Sparrow Cheung got his stack in against Xingbiao Zhu, who had him well covered, and the cards were already on their backs with the board reading . Cheung held for bottom set but was in bad shape against Zhu, who held for middle set. The turn and river changed nothing and Zhu took the pot to end Cheung's run in this tournament.
Five players saw a flop of with about 80,000 chips already in the pot. Xingbiao Zhu checked from the small blind and Daniel Demicki moved all in from the big blind for 88,000. Horzuchi Yutaka was next to act and he folded, as did Randy Lew from the hijack followed by Kazuhiko Yotsushika from the button and Zhu, and Demicki took the pot.
With a substantial pot of about 210,000 already brewing and the board reading , Boyuan Qu was in the hijack and heads-up against Kazuhiko Yotsushika in the cutoff. Qu checked and Yotsushika jammed for about 300,000. After some thought, Qu folded and Yotsushika showed as he took the chips.