Action folded to Andrew Hinrichsen in the small blind, and he limped in. Tom Alner checked his option in the big blind, and the dealer ran out the 
flop. Hinrichsen bet 8,000, and Alner made the call.
The turn was the 
to pair the board. Hinrichsen checked, and Alner bet 24,000. Hinrichsen gave it up.
From the hijack seat, Aaron Lim raised all in for 102,500. Paolo Compagno made the call from the big blind holding the 
. Lim held a dominated 
.
The flop, turn and river ran out 
, and Lim doubled through. Compagno was left with 123,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
|
123,000
-167,000
|
-167,000 |
Aaron Lim was all in with the 
against the 
for Andrew Gaw. Gaw's hand held as the board ran out 
, and Lim was eliminated in 17th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
530,000
208,000
|
208,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Alan Sass just raised to 13,500 and he was called by four player, among which both blinds. The flop came down 
and Jacques Zaicik moved all in for 29,500 from the small blind. Mike Watson folded from the big blind and Sass made the call. Henry Wang folded as well, and Zaicik was looking for a lot of help when the cards were turned over.
Alan Sass: 
Jacques Zaicik: 
The board ran out 
, 
and Zaicik hit his flush. The Frenchman took his jacket off and sat back down since he's back up to 18 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
113,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Henry Wang bet 15,000 on the 
board, but Gary Lam put in a raise to 40,000 in resistance. Wang took a minute, then called to see the land on the river. Wang took his time, tanking for a couple of long minutes. Then, he fired 103,000. Lam had just about 85,000 left and looked like he really didn't like his spot. He eventually folded, and Wang won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
648,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
85,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
From early position, Mike Watson started this hand off with a raise to 13,000. He got called in four spots: Alan Sass from the hijack seat, Ying Kit Chan on the button, Henry Wang in the small blind, and Michael Kanaan in the big blind. That created a nice, five-way pot with nearly 75,000 chips already in the middle.
The flop came down 
, and the first two players checked. Watson bet 28,000, and Sass made the call. Chan, Wang and Kanaan all folded.
The turn was the , and Watson checked. Sass bet 44,000, and Watson made the call to see the river.
The dealer completed the board with the , and Watson checked to his opponent once again. Sass moved all in for approximately 140,000, and Watson quickly gave it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
634,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
600,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
595,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
480,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
||
|
|
350,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Andrew Hinrichsen raised to 12,000 prelfop and Paolo Compagno defended his big blind. The flop came down 
and Compagno check-raised all in. Hinrichsen snap-called, and it was all but over for the Swiss player.
Andrew Hinrichsen: 
Paolo Compagno: 
The board ran out 
, and Compagno was done. Hinrichsen added some more chips to his growing stack as he bumps up to fifth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Tom Alner opened with a raise from the cutoff seat to 12,500, and then Tri Huynh reraised from the button to 25,000. Action folded back to Alner, and he reraised to 48,500. Huynh wasted little time in making the call.
The dealer presented the two players with the flop, and Alner checked. Huynh fired 85,000 with just about 165,000 behind. Alner check-raised all in, and Huynh gave it up. Alner scooped the pot and moved to over 700,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
715,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
165,000
-257,000
|
-257,000 |
From under the gun plus one, Gary Lam raised all in for 59,500. Henry Wang made the call on the button and said, "If I double you up, it's my pleasure," as he put in the chips. Everyone else folded and the cards were on their backs.
Lam was all in and at risk with the 
. Wang held the 
.
On the flop, the 
rolled out and Wang's pair of jacks were in the lead. Lam did pick up an open-ended straight draw, so he was still very much in this.
The turn brought the 
, then the river completed the board with the 
. Both of those missed Lam and the original Day 1 chip leader was out the door in 15th place. Lam earned HKD$259,500 for his finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
765,000
131,000
|
131,000 |
|
|
Busted |
