Goken Okawa got all his chips in the middle before the flop against Roman Tsoyi who had him covered.
Okawa:
Tsoyi:
Tsoyi had the preflop advantage with his jacks and Okawa needed to improve in order to double up. The board ran out which was no help to Okawa and Tsoyi took the pot to send him to the rai.
Action folded around to Yang Zhang on the button and he raised to 9,000. Takashi Ogura was in the big blind and after a bit of thought, he three-bet to 28,000. Zhang called.
The flop came and Ogura tossed out a bet of 30,000. Zhang folded and Ogura took the chips.
Hiroyuki Noda opened for 6,500 in middle position and called a three-bet to 18,100 from Bryan Huang, who was on the button. The flop came and Noda led right out with 18,500. Huang called. They both checked the and , and Noda showed down for a set.
Huang was left with about 60,000 and busted moments later.
With about 40,000 chips already in the middle on a flop of , Oleg Shalaumov had already committed 14,000 chips and was facing a shove from Yuki Ko in early position for what looked like about 80,000. After a few moments of consideration, Shalaumov folded and Ko took the chips.
PokerStars Team Pro Celina Lin had recently lost the majority of her stack and was left with just 3,600 chips, which she moved into the pot from middle position. Hirai Junko three-bet to 9,000 from the button, the blinds got out of the way, and the two players tabled their hands.
Lin:
Junko:
Lin had the preflop advantage with the better ace, but Junko took the lead when the flop fell to pair Junko's four, although Lin also picked up an open-ended straight draw. The on the turn was no help to Lin and neither was the river, so Junko took the pot to eliminate Lin.