diff --git a/src/wikitextprocessor/parser.py b/src/wikitextprocessor/parser.py
index 127aeeaf..af966fc4 100644
--- a/src/wikitextprocessor/parser.py
+++ b/src/wikitextprocessor/parser.py
@@ -1607,23 +1607,23 @@ def table_cell_fn(ctx: "Wtp", token: str) -> None:
         # data cells
         _parser_merge_str_children(ctx)
         node = ctx.parser_stack[-1]
-        if (
-            not node.attrs
-            and len(node.children) == 1
-            and isinstance(attrs := node.children[0], str)
+        if node.kind in (
+            NodeKind.TABLE_CAPTION,
+            NodeKind.TABLE_HEADER_CELL,
+            NodeKind.TABLE_CELL,
         ):
-            if node.kind in (
-                NodeKind.TABLE_CAPTION,
-                NodeKind.TABLE_HEADER_CELL,
-                NodeKind.TABLE_CELL,
-            ):
-                node.children.pop()
-                # Using the walrus operator and pop()ing without return
-                # is just to make the type-checker happy without using
-                # an assert that attrs is definitely a str...
-                parse_attrs(node, attrs)
+            if len(node.attrs) == 0:
+                if len(node.children) == 1 and isinstance(
+                    attrs := node.children[0], str
+                ):
+                    node.children.pop()
+                    # Using the walrus operator and pop()ing without return
+                    # is just to make the type-checker happy without using
+                    # an assert that attrs is definitely a str...
+                    parse_attrs(node, attrs)
                 return
-        return text_fn(ctx, token)
+            else:
+                return text_fn(ctx, token)
 
     while True:
         node = ctx.parser_stack[-1]
@@ -1676,16 +1676,6 @@ def double_vbar_fn(ctx: "Wtp", token: str) -> None:
         vbar_fn(ctx, "|")
         return
 
-    # If it is at the beginning of a line, interpret it as starting a new
-    # cell, without any HTML attributes.  We do this by emitting one vbar.
-    if ctx.beginning_of_line and ctx.begline_enabled:
-        if _parser_have(ctx, NodeKind.TABLE):
-            vbar_fn(ctx, "|")
-        else:
-            vbar_fn(ctx, "|")
-            vbar_fn(ctx, "|")
-        return
-
     while True:
         node = ctx.parser_stack[-1]
         if node.kind == NodeKind.TABLE_ROW:
@@ -2147,6 +2137,7 @@ def magicword_fn(ctx: "Wtp", token: str) -> None:
     r"!!",
     r"\s*https?://[\w.-]+(/[^][{}<>|\s]*)?",
     r"^[ \t]*!",
+    r"^\|",
     r"\|\|",
     r"\|",
     r"^----+",
diff --git a/tests/test_parser.py b/tests/test_parser.py
index e4aab657..7d0a6873 100644
--- a/tests/test_parser.py
+++ b/tests/test_parser.py
@@ -2101,6 +2101,9 @@ def test_table_hdr4(self):
         )
         row = tree.children[0].children[0]
         self.assertEqual(len(row.children), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(row.children[0].children, ["bar\n"])
+        self.assertEqual(row.children[1].children, ["baz\n"])
+        self.assertEqual(row.children[2].children, [" zap\n"])
 
     def test_table_bang1(self):
         # Testing that the single exclamation mark in the middle of a table
@@ -2115,6 +2118,29 @@ def test_table_bang1(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.ctx.warnings, [])
         self.assertEqual(self.ctx.debugs, [])
 
+    def test_table_triple_vbar(self):
+        # Testing parsing for an empty cell at the beginning of the row.
+        # en edition page "돌아가시다", Template:ko-conj/verb
+        tree = self.parse(
+            "test",
+            """{|
+|-
+|||foo
+|}""",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(len(tree.children), 1)
+        t = tree.children[0]
+        self.assertEqual(t.kind, NodeKind.TABLE)
+        self.assertEqual(len(t.children), 1)
+        row = t.children[0]
+        self.assertEqual(row.kind, NodeKind.TABLE_ROW)
+        self.assertEqual(len(row.children), 2)
+        a, b = row.children
+        self.assertEqual(a.kind, NodeKind.TABLE_CELL)
+        self.assertEqual(a.children, [])
+        self.assertEqual(b.kind, NodeKind.TABLE_CELL)
+        self.assertEqual(b.children, ["foo\n"])
+
     def test_error1(self):
         self.parse("test", "'''")
         self.assertEqual(self.ctx.errors, [])