Hayato Kitajima
Early in the new level with blinds of 2,500-5,000/5,000, the average is at a staggering 45 big blinds and it may take a while to get remotely close to the bubble with the top ten finishers set to advance to Day 2.
Among the bigger stacks in the field are Kai Hung Hu and Hayato Kitajima who just went into a preflop raising war. Hu three-bet to 30,000 only for Kitajima to make it 75,000 to go. Hu pondered about it for a while and opted to fold.
We are still at 38 players remaining for the time being.
| Player | Chip Count |
| Kai Hung Hu | 365,000 |
| Hayato Kitajima | 280,000 |