Action kicked off with the first pot of the day going to Le Ngoc Khanh. From mid-position, Jun Javalera raised to 40k and was called by both Le and Weiyi Zhang on the big blind. At the flop of K♠ 3♠ J♠, Zhang checked, Javalera continued with a 40k bet, only to see Le raise it up to 125k total. Zhang got out of the way leaving Javalera to ponder on his next move. Javalera opted to fold and Le was awarded a good early pot.