Xixiang Luo raised to 50,000 preflop and Thomas Ward called. The flop came 
and Luo bet 65,000. Ward raised to 190,000 and Luo folded.
"I'll give you fifty euros if you show a card that isn't a nine of a ten," said Connor Drinan as Ward was stacking the pot.
Ward turned over the 
and Drinan tossed him $100, to go with the pot he had just won.
Guoliang Wei doesn't mind being out of position and in the blinds as he just won while in the small and big blind.
Zhou Zhou raised to 45,000 from the cutoff and Wei called from the big blind. The flop fell 
and Wei check-called 35,000 before he led for 50,000 on the 
turn. Zhou folded.
The next hand, Wei completed from the small blind and Thomas Ward checked his option. The flop came 
and Wei check-called 35,000. Both players checked the turn before Ward folded to a 35,000 bet on the 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
680,000 | -176,000 |
|
675,000 | 60,000 |
|
620,000 | 139,000 |
Xixiang Luo has made a big move, to the chip lead, after doubling through Connor Drinan.
Drinan opened to 50,000 from mid position before Luo moved all in for 540,000 from the small blind. Drinan asked for a count but then said, "F*%k it, I'm not folding this."
Drinan: 
Luo: 
"Easy hold!" said Drinan before the flop fanned 
to pair up Luo.
Luo started to celebrate and Drinan warned him not to celebrate too early. He soon went quiet when the opened up a flush draw for Drinan but it failed to materialise on the river and Luo went back to celebrating.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,220,000 | 696,000 |
|
1,170,000 | -563,000 |
Nan Tu has been active early and just won two pots in a row.
On the first hand, Thomas Ward raised to 45,000 and Tu and Hsien Kui Yang called. The flop came 
and the action checked to Tu, he bet 55,000 and took down the pot.
On the next hand, Tu opened for 46,000 and Zhou Zhou called from the big blind. The flop was 
and Zhou checked to Tu. Tu bet 45,000 and Zhou called. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river was the 
and Zhou checked once more to Tu. Tu bet 70,000, which was enough to take it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
756,000 | 200,000 |
|
|
615,000 | -100,000 |
Nan Tu came in as the short stack and he was the first player to make a real move, on the second hand.
The action folded to him on the button and he raised to 45,000. Conor Drinan three-bet to 110,000 from the next seat but folded when Tu four-bet jammed for 403,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,733,000 | -150,000 |
|
|
556,000 | 134,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,883,000 | 223,000 |
|
1,197,000 | 77,000 |
|
1,021,000 | -29,000 |
|
|
856,000 | 6,000 |
|
|
715,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
703,000 | 33,000 |
|
|
524,000 | 94,000 |
|
|
481,000 | 11,000 |
|
|
422,000 | -29,000 |
| Seat # | Last Name | First Name | Country | Player Status | Chip Count |
| 1 | Ward | Thomas | New Zealand | 856,000 | |
| 2 | Tu | Nan | China | 422,000 | |
| 3 | Drinan | Connor | Mexico | PokerStars Player | 1,883,000 |
| 4 | Lebedev | Sergey | Russia | PokerStars Player | 1,197,000 |
| 5 | Yang | Hsien Kui | Chinese Taipei | 1,021,000 | |
| 6 | Zhou | Zhou | China | PokerStars Player | 715,000 |
| 7 | Luo | Qi | China | 703,000 | |
| 8 | Luo | Xixiang | China | 524,000 | |
| 9 | Wei | Guoliang | China | 481,000 |
Players are back from their 40-minute dinner break. Play picks up with 87 minutes left in the current level.
Patrick Mahoney was eliminated in 10th place. He got all in against Hsien Kui Yang for all of his chips.
Mahoney had and Yang had . The board came 
and Mahoney was eliminated in 10th place. Yang broke the 1-million mark, after spending much of the day among the shorter stacks.
The players are now going on a 40-minute break. When play resumes the final nine will come back and play down to six.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,050,000 | 379,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 24
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
