Out of a field of 18 entries, only 13 players remain and several of the early casualties opted to re-enter right away. Leading the way so far with more than two and a half times the starting stack is Chuang Lin Cheng, who happened to be the very first player on Flight A to be eliminated from this tournament.
On his table, Man Hin Siu doubled through Kosuke Ito for 64,000 when they got it in after the 10 ♠️ 8 ♠️ 8 ♦️ flop. Ito's J ♠️ J ♣️ were behind versus Q ♠️ 8 ♥️ for trips eights, the 5 ♥️ turn and 5 ♠️ river gave Siu eights full of fives.
| Player | Chip Count |
| Chuang Lin Cheng | 400,000 |
| Kosuke Ito | 230,000 |
| Man Hin Siu | 140,000 |