With a substantial pot of about 18,000 already brewing and the board reading , Boyuan Qu checked from the cutoff and Antti Halme bet 6,500 from the button. Qu check-raised to 18,700, and after a few moments of thought, Halme jammed. The two players had nearly even stacks and Qu called to put himself at risk. He tabled , which was far ahead of Halme's . The turn and river were no help to Halme and Qu took the pot to double up.
Halme was left with just 1,600 chips and busted shortly thereafter.
Pete Chen, who has already made two final tables at PokerStars Festival Korea, entered this tournament late and recently lost his stack to Albert Paik. The board read and when the cards were turned over, Paik showed for a flopped set and Chen mucked.