Minutes into the penultimate level, Aaron Lim put local player Nicandro Filart at risk with the 
and the Filipino had the 
. The 
flop was a shock for the rail, but the 
turn and the 
river let them erupt with cheer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
560,000 | 30,000 |
|
300,000 | 110,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Seung Soo Jeon opened the action with a raise from the cutoff and APPT8 Seoul champion Chane Kampanatsanyakorn moved all in for 108,000 out of the small blind. Mike Kim in the big blind just called and Jeon let go.
Kampanatsanyakorn: 
Kim:
The board ran out 
and the Thai was sent to the rail in 34th place, leaving behind two former APPT champions in PokerStars Team Pro Vivian Im and Aaron Lim.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000 | 327,300 |
|
Busted |
Takuya Yamashita has had a decent last half an hour, coming from a half-average stack to now just over the average. The cards had already been rushed away and defending champion Thanh Ha Duong had the button in front of him but no chips anymore, biting into a sandwich.
According to the table, the Japanese min-raised from middle position and Duong three-bet shoved out of the blinds for what looked like 15 big blinds. Yamashita wasted little time to make the call with pocket kings and the Vietnamese's pocket sevens found no help on a dry board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000 | 115,000 |
|
Busted |
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Nicandro Filart checked a 
flop in a pot with Thanh Ha Duong and Seung Soo Jeon where some 55,000 had gone in the middle prior. Duong fired 40,000 at it, but could not shake Jeon.
Filart folded and the turn came the 
. Both players checked to the 
river where Duong did so again.
Jeon took about 30 seconds before betting 80,000. Duong made what appeared to be a reluctant call, and mucked when Jeon showed him .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
680,000 | -5,000 |
|
|
160,000 | -180,000 |
Svein Jorgen Kristensen was first all in blind for his last 10,000 as 1,000 chips had gone for the ante. He got two opponents in Mital Chandihok and Thanh Ha Duong, who both checked down the raised pot on a board of 
. Chandihok's won the side pot versus 
while the Kristensen turned over , he didn't even know his cards prior to the final showdown.
Then, the "mad Norwegian" shoved fo4 45,000 and Nicandro Filart reshoved for 128,000 to enforce folds all around. Kristensen had only seen the and his second hole card was the . Filart's 
scored the knockout on a board of 
and the table was greeted with a "thank you guys and girls, good luck" before Kristensen left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000 | 70,000 |
|
Busted |
Winfred Yu called a 16,000 chip open from Ying Lin Chua on the button and they went heads-up to a 
flop.
Chua continued for 26,000 and Yu called, sending them to the 
turn. Chua tapped the table with a check, allowing Yu to take the lead with a 50,000-chip bet. Chua called and the river came the .
Chua checked again, almost beating Yu to the pot with a call when he fired out 110,000. Yu turned over 
for the rivered flush. Chua mucked, having been left relatively short as Yu climbed up to 750,000 and into the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000 | 160,000 |
|
160,000 | -220,000 |
Three players have been eliminated at almost the same time while Svein Jorgen Kristensen got reduced to just over one big blind as well. The Norwegian open-shoved from late position with the 
and Takuya Yamashita called from one seat over in the hijack with the 
.
The board ran out 
, which gave the Japanese a full house. He doubled for 101,000 chips and Kristensen was all in for 112,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
245,000 | 182,400 |
|
|
11,000 | -379,000 |
Mital Chandihok defended his big blind and check-raised the 
flop to call all in for 219,000 with the . Sebastien Clot went into the showdown with 
and it turned out that he actually had less chips. The turn and river bricked to send Clot to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000 | 145,000 |
|
Busted |
Vivian Im went from chip leader to relatively short over the past few levels, but has stopped the bleeding now.
The hand that did the trick started with Im raising to 22,000 and Hiroyuki Noda making the call. The flop came 
and Im continued for 21,000. Noda called and the turn came the .
Im led again, putting 34,000 into the middle. Noda called and the river brought the . Im fired again, making it 48,000 and after a minute of thought, Noda tossed in calling chips.
Im turned over 
having fired four barrels at it while finding a way to going runner-runner to make a king-high flush. Noda mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000 | 90,000 |
|
160,000 | -60,000 |
