With a substantial pot of about 35,000 already brewing on a completed board of 
, Scott Janik was in the hijack and facing a decision for 15,000 chips from an opponent in middle position. After some consideration, Janik called and his opponent tabled 
for a rivered pair of tens, which was good enough to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
191,000 | 3,500 |
Randy Lew raised to 3,600 from the hijack and both blinds called.
The flop came 
and action checked to Lew. He bet 4,500 and the small blind folded fairly quickly. After a bit of thought, the big blind did the same, and Lew took the pot to put his stack over the 100,000-chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
101,700 | 23,700 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
A player under the gun moved all in for 16,900, and action folded to Lawrence Chung in the small blind. He put in a call, and the big blind folded.
Chung: 
Under the gun: 
The 
flop improved neither player, but the 
turn brought a chance for a chop if another diamond hit. However, the river was a 
, and Chung scored the knockout after previously getting unlucky with kings against ace-king in a preflop all in.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
77,000 |
Randy Lew opened to 2,600 from middle position and Wingkei Chan, who was next to act, three-bet to 6,800. Action folded back to Lew and after a few moments of consideration, he called.
The flop fell 
and Lew checked. Chan bet 7,500 and Lew folded fairly quickly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
78,000 | -15,000 |
|
58,500 |
A player in the big blind defended against Randy Lew's button raise, and Lew bet 2,500 into about 8,000 on a 
flop. The big blind called and a fell. This time, the big blind came out betting with 4,500. Lew tossed in a call, and both players checked after the 
hit.
The big blind showed 
, having paired up on the end, but Lew had him in bad shape the whole way with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
93,000 | 29,000 |
Wei Hsiang Yeu opened to 1,700 from the cutoff, the button called, and Scott Janik three-bet to 8,200 from the small blind. Yeu called and the button called, as well.
The flop fell 
and Janik tossed out a bet of 15,600. Yeu folded after a bit of thought, the button did the same shortly thereafter, and Janik took the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
187,500 | 117,500 |
|
116,800 | 12,400 |
In a three-bet pot, Yuto Watanabe bet 6,200 from the button on a 
flop, and his opponent in the cutoff called. Watanabe checked back the turn, and the river put trips on board. The player in the cutoff bet 8,000, and Watanabe thought about 15 seconds before putting in a call. The cutoff showed 
, but Watanabe had 
and took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
107,000 | 21,000 |
Joshua Lebowtiz and another player got all the chips in before the flop, Lebowitz with the larger of the two stacks.
Lebowitz: 
Opponent:
Lebowitz had the preflop advantage but needed to win the coin flip in order to eliminate his opponent. The board ran out 
and Lebowitz took the pot to send his opponent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
44,100 | 44,100 |
Nobuyuki Okuda got all in from the small blind with 
and was flipping against a player in the big blind who had 
. The 
did nothing for Okuda, but the brought him a flush draw. A river paired him for a double, leaving his opponent with just 1,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
63,100 | 32,000 |
