Ting Shum Kwok jammed soon after he got back from dinner and Yuanchao Li three-bet all in for 125,000 to force out everyone else.
Ting Shum Kwok: 
Yuanchao Li: 
The board came 
and Kwok was eliminated before the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
Busted |
The next all in situation saw Yunye Lu at risk with the 
for an overpair on the 
flop. Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar had flopped top pair with 
and the turn and 
river were blanks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
390,000
258,500
|
258,500 |
|
220,000
-203,000
|
-203,000 |
Masaharu Tomita was all in with ace-queen and Chuanshu Chen had two live cards in 
. Chen flopped best on 
and the 
turn and 
river failed to improve Tomita, sending him to the rail in 30th place with 27 spots paid.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
Busted |
Down to the last 67,000, Jiaqi Chen ended up all in and at risk with the 
and had a flip against the of Kenny Shih.
Shih had some counterfit outs on the 
flop, but the 
turn and 
river kept Chen in the running. On the same table, Kazuhiko Yotsushika used the upcoming bubble to boost his stack by quite some margin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
670,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
|
335,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
The action has slowed down and several smaller stacks moved all in without being called. One of them was Chuanshu Chen, the other was Randy Lew via three-bet shove. There are still 29 players remaining with 27 in the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
130,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
After defending his big blind against an under-the-gun raise by Wayne Heung, Kensaku Takagi bet the 
river for 50,000 into a pot of 200,000. Heung reluctantly called and mucked when Takagi rolled over 
for top two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
151,000
-274,000
|
-274,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
The action has become even slower and Kensaku Takagi has claimed another pot. On a flop of 
, Hisashi Yamanouchi in the big blind and Takagi on the button both invested 75,000 to see the 
turn, which went check, check. On the 
river, Yamanouchi checked and folded to a bet of 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
410,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Since almost all of the four tables have been stalling, the tournament director has decided to start hand-for-hand two off the money.
Yilu Yuan bubbled the APPT Korea Main Event just one day ago and he almost suffered the same fate just now when he called the small blind shove of Randy Lew for the last 106,000.
Yilu Yuan:
Randy Lew: 
Lew improved on the 
flop, but the turn and river kept Yuan in the tournament, sending Lew on a short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
224,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
|
36,000
-84,000
|
-84,000 |
