Chongxian Yang raised from under the gun and Sparrow Cheung shoved for around 120,000 from the middle position. Action folded back to Yang who made the call.
Sparrow Cheung: 
Chongxian Yang: 
The board ran out 
for Yang to hit the turn for a pair of jacks to eliminate Cheung.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
494,000 | 33,000 |
|
Busted |
| Table | Seat | Player | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ankit Ahuja | India |
| 1 | 2 | Chongxian Yang | China |
| 1 | 3 | Dhaval Mudgal | India |
| 1 | 4 | Sparrow Cheung | Hong Kong |
| 1 | 5 | Martin Stausholm | Denmark |
| 1 | 6 | Andres Korn | Argentina |
| 1 | 7 | Ngoc Anh Cao | Vietnam |
| 1 | 8 | Kannapong Thanarattrakul | Thailand |
| 2 | 1 | Hwany Lee | South Korea |
| 2 | 2 | Sahil Agarwal | India |
| 2 | 3 | Kyungkun Lee | South Korea |
| 2 | 4 | Kanishka Samant | India |
| 2 | 5 | Jiacheng Li | China |
| 2 | 6 | Zhiqiang Qian | China |
| 2 | 7 | Natalie Teh | Malaysia |
| 2 | 8 | Shigeji Kusakabe | Japan |
Ankit Ahuja (cutoff) and Piet Pape (small blind) were heads-up and all-in with Pape at risk for his last 170,000 or so.
Piet Pape: 
Ankit Ahuja:
The board ran out 
for Ahuja to hold with the higher kicker to send Pape to the rail.
With 16 players left, the third table has been broken up to balance the other two tables out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
437,000 | 223,000 |
|
Busted |
Shigeji Kusakabe had raised from the cutoff and Sparrow Cheung shoved from the small blind for 49,000 which Kusakabe called.
Sparrow Cheung:
Shigeji Kusakabe:
The flop came 
for Cheung to hit top pair.
The turn was the 
to give Kusabe a pair too.
The river completed the board with the to keep Cheung ahead and double him up as he sighed of relief.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
516,500 | -51,000 |
|
|
110,000 | 69,000 |
Victor Chong shoved from the cutoff for 82,000 and was called by Shigeji Kusakabe on the button.
Victor Chong: 
Shigeji Kusakabe:
The board ran out 
for Kusakabe to turn the higher pair of aces to send Chong to the rail
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
567,500 | 97,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ankit Ahuja | India | 214,000 | 36 |
| 1 | 3 | Dhaval Mudgal | India | 525,000 | 88 |
| 1 | 4 | Piet Pape | Germany | 182,000 | 30 |
| 1 | 5 | Martin Stausholm | Denmark | 222,500 | 37 |
| 1 | 8 | Kannapong Thanarattrakul | Thailand | 274,500 | 46 |
| 2 | 1 | Hwany Lee | South Korea | 156,500 | 26 |
| 2 | 2 | Sahil Agarwal | India | 345,000 | 58 |
| 2 | 3 | Kyungkun Lee | South Korea | 295,000 | 49 |
| 2 | 5 | Jiacheng Li | China | 250,500 | 42 |
| 2 | 6 | Zhiqiang Qian | China | 201,500 | 34 |
| 2 | 7 | Natalie Teh | Malaysia | 520,000 | 87 |
| 3 | 1 | Kanishka Samant | India | 235,500 | 39 |
| 3 | 2 | Andres Korn | Argentina | 178,500 | 30 |
| 3 | 3 | Sparrow Cheung | Hong Kong | 41,000 | 7 |
| 3 | 4 | Chongxian Yang | China | 461,000 | 77 |
| 3 | 5 | Ngoc Anh Cao | Vietnam | 372,000 | 62 |
| 3 | 6 | Victor Chong | Malaysia | 82,000 | 14 |
| 3 | 7 | Shigeji Kusakabe | Japan | 470,500 | 78 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
525,000 | |
|
520,000 | 74,000 |
|
|
470,500 | -10,500 |
|
|
461,000 | 160,000 |
|
372,000 | -86,000 |
|
345,000 | 237,000 |
|
295,000 | 85,000 |
|
274,500 | -21,500 |
|
250,500 | -11,500 |
|
235,500 | 126,500 |
|
222,500 | 98,500 |
|
|
214,000 | 7,500 |
|
201,500 | -13,500 |
|
|
182,000 | 28,500 |
|
178,500 | -28,000 |
|
156,500 | 36,500 |
|
|
82,000 | 9,000 |
|
|
41,000 | -80,000 |
The 18 remaining players have been sent for their first 15-minute break of the day.
In a hand that lasted into the break, Dong Chen was eliminated by Dhaval Mudgal with 
against Mudgal's 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
525,000 | 186,000 |
|
Busted |
Nang Quang Nguyen shoved from the button for 43,000 and was called by Jiacheng Li in the small blind.
Nang Quang Nguyen: 
Jiacheng Li: 
The board ran out 
for Nguyen to not get any help of the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
262,000 | 25,000 |
|
Busted |