The 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific kicked off on Thursday with the primary of 10 gold bracelet events. Day 1a of Event #1 $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Accumulator – a tournament that permits players to take through any and all stacks they accumulate within the three starting flights – attracted 197 entries, but after eight one-hour levels of play only 30 remained with Scott Clements and his stack of 76,575 leading the way.
"The only thing I remember is I fell asleep on the table and had a dream. That’s how tired I am," Clements replied when asked to explain his Day 1a. In fact, Clements managed to get a great deal of his stack when he clashed with Dylan Honeyman within the last level of the night. To make a protracted story short, Clements flopped a straight and Honeyman top pair. The 2 got all of it in, and Honeyman found himself at the rail while Clements established himself because the clear chip leader.
“I had numerous chips before then, but more after that. That was the large hand,” added Clements, who also revealed he doesn’t plan to play the opposite starting flights.
Top Ten Day 1a Chip Counts
| 1 | Scott Clements | 76,575 |
| 2 | Marko Piper | 36,825 |
| 3 | Zane Ly | 36,400 |
| 4 | Jamie Pickering | 34,150 |
| 5 | Jonathan Karamalikis | 30,900 |
| 6 | Robert Clarke | 30,775 |
| 7 | Kahle Burns | 27,150 |
| 8 | Michael Addamo | 24,875 |
| 9 | George Danzer | 24,625 |
| 10 | David Leas | 23,875 |
The opening event of the 2014 WSOP APAC attracted a mixture of local players and establish pros, including 2013 WSOP Main Event champ Ryan Riess. The Michigan native was seated on the feature table some of the day, but fell on the tail end of Level 6 (100/200/25) when action folded to him within the small blind. Riess raised to 600, and Australia's Jonathan "xMONSTERxDONGx" Karamalikis pushed back with a three-bet to 1,400 from the large blind. Riess responded by four-betting all in for right around 5,000, and Karamalikis wasted little time in making the call.
Karamalikis: 
It was a classic flip, but Riess had to improve to stick alive. The 
Another former WSOP Main Event champ to fall was 13-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, who lasted lower than a degree after late registering. In Level 7 (150/300/25), Gary Benson opened for 600 and action folded to Hellmuth, who was already all in from the massive blind for his last 275.
"I haven't looked," Hellmuth said before revealing his hand.
Hellmuth: 
Hellmuth seemed delighted to be in a race situation, but his enthusiasm dampened when the flop came down 
"Oh, that is not good," Hellmuth said. The 
Others who didn't survive Day 1a included Kitty Kuo, Bruno Potaro, Mohsin Charania, David Yan, Jackie Glazier, Jonathan Duhamel, Russell Thomas, Mike Leah, Vanessa Rousso, and Ami Barer.
While many fell, a couple of notables managed to advance to Day 2 including WSOP Player of the Year contender George Danzer (24,625), Samantha Cohen (19,550), Didier Guerin (15,900), and Benson (14,400), though all are behind the chip leader by a substantial margin. For more on Clements’ Day 1a run, take heed to the PokerNews Impromptu he did late within the tournament:
The 2014 WSOP APAC will continue on Friday with two more starting flights from Event #1 $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Accumulator. Day 1b will kick off at 12:10 p.m. local time with Day 1c following later that evening at 6:10 p.m. In fact PokerNews could be providing updates from both, so remember to check back then.
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