Stepan Lavrin moved all in for 28,000 after Koichi Nozaki had raised to 6,500 and Daniel Demicki moved all in for 78,500 from his immediate left. All three players were sitting in a row, and Nozaki folded from the hijack.
Demicki:
Lavrin:
The board ran out and Demicki knocked out the player on his left.
The action folded around to Hirotoshi Nakabo in the small blind who moved all in for 17,500 in chips. Juicy Li was in the big blind and looked down at her cards and then made the call.
Nakabo:
Li:
Nakabo was at risk but would strike gold as the board ran out giving him trips on the flop and the winning hand.
Tai Tan raised to 6,000 from under the gun pus one. Takuya Suzuki then bumped it up to 19,500 from middle position before the decision fell on Yang Wang. He thought for a moment before moving all in for around 70,000 in chips from the button. The blinds got out of the way, as did Tan. Suzuki quickly made the call and the cards were tabled.
Suzuki:
Wang:
The board ran out to see Suzuki spike a queen on the flop to send Wang to the rail just short of the scheduled break.
With 33 players remaining another break has just started. Play will resume in 10 minutes and 27 players will get paid in this event. The money bubble looms.
Battulga Mandakh, who had been short for quite some time, just moved all in for 19,000 and both players on his left. Masai Nakano and Tai Zheng Tan made the call.
On a board the hand was checked down and Mandakh showed for king-high. Tan tabled but it was Nakano who took down the pot with .
We are three elimination away from the money, and that means it's time for a short-stack update. The following six players are near the bottom of the counts including high stakes heads up cash game player Dong Kim.
and Demicki knocked out the player on his left.
giving him trips on the flop and the winning hand.
to see Suzuki spike a queen on the flop to send Wang to the rail just short of the scheduled break.
board the hand was checked down and Mandakh showed 
for king-high. Tan tabled 
but it was Nakano who took down the pot with 
.
