Carnage Before the Break
There were three back-to-back massive hands before the break that saw lots of chips change hands. Danny Tang endured a nasty blind versus blind cooler against Sahashi Hideki that saw all the chips go in. Tang held 
but unfortunately for the Hong Kong player, Hideki had 
and Tang dropped down to 550,000.
Then Eugene Co earned a full double from Zhao Yanchao. Co was the initial aggressor with 
and Yanchao called in position with 
. The 
flop saw Co check call a 100,000 Yanchao bet and the 
hit the turn.
Co check-called again, with Yanchao betting 200,000 this time. The 
river saw Co make the nut flush and open ship and Yanchao beat him into the pot, only to discover the bad news. Co climbed to 2.1 million.
Then Yanchao and Sahahsi Hideki tangled with all the chips finding their way into the middle once again. It was Yanchao the man to shove first with 
and the Japanese player looked him up with 
.
Yanchao hit two pair on the 
flop and the 
turn and 
river saw the Chinese player climb to 800,000 while Hideki dropped down to 2.58 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,580,000 | 1,400,000 |
|
2,100,000 | 1,150,000 |
|
800,000 | -1,300,000 |