From under the gun, Jacques Zaicik raised all in for 84,000. Ying Kit Chan made the call from the small blind with the 
, and Zaicik held the 
.
The flop, turn and river ran out 
, and Zaicik doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
610,000 | 82,000 |
|
175,000 | 51,000 |
In a blind battle between Alan Sass and Tsugunari Toma the board read 
when the former moved all in. Tsugunari snap-called and Sass reluctantly turned over his 
. Tsugunari showed 
and slammed his cards on the table. Sass lost this huge pot and is now one of the short stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000 | 210,000 |
|
130,000 | -278,000 |
Action folded over to Tri Huynh in the small blind, and he put in a raise to 20,000. In the big blind was Xing Zhou, and he called to see the 
flop come down. Huynh bet 45,000, and Zhou raised all in. With about 130,000 behind, Huynh quickly called.
Huynh tabled the 
for an overpair of queens. Unfortunately, Zhou out-flopped him with the 
for two pair.
The turn was the 
, and the river was the 
. Huynh's queens went down in a blaze, and he was sent to the payout desk to collect his 11th-place money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Action folded to Mike Watson in the small blind, and he raised all in for his last 70,000 or so. Alan Sass looked down at the and quickly made the call. Watson was all in with the 
.
The flop gave Sass top set wtih the 
falling. Watson was now looking for a ten to complete a straight draw, but couldn't find it when the 
and 
fell on the turn and river.
Watson was eliminated in 12th place for HKD$303,000, and Sass climbed to over 400,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
408,000 | 82,500 |
|
Busted |
| Seat | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Hinrichsen |
| 2 | Tim Alner |
| 3 | Michael Kanaan |
| 4 | Empty |
| 5 | Tri Huynh |
| 6 | Empty |
| 7 | Xing Zhou |
| 8 | Empty |
| 9 | Andrew Gaw |
| 1 | Jacques Zaicik |
| 2 | Mike Watson |
| 3 | Empty |
| 4 | Alan Sass |
| 5 | Tsugunari Toma |
| 6 | Ying Kit Chan |
| 7 | Henry Wang |
| 8 | Empty |
| 9 | Empty |
Michael Kanaan was just the first player to jump across the seven-figure mark. He has a strong lead with two shorthanded tables fighting for the nine spots at the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,020,000 | 50,000 |
The final Team PokerStars Pro standing was just eliminated in 13th place. Raymond Wu grinded his short stack for quite some time before he decided to move all in. Xing Zhou raised to 16,500 from the cutoff after which Wu put his 117,500-chip stack into the middle. The other players folded and Zhou quickly called.
Raymond Wu: 
Xing Zhou: 
The board ran out 
and Wu was knocked out. Just 12 players remain.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
655,000 | 95,000 |
|
Busted |
Ying Kit Chan opened with a raise to an unknown amount out of middle position, and Michael Kanaan reraised to 41,500 in the cutoff seat. Action then moved to Mike Watson in the small blind, and he reraised to 86,000. Play folded back to Kanaan, and he took his time before moving all in. Watson called, but his 
was no good against the 
for Kanaan.
The board ran out 
, and Kanaan's aces held up. He was all in for 470,500, which netted him a massive double and left Watson with just 79,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
970,000 | 445,000 |
|
|
79,000 | -501,000 |
From under the gun, Michael Kanaan raised to 16,000. Ying Kit Chan reraised to 40,000 from the small blind, and Kanaan made the call.
The flop came down 
, and Chan bet 55,000. Kanaan made the call.
On the turn, Chan checked, and Kanaan bet 100,000 even. Chan took some time, then folded, and Kanaan won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
528,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
525,000 | -103,000 |
Andrew Hinrichsen raised under the gun to 16,000 and the action was folded to Xing Zhou on the button. Zhou three-bet to 39,500 and both blinds folded.
The dealer had pulled the bets in right away, and it took Hinrichsen a while to figure out what his next raise was going to be. Eventually he settled on 83,000 and the pressure was back on Zhou.
Zhou went into the tank for quite some time before he put out a five-bet to 198,000 on top of his initial 39,500. Hinrichsen tanked for two minutes, but he didn't pull the trigger. Zhou took down this big pot as Hinrichsen slipped down a little.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
560,000 | 70,000 |
|
361,000 | -95,000 |
