Samuel Ju opened to 12,000 from under the gun and received calls from Sirzat Hissou in the cutoff and Konstantyn Holskyi on the button.
The flop came 5♥5♦4♥ and action checked around to Holskyi who bet 45,000. Ju made the call before Hissou raised it up to 125,000, forcing folds from both opponents.
Konstantyn Holskyi limped in from the small blind and Stephen Chidwick raised to 20,000 from the big blind. Holskyi three-bet to 70,000 and Chidwick made the call.
The flop came A♠4♣3♣ and Holskyi fired a 35,000 continuation bet that was called by Chidwick.
On the 5♦ turn Holskyi bet again for 150,000 and this time Chidwick opted to fold.
Stephen Chidwick opened to 10,000 from the hijack and Hoang Phan shoved for 14,000 from the big blind. Chidwick called to put Phan at risk.
Hoang Phan: A♠Q♦ 
Stephen Chidwick: K♠J♣
Chidwick took the lead with top pair on the K♦6♣5♥ flop and remained ahead when the rest of the board ran out Q♣2♥ to send Phan to the rail and take the pot.
Shortly after the hand took place, Phan opted to reenter with a fresh stack of 500,000. Sirzat Hissou also followed close behind with a brand new starting stack of his own.
Samuel Ju opened to 12,000 from the cutoff and Stephen Chidwick defended his big blind.
Both players checked their option on the K♦5♥3♣ flop and 6♠ turn, for the board to completed with the 6♣. Chidwick bet 26,000 and was called.
Chidwick tabled K♣4♣ for kings and sixes, which prompted Ju to muck his hand.
Hoang Phan shoved for 6,000 from early position and was called by Tom-Aksel Bedell in the big blind.
Hoang Phan: K♥5♦
Tom-Aksel Bedell: 8♥2♣
Phan was ahead with king-high but Bedell had two live undercards. Neither player connected with the Q♥Q♣A♣A♠7♣ runout and Phan tripled up his very short stack.
Samuel Ju opened to 11,000 from the hijack and called when Konstantyn Holskyi three-bet to 40,000 from the small blind.
Ju called a bet of 40,000 on the 10♦5♥2♦ flop before the K♦ turn checked through to the 6♣ river. Holskyi fired out another 100,000 and Ju quickly called.
Holskyi had Q♦Q♣ but was bested by Ju's K♠10♠ which was good for two pair.
Nível: 7
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu is currently leading the field, with Konstantyn Holskyi the only other player above one million. Samuel Ju rounds out the top three chip counts after his set over set clash with Hoang Phan, who has just 6,000.
Shaun Deeb has yet to take his seat, but his chips are not in play. Alex and Kristen Foxen have also been spotted at King's Resort but it is likely that they will hop into the mix on Day 2.
The players have reached the halfway point of Day 1 and are now on a 15-minute break.
Day 1 will close after Level 12.
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