pool has yet to be posted but according to Danny McDonagh, payouts will begin at 94 spots with a min-cash of US$ 116,000.
7:22PM: Dinner break
Players are on a 30 minute dinner break. Current numbers are 342 entries with 218 still in. 75 re-entered.
7:10PM: Norbert Koh wins two pots, up to 73k
Level 9: Blinds 400 – 800 ante 800
We caught Norbert Koh win two pots that sent him to 73k. The first one we saw on a turn board , Koh , at-risk player with , both were on a draw. When the river came , Koh’s five-card spread shipped it.
Next one was against Alex Xiang Wei Lee. Lee raised, Koh three-bet to 4300, Lee four-bet to 12.2k, Koh five-bet to 27k, Lee folded.
7:00PM: Romaine Nussmann ends Wilson Lim, rises to 177k
Level 9: Blinds 400 – 800 ante 800
Catching the action on the flop , Wilson Lim shoved and Romaine Nussmann called with top two pair. The turn and river sealed the win for Nussmann to bounce out Lim. Nussmann up to 177k.
6:55PM: Edgar Kim up to 180k
Level 9: Blinds 400 – 800 ante 800
Walking over to Edgar Kim’s table, he has around 180k. We were told he busted Corbin White with set over top pair top kicker.
6:45PM: Big stack update
Level 9: Blinds 400 – 800 ante 800
Richard Marquez 186k
Michael Kim Falcon 180k
Jieming Xu 150k
Jin Yong 136k
Deok Yeomg Lee 120k
Romaine Nussmann 115k
Edgar Kim 115k
Kok Wei Teoh 100k
Jaegwang Kim 90k
6:35PM: Big blind special for Konstantin Pogodin
Level 8: Blinds 300 – 600 ante 600
Catching the action with both hands tabled on a board , bb Konstantin Pogodin had higher full house and mp player Daniel Holmedahl full house. Pogodin railed Holmedahl and climbed to 75k.
6:25PM: Sim Jae Kyung paid for his ladies
Level 8: Blinds 300 – 600 ante 600
The pot grew to 23.5 preflop with two players putting up 11k to see the flop . Utg+1 bet 9.5k, Sim shoved (26.1k), utg+1 tanked then called leaving himself below 10k. Sim , utg+1 gut shot, the turn and river didn’t improve the challenger for a double up to Sim to 75.7k.
6:15PM: Jiarong Guo sweeps it, rises to 78k
Level 8: Blinds 300 – 600 ante 600
Heavy betting action kicked off with utg+1 player raising to 1500, beside him a player jammed (17.6k), bb Jiarong Guo called. Back to initial raiser who shoved (20.6k), called again by Guo.
Utg+1
Utg+2
Guo
The flop ran a doozy for a full house to utg+1 but Guo’s boat was higher. With the turn and river , it was a sweep. Guo up to 78k.
6:00PM: Alex Lee tanks Duc Tran
Level 7: Blinds 300 – 500 ante 500
We got there on a full board with 31.1k brewed. Duc Tran checked then tanked to Alex Lee’s 15k bet. Tran folded. Leee up to 73k.
5:50PM: Michael Egan with a runner runner apology
Level 7: Blinds 300 – 500 ante 500
On a flop , female player bet 2500, Michael Egan check-shoved in with , female player called and said “sorry” when she showed her higher kicker. Egan smiled. At the turn , Egan said “don’t say sorry just yet”. And when the river came , Egan said “sorry” for his runner runner straight and claimed it. He is at 22.5k
5;22PM: Level 7 begins
Level 7: Blinds 300 – 500 ante 500
Players are back from a break. Three more levels of registration to close at the start of Level 10. Philippine player Richard Marquez leads with around 200k.
5:10PM: Richard Marquez straight flush over quads!
Level 6: Blinds 200 – 400 ante 400
Richard Marquez just knocked out a player with a rare straight flush over quads. The hand opened with utg raising, called by five players to the flop . Action was checked to the button Richard Marquez who bet 3k. Only the bb and hijack check-called. On the turn , Marquez bet 5k, bb check-raised to 13.8k, hijack and Marquez called. On the river , hijack all in, Marquez called, bb check-folded.
Hijack quads
Marquez straight flush
Hijack busted, Marquez up to 200k.
5:05PM: 296 entries… that’s 700!
Level 6: Blinds 200 – 400 ante 400
With 296 entries flashing on the screens, the Main Event has now reached a total of 700 combined entries! Registration is still open until the end of Level 9.
5:04PM: Deok Yeong Lee busts Douhan
Level 6: Blinds 200 – 400 ante 400
6k in the pot, three players stare down a flop . Fritz Douhan jams with draw, Deok Yeong Lee called top two pair, one player check-folded. The turn and river didnt’t improve Douhan instead Lee got a full a house to ship in and send Douhan out. Lee up to 95k.
5:00PM: Yuanning Wu cracks aces
Level 6: Blinds 200 – 400 ante 400
On a full board , two players found themselves eventually all in. Wu full house, opponent , Wu shipped it.
4:50PM: Aladin Reskallah busts Denis Pham
Level 6: Blinds 200 – 400 ante 400
Aladin Reskallah sent Denis Pham out and in the process he shipped a sweet pot to bring him to 92k. Catching the hand at the flop and a heavy pile in the middle, both players had all their chips out front. Reskallah trips, Pham flush draw, the turn was and river .
4:40PM; Richard Marquez banks a huge pot, rises to 125k
Level 6: Blinds 200 – 400 ante 400
Richard Marquez was already sitting with around 65k when he banked a huge pot that sent one players tumbling with aces. The hand opened with Marquez raising to 800 from cutoff, button called, bb three-bet to 2600, both called. On the flop , bb c-bet 5k, Marquez shoved, button folded, bb called.
Marquez two pair
Bb overpair
The turn and were no help to aces to bust out. Marquez is up to 125k.
4:32PM: Level 6 begins, approaching 700 entries
Level 6: Blinds 200 – 400 ante 400
233 seated, 278 entries, 27 re-entered. Total Main Event entries at 682 and rising…. 700 here we come!
4:15PM: Michael Kim Falcon up to 55k
Level 5: Blinds 200 – 300 ante 300
Three players limped in then button player raised to 1700, sb Michael Kim Falcon called, joined by the limpers. At the flop , action was checked to Xiangi Chan who bet 3k, only Falcon and utg continued. On the turn , Falcon led for 4500, no callers. He won the pot and climbed to 55k.
4:00PM: Vietnamese match up
Level 5: Blinds 200 – 300 ante 300
Catching the action on a full board and 20.5k in the pot. Bb Le Ngoc Khanh checked, button Cao Ngoc Anh bet 14.2k, Le folded. Cao up to 45k, Le down to 20.8k.
3:52PM: Blinds up, 257 entries
Level 5: Blinds 200 – 300 ante 300
Current tally is 220 seated, 257 entries, 17 re-entered. Two tables have now opened at NagaRock downstairs. Among them was Gabriel Carter – runner up of the Super High Rollers.
3:50PM: Cyril Rousset cracks Metlapalli’s aces
Level 4: Blinds 100 – 200 ante 200
On a flop and 6500 in the pot, Ravi Metlapalli bet 2800, Yuwen Pan called, Cyril Rousset check-raised to 6k, Metlapalli shoved, Pan out, Rousset all in. Metlapalli , Rousset , the turn came and river . Rousset doubled up to 65k.
3:40PM: Shyh Chyn Lim saved by the river
Level 4: Blinds 100 – 200 ante 200
From cutoff, Shyh Chyn Lim raised to 500, button and bb Aaron Lim called. On the flop , Lim c-bet 900 and only button continued. When the turn came , Lim bet 3k, button raised to 8500, Lim three-bet jammed for an additional 18.2k, button tank-called. Lim set, button straight, the river improved Lim to a full house to avoid the rail. Lim up to 57k.
3:30PM: Champions and more in the house, 250 entries
Level 4: Blinds 100 – 200 ante 200
250 entries with more alternates looking to get seated. They’ve opened one table at the bar NagaRock one floor down. 25 tables are currently running. Spotted out there are joint POY race leaders Hari Varma and Hamish Crawshaw, WPT Vietnam champion Vincent Chauve, Aaron Lim, Oliver Helm, Paul Hong, Ravi Metlapalli, Ping Liu, Cao Ngoc Anh, and Kai Paulsen.
3:00PM: First break of the day… 226 entries
Level 3: Blinds 100 – 200 ante 200
First two hours down. Players are on their first break of the day. 203 seated, 226 entries, 9 re-entered. The event is headed for easily over 300 entries. 700 here we come! This is officially the largest WPT open event in Asia.
2:58PM: Siak Moh Yeo gets maximum pay
Level 3: Blinds 100 – 200 ante 200
Siak Moh Yeo is making his second bullet count. Just before the break he doubled up. We only caught the action on a complete board with Karman Malekpour pushing and called by Yeo . Yeo shipped it with a higher kicker to rise to 95k.
2:50PM: Fritz Douhan ships a big one, Kang busts
Level 3: Blinds 100 – 200 ante 200
Immediately after William Kang lost a pot to Jiunn Yang Ng with A-Q top pair behind Ng’s A-10 two pair, he entered the next pot and busted to Fritz Douhan. The hand opened with utg Ng raising to 600, Kang called, Douhan three-bet to 1200, bb Deok Yeong Lee four-bet to 4200, Ng called, Kang shoved (6800), Douhan shoved (21.2k), Lee tanked then timed out, Ng called.
Ng
Douhan
Kang
Upon seeing Ng’s hand, Lee said he folded pocket jacks. When the flop ran , Kang improved to a set but the turn sent him back down with Douhan on a higher set. The river completed the board. Kang out, Douhan shipped it and is up to 52k.
2:45PM: Hobart Adkins gets paid by Silva
Level 3: Blinds 100 – 200 ante 200
Hobart Adkins earned himself a double up through Harold Silva and now sits with 45.1k. On a flop and 360 in the pot, sb Adkins bet 1500, mp Silva raised to 5k, Adkins jammed (20.5k), Silva snap-called.
Adkins
Silva
The turn and river were misses for Silva, Adkins shipped it.
2:40PM: 200 and climbing….
Level 3:Blinds 100 – 200 ante 200
200 entries reached! New arrivals were Super High Rollers winner Piet Pape, Dhanesh Chainani, Tzai Wei Phua, and Men the Master Nguyen.
2:30PM: 21 tables running, waiting game
Level 3: Blinds 100 – 200 ante 200
In full swing here at NagaWorld with 21 tables running. Entering players are now put on the “alternate” list and will have to wait for seats to open. 191 uniques now, 5 re-entered.
2:20PM: 180 to end level 2
Level 3: Blinds 100 – 200 ante 200
Level 2 ends, Level 3 begins…. 180 entries and only 4 of those were re-entries which means we have surpassed the number of unique players of Day 1B (175 players) by one.
2:10PM: Sungho Hong busts one
Level 2: Blinds 100 – 100 ante 100
We aren’t sure how Siak Moh Yeo lost 90 percent of his chips but we did catch how he lost the rest of it. On a flop and 700 in the middle, Yeo went all in for his remaining 3200 with and was called by Sungho Hong two pair. The turn was and river .
2:00PM: Romain Nussmann gets full pay for his boat
Level 2: Blinds 100 – 100 ante 100
Romain Nussmann now sits with 49.5k after shipping a double up for his full house. The hand opened with hijack raising to 300, cutoff Nussmann three-bet to 1100, hijack called. On the flop , Nussmann bet 700 and hijack check-raised to 2500. On the turn hijack opted to lead out 5500, called by Nussmann. Then on the river, hijack bet 10k, Nussmann shoved for 15.5k, hijack tank-called, mucked while paying Nussmann’s full house .
1:40PM: Level 1 ends with 137 entries
Level 1:Blinds 100 – 100 ante 100
Level 1 done and dusted! 137 players, two of those were re-entries… this event is shaping up to be the biggest WPT turnout in Asia. The goal is 700 combined entries with the previous days bringing in 404.
Among the new arrivals were current season WPT India Main Event winner Ashish Munot, WPT winner Benjamin Gonzva, Yunsheng Sung, Vu Duc Trung, William Kang, Duy Ho, Laksh Pal Singh, Gaurav Sood, Hisashi Ogi, Sim Jae Kyung, and Chi Chung Ho.
1:20PM: Double bust! Jaegwang Kim rivers it
Level 1:Blinds 100 – 100 ante 100
Twenty minutes into the first round and already a double bust! As retold by the payers at the tabel…. On a raised pot preflop the board came 
with two hearts. Ke Han bet 500, Asaf Berman raised to 1500, Jaegwang Kim called, Han four-bet 15k, Berman jammed, call call.
Kim nut flush draw
Berman overpair
Han {3} set
The turn did not affect the hands but the river was a heart for the nut flush to Kim. Kim had the most chips and tripled up to nearly 90k.
1:18PM: 100 players!
Level 1:Blinds 100 – 100 ante 100
18 minutes into the opening round and we have reached 100 players! Among the players in the field are Michael Egan, Jun Wah Yap, Richard Marquez, Douglas Whitehead, Michael Kim Falcon, Kjell Ove Dyb, Mark Gruendemann, Yik Yin Chiu, and Hsing Hsiung Tai.
1:00PM: Cards in the air for Day 1C!
Level 1:Blinds 100 – 100 ante 100
And they’re off! Day 1C of the Main Event is underway and quickly 67 players got their chips in play. Within minutes another ten signed up, we are at 75 and climbing fast.
Today is the last day to enter. Buy-in is US$ 1,100. The US$ 250K advertised guarantee is but a memory with the pot at US$ 400K. As a reminder, players are allowed two bullets max today. That’s it. Once Level 10 begins, registration closes and the ultimate freezeout stage begins.
Starting stack: 30,000
Opening blinds: 100 – 100 ante 100
Level intervals: 40 minutes
Bagging time: end of Level 15
Day 1A: 188 entries – 34 advanced
Day 1B: 216 entries – 43 advanced
Current entries – 404
Current Day 2 qualifiers – 77 players
Current chip leader: Jingjing Ke – 486,000
Current chips in play: 12,120,000
Current average stack: 157,402
Good luck to all!
12:00AM: Day 1B closes with 43 remaining
Level 15: Blinds 1500 – 3000 ante 3000
That’s it! Another starting day in the bag. The 216 field crunched down to only 43 players. Chip leader was Slovenia’s Mitja Rudolf with 384k in chips. We will have the chip counts and a brief recap shortly.
11:45PM: Apichai Jewampai rises to 325k
Level 15: Blinds 1500 – 3000 ante 3000
Apichai Jewampai knocked out a player with over . He climbed to 325k.
11:30PM: Another big pot to Mitja Rudolf
Level 15: Blinds 1500 – 3000 ante 3000
Kok Tan was all in with his remaining 40k, sb Mitja Rudolf and bb Long Cheong Foo called. At the flop Mitja bet 35k, Long called. On the turn Mitja shoved, Long tank-folded. Long said he folded a king.
Mitja set
Tan
Tan was drawing dead. The river was . Mitja up to 400k.
11:10PM: Can you say NUTS?! Abhinav Iyer rivers the boat
Level 15: Blinds 1500 – 3000 ante 3000
A very nutty hand went down at the far table….. Mid position player opened, bb Abhinav Iyer three-bet, called by mp player. On the flop , Iyer bet 20k, mp player raised to 45k, Iyer jammed, snap called. Mp player had nuts, Iyer with top set, the turn was no help to Iyer but when the river came , it was a better nuts for Iyer with the boat.
11:00PM: Yuxiao Yu rivers it, busts Norbert Koh
Level 14: Blinds 1200 – 2400 ante 2400
Crazy hand here went down with all the chips going in on a flop . Norbert Koh with trips, Yuxiao Yu with royal flush draw. The turn was no help to Yu but the river was for the nut flush. Koh busted.
10:55PM: Julian Warhurst rises to 290k
Level 14: Blinds 1200 – 2400 ante 2400
Julian Warhurst has taken command of his table. He won a small pot against Rudolf Mitja with pocket tens then proceeded to knock out Xin Zhao. That hand saw Zhao raise from utg and Warhurst defended. On the flop