At the start of the new level, hand-for-hand mode was initiated two spots away from the money and even before that was the case, there was an all-in over on table five.
Kobe applied pressure and Guang Hui Luo called all-in for 175,000 on the button.
Guang Hui Luo: A♠A♣ 
Kobe: Q♠8♠
The aces had a sweat on the 10♦8♥7♥J♥10♥ board but held up.
Level: 19
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 60,000
Joy limped off 20 antes and Da Seng Sun used his huge stack to move all-in. Zong Tao and Ke Xu tank-folded, as did Joy.
Over on table three, Duan jammed just 340,000 in the cutoff and Dan Cates called on the button.
Duan: A♠8♠
Dan Cates: K♠9♣
The board ran out A♣10♥7♥10♣K♥ and Duan doubled.
Gavin limped in first to act and Quan Zhou did so from the cutoff, Fei Xu checked on the button. On a K♠K♥10♣ flop, Gavin checked and Zhou bet 165,000. Xu quickly folded, Gavin used two time banks and let go as well.
Ming Zhong Liu raised to 320,000 and Da Seng Sun called. Zong Tao used three time bank extensions in the cutoff and sigh-folded. Liu bet a jack-high flop and won the pot. All three tables now have very cagey slow action as the near bubble action grinds to a halt.
Level: 18
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 50,000
Kobe raised to 210,000 first to act and was called by Esti Wang on the button. They checked the A♣A♦8♠ flop and Wang folded the 10♥ turn when Kobe bet 300,000.
Over on table four, a pot of around 1.5 million chips developed to the 8♥6♥6♣9♦ turn. Ming Zhong Liu pushed all-in for 1,170,000 and Ke Xu tank-folded.
Kobe then jammed in the cutoff and Aori called all-in for 1,590,000 on the button.
Aori: A♦Q♦
Kobe: 9♦9♠
The A♣K♣10♠8♥J♠ runout gave Aori broadway for another double.
Kobe moved all-in when folded to in the cutoff and Aori called all-in for the last 715,000 on the button.
The K♠Q♥ of Aori were ahead versus 10♥9♠ but fell behind on the A♣9♥8♥ flop. Nothing changed with the 6♣ turn but the Q♣ river gave Aori the superior pair to survive.
With the cards on their backs, Duan was all-in and at risk with the A♥K♦. Gavin put him to the test with the 9♥6♣ but Duan made broadway on the J♦10♣7♥Q♦6♠ runout.
Kobe continued his open-shoving and found no callers while table three produced a medium-sized pot between Dan Cates and Fei. Xu. They checked down the K♥J♦9♥A♠ turn and 8♣ with Cates tabling the winner in K♦10♠.
Since returning from the break, the imminent bubble has slowed down the action significantly.
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