Ling Chen limped in from early position, after which Wantao Tang shoved all in on the button. Chen called off for his stack of 76,000 once it had folded back to him, putting him at risk.
Ling Chen: A♠K♦ 
Wantao Tang: A♦8♦
Chen's superior ace remained best on the A♥J♥Q♥5♠2♣ runout, doubling him up and leaving Tang with just three big blinds.
Jordan Daniels got his last three big blinds in against Lin Chen preflop.
Jordan Daniels: 6♠6♥
Lin Chen: K♥Q♦
Chen paired on the K♠10♠3♣ flop, but Daniels turned some hope with the 7♠. No spade or six were in store on the J♥ river, however, sending Daniels out with just a few minutes left to reenter.
Yujia Hu moved all in for 56,500 in the cutoff, and the recently entered Matthew Davenport called for slightly less than a starting stack on the button.
Dale Wilson also called, playing 51,500 in the small blind, and the trio tabled their cards.
Matthew Davenport: A♦J♣
Dale Wilson: K♠K♥
Yujia Hu: A♣J♥
Davenport and Hu were drawing slim after the 7♠Q♠4♠ flop, leaving them both with one direct out.
The ace of hearts did not appear on the 3♦ turn or 3♠ river, and Wilson made a flush to secure his triple-up, sending out Davenport in the process.
R.P. made it 11,000 to go in the hijack. Jack Jaeger called on the button, and Harish Sahnan and Steven Day did so in the blinds.
Sahnan and Day checked to R.P. on the J♠2♣10♥ flop. He placed a hefty bet of 33,000, sending Jaeger into the tank. Eventually, he let his hand go, prompting Sahnan to move all in for 51,500.
Day also got out of the way for R.P. to call with the covering stack.
Harish Sahnan: 9♥8♠
R.P.: Q♠Q♦
Sahnan's straight draw was completed on the 7♦ turn, leaving R.P. drawing dead. The 2♦ river was inconsequential as Sahnan raked in a big double-up to an above-average stack.
Level: 12
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Yujia Hu raised to 8,000 under the gun. Ling Chen then moved in his stack of 40,000 on the button, and chipleader Ding Fan called in the big blind. Hu quickly moved out of the way to force a showdown between the remaining duo.
Ling Chen: K♠6♠
Ding Fan: A♠10♠
Chen flopped some extra outs on 3♦5♦7♠, but the 5♣ turn and 8♠ river helped him no further, solidifying his exit.
In a three-bet pot to the 5♠8♦6♥ flop, E.C. bet 16,000 from the big blind. His opponent was Lin Chen, who called on the button. The J♥ turn slowed down E.C., who checked.
Chen then bet 30,000, which E.C. called after some thought. Chen sized up to 40,000 on the 4♠ river, but this time E.C. check-raised all in for 55,000.
Chen needed some time to think things through before he decided to call. E.C. tabled 9♠9♦ for a pair of nines, besting the 10♥4♥ of Chen and providing E.C. with a monstrous double-up.
Ling Chen open-raised to 8,000 in middle position. It folded to Richard Horton in the big blind, who called to the A♦9♥3♣ flop.
After Chen continued for a minimum bet of 4,000, Horton check-raised all in for 20,000. Chen snapped him off, displeasing Horton as the cards were tabled.
Richard Horton: J♦9♠
Ling Chen: A♥5♦
Horton did not improve on the 6♦ turn or 2♥ river, seeing Chen's top pair hold for the knock-out.
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