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The Madness Kick Off Event is fast trimming to two tables. Among the casualties were players that were once seen at the top of the counts.

26th place: Facing a min-raise that's called, small blind Qiyan Wu three-bets all in, big blind Khoi Nguyen four-bets all in with more chips to successfully isolate. Nguyen opens J♠ J♦ , Wu with A♦ K♦ , the board bricks.

25th place: Chan Man Lok calls Naoki Tomiyama's raise then check-calls a flop bet on a board 9♠ 4♣ 4♥ . Both check the turn 8♣ . Chan bets the river then calls Tomiyama's shove. Chan opens 8♥ 8♠ set and eliminates Tomiyama who shows A♦ J♥ .

The Madness Kick Off Event Day 2 just finished its first break of the day. Only 86 players are left out of the 167 returned for Day 2. Here are the current big stacks:

Naoki Tomiyama joined the seven-digit club after cleaning out Hao Chen with 5♥ 5♣ winning the flip against A♣ 6♣ . The board was 6♠ 3♠ 5♦ 8♠ 9♦ . Tomiyama rises to 70 bb.