The board was all but rushed away and Xiajing Ji still had 
tabled while he had to pay off a full double to Kazuhiko Yotsushika. The latter had gone into showdown with 
and flopped two pair, aces and jacks, to run up a stack eventually.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
65,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Yilu Yuan and Robert Glasspool clashed with a coin flip for the tournament life of Glasspool.
Robert Glasspool: 
Yilu Yuan: 
The 
flop gave Glasspool a set, but he had to dodge hearts. Thanks to the 
turn and 
river, he did and let out a relieved "normally I never dodge these."
Yuri Ishida was less fortunate and sent her stack over to Wayne Zhang.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
183,500
|
183,500 |
|
115,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
65,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
Busted |
After a raise and a call, Daniel Smiljkovic three-bet the button to 35,000 and Xiajing Ji moved all in for around 100,000. The third player in the hand folded and Smiljkovic made the call.
Xiajing Ji: 
Daniel Smiljkovic: 
The board came 
and Smiljkovic faded the flush draw and one live card to send Ji to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Hirotaka Nakanishi had been all in for 37,500 and Mitsuhiro Shiga also jammed for more than that, while big stack Wayne Heung called to put two players at risk.
Hirotaka Nakanishi:
Mitsuhiro Shiga: 
Wayne Heung: 
The superior pocket pair held up on a board of 
to send two players to the rail.
One table over, Kenny Shih check-shoved into a bet of 20,000 by David Kwong Man on the 
flop and was called.
David Kwong Man: 
Kenny Shih:
Shih immediately improved with the 
turn and the 
river was a blank to see yet another player run out of chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
285,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Gen Nose doubled through Dong Guo and the latter departed soon after. Then, Phachara Wongwichit three-bet jammed the small blind and Nose in the big blind used two time banks before making the call for 122,000. The initial raiser folded and Wongwichit was in trouble.
Gen Nose:
Phachara Wongwichit: 
The board came 
and the initial raiser sighed with the words "I folded king-queen."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
50,000
-16,500
|
-16,500 |
|
Busted |
Keiji Takahashi has further pulled away at the top of the counts by sending at least two players to the rail and Yan Li has also chipped up significantly. Yongwei Mo four-bet all in for 114,500 and Huijie Zhou forfeited his three-bet to 26,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000
240,500
|
240,500 |
|
||
|
400,000
338,500
|
338,500 |
|
280,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
210,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
185,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
130,000
79,100
|
79,100 |
Michael Soyza jammed into Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar and the latter called for the last 208,500 to create a big pot over on table one.
Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar:
Michael Soyza: 
The board came 
and Soyza had to forfeit a big chunk of his stack.
"He four-bet jammed. It is only because of me, everyone else he flats," the Indian said soon after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
423,000
213,000
|
213,000 |
|
|
70,000
-210,000
|
-210,000 |
After losing the big pot not long ago, Phachara Wongwichit busted in the last hand before the break and the field has been reduced to the last 53 hopefuls. They are heading into a 10-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
