Zong Wu was the shortest stack at risk in a three-way all-in over on table five that also included AO and Liu Cheng.
Zong Wu: A♦A♣ 
AO: K♦K♥
Liu Cheng: J♥10♦
The board ran out J♣9♣6♦7♥A♣ and Wu tripled up while AO doubled through Cheng for 338,000.
Cheng was then all-in with the A♥A♦ and AO was trying to finish the job with the A♣K♥. However, the aces held on the J♥9♦8♦K♣8♣ and Cheng doubled right back.
With just around 40,000 in the middle on the K♣10♠8♠ flop, Martin Nielsen ended up all-in and at risk for 312,000 against Zong Tao.
Martin Nielsen: A♣Q♠
Zong Tao: 9♠7♠
Tao had the open-ended straight flush draw but somehow didn't get there with the 8♦ turn and 8♣ river, as Nielsen dodged a ton of outs for the double.
The action escalated on multiple tables at once with a few minutes to go prior to the dinner break.
Dan Cates picked up a straight draw with 9♦8♠ on the Q♣7♣6♦ flop but Kobe's A♠A♥ stayed ahead on the J♣ turn and Q♥ river. The table was told to stop with just three players and Tom Dwan was moved over only to get knocked out by Kobe as well.
Dwan's A♦10♦ were up against J♠J♣ and they couldn't get there despite a mighty sweat on the K♦10♣9♦7♠9♠ board.
Quan Zhou was all-in and at risk for 235,000 with the A♥A♣ and had little to fear, as Denzel only held the 6♦6♣.
There was no threat on the K♦Q♦10♥Q♠9♠ runout and Zhou doubled.
The flipping for stacks has also commenced on table two and it was Zong Tang all-in for more than one full stack with the A♥J♣. CD looked him up with the Q♣Q♦ and the Q♥6♣6♠ flop all but locked it up.
No running aces followed with the 7♥ turn and 10♥ river, sending Tang to the rail. Both players instantly declared "cover, cover, cover" and the chips were pushed one spot over to CD as quickly.
The $5,000 Single Day NLH winner Yao Xiao had already entered for a second time and exhausted the first bullet. He then got it in with the K♥Q♦ and was up against Ai with the A♣A♥. The Q♣J♣10♥ flop gave Xiao more outs but the 8♠ turn and 8♦ river were not among them.
Dan Cates had re-entered to table three and got one shove through. He was then all-in preflop with the A♠K♠ against table chip leader Kobe, who had the interior A♥J♦. The board paired twice on the 9♦8♥7♣9♣7♠ and they chopped it up.
No longer on the table is Zong Bao, who may very well jump back in at some point.
Level: 8
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 5,000
CD earned a full double when his 9♦9♣ made a full house on the J♠9♥7♣K♥J♣ runout. On the same table, Zong Tang was trying to knock out two shorter stacks with K♣Q♣ versus A♦A♣ and J♦10♦. The A♥8♠6♦7♦10♠ board let both opponents survive.
Tang got his revenge against one of them the next hand with A♦9♦ versus K♣J♣, as he remained best on a board of 10♥9♠8♠6♦10♠.
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