On one table, Edwin Nava shipped it in over a Czardy Rivera raise and Hiroshi Naito shipped it in for more. Rivera folded and it was Nava's against Naito's . Big slick held on a board.
Meanwhile, over on the other table, Anyang Xu ended up all in preflop with against Michael Guzzardi's and big slick lost on a run out.
Tolon Wilson Mantupar open shoved for 58,000 and Daniel Giang made the call with .
Mantupar took the lead on the flop, but Giang picked up a flush draw on the turn. On the end the came down giving Giang a straight, sending Mantupar home and the field is now combining to the two final tables of nine.
Mike Takayama made it 17,000 and Jiajie Liang called in the big blind. The flop came and after Liang checked, Takayama pushed out a stack of yellow 5,000 chips.
Liang pushed in, Takayama called and the cards were turned over. It was in the lead for Liang against Takayama's but the turn changed everything.
Takayama suddenly had top pair and busted Liang after the river.
The very next hand Takayama called a shove from a short stack with against the shorty's and used a little run good sauce to bust him on the run out.
On the turn of a three-way pot Maria Bernadette Lina fired 45,000 with a sizable amount already in the middle and the board reading .
Both Mike Takayama and Daniel Belov called. Lin checked the river, but Takayama bet 53,000 sending Belov deep into the tank. Eventually he called and after Lina folded, Takayama showed .
Belov turned over and scooped the massive pot to vault into the chip lead.