Kenji Hata
Multi-event champion Kenji Hata with two side event trophies under his belt and a runner-up finish at the Titan Stack is plowing his way through Day 1B by knocking out two players to bring the field down to 13 players with ITM at five remaining.
The first one that met his hammer was Tomokatsu Kumano who shoved on a board 2 ♥️ 8 ♣️ 3 ♦️ 8 ♦️.
Hata called and turned over 10 ♥️ 8 ♥️ trips. Kumano showed K ♣️ K ♦️. The river was J ♥️.
A few hands after, Gary Moon was all in with 10 ♦️ 10 ♠️ and Hata sent him packing with A ♦️ 5 ♦️ pairing up the ace on a board of Q ♠️ 9 ♥️ 2 ♣️ A ♣️ 4 ♠️.
| Player | Chips |
| Kenji Hata | 211,000 |
| Gary Moon | 0 |
| Tomokatsu Kumano | 0 |