Russia's Vage Babayan had 3,500 out in front on the button and then called all-in for the last 17,100 when Maurillo Balauitan pushed all-in from under the gun.
Vage Babayan: Q♠Q♣
Maurillo Balauitan: A♦K♥
The 7♠3♥2♠8♥9♣ board provided none of the two overcards for Balauitan and he dropped below the starting stack, while Babayan leaped above it.
Soon after winning the three-way all-in, Eng Soon Ewe took a major hit as Wooseok Kim doubled to a very healthy stack.
Ewe also lost the next all-in against a very short-stacked Saudino Macavinta when his K♦7♦ couldn't beat K♥10♥. The K♠Q♠J♥2♠9♣ runout gave Macavinta a straight.
Yicun Ma was one of three players to limp in and Sriharsha Doddapaneni then raised to 6,500 in the big blind. Ma then jammed and Doddapaneni called it off for just shy of the starting stack.
Sriharsha Doddapaneni: K♠Q♠
Yicun Ma: 7♥7♦
The A♥10♣7♠9♣8♠ board improved Ma to a set and Doddapaneni bricked his gutshot. Shortly after, the Indian bought back in as the Day 1a field has grown to nearly 130 entries by now.
Shortly after the blinds had gone up, Pak Khin Chow opted to move all-in for 19,100 in the cutoff,. Junho Kim moved all-in over the top for more than two times as much and Marcuss Liow in the small blind just briefly asked for a count to then fold, as did the big blind.
Pak Khin Chow: A♣10♣
Junho Kim: Q♣Q♥
The 6♦6♠2♠5♣7♣ board provided no help and sent Chow to the rail.
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Ireland's Gary Thompson finished second in the Super High Roller event here in the Grand Wing Casino just two days ago and took a seat in level seven. He was just spotted with an open raise to 1,800 and the cutoff was the only caller. They checked to the A♦J♠9♣8♥4♣ river on which Thompson bet 2,200 to collect the pot uncontested.
Joseph Magnotti got his short stack into the middle and so did Super High Roller third-place finisher Eng Soon Ewe. Both were covered by Saudino Macavinta and the following showdown unleashed.
Joseph Magnotti: K♣J♣
Eng Soon Ewe: A♦J♠
Saudino Macavinta: Q♣Q♥
The board ran out A♥10♦7♥9♣7♣ and Ewe's pair of aces knocked out Magnotti while Macavinta was left short.
In a preflop contest, Marc Rivera got it in with the A♥J♣ and Yuan Xiang Cheong looked him up with the 9♦9♥.
The pocket pair remained ahead all the way on the Q♥5♠3♥7♣K♠ runout and that sent Rivera to the registration desk, he re-entered shortly after.
On the tail end of a heads-up pot between Emil Condez and Kanishka Samant, the former bet 8,000 with the board showing 9♦4♦2♠3♠J♠. Samant just called and Condez rolled over the 3♥3♣ for a turned set of treys. However, Samant had the best of it with the 4♠4♥ for a flopped set of fours to win the pot.
Marcuss Liow was almost on his way out of the tournament and then scored a triple up. "They made me play three-four," he joked to a friend when he recalled the change of fortune.
Further assorted counts can be found below.
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