Chengbei Li got his stack in before the flop against Xingbiao Zhu, who had him covered.
Li:
Zhu:
Zhu had a big lead with his pocket kings and Li needed help from the deck to preserve his tournament life. The board ran out which was no help to Li and Zhu took the pot to end Li's deep run in this event.
With a substantial pot of about 240,000 already brewing and the board reading , Harunobu Kojima checked from the small blind to his lone opponent, Scott Janik, who was under the gun. Janik bet 70,000 and Kojima called.
The fell on the river and Kojima bet 200,000. After brief consideration, Janik called and tabled for a turned set of threes which was good enough to win the pot against Kojima's for ace high.
Three players checked a flop, and Weikuo Hsiao checked the turn from the small blind. Big blind Wei Hsiang Yeu bet 60,000. That chased away the player on the button, but Hsiao woke up with a min-raise to 120,000. Yeu called. On the river, Hsiao bet 145,000. Yeu went deep into the tank but called after about two minutes.
With about 110,000 already in the middle and the board reading , Yuki Ko bet 80,000 from the small blind into his lone opponent, Hiroyuki Noda, who was in the big blind, and he went into the tank. After over a minute, he called.
The river brought the and Ko took about a minute to consider his decision before he shoved, putting Noda to a decision for his stack. Noda folded and Ko took the chips.
On the first hand dealt after cards were back in the air, Sparrow Cheung opened to 60,000 from middle position and Taehoon Han three-bet to 145,000 from the cutoff. Cheung shoved and Han called instantly with a very slightly larger stack to put Cheung at risk.
Cheung:
Han:
Cheung found himself trailing Han's pocket aces and needed help from the deck in order to preserve his tournament life. The board ran out which wasn't what Cheung wanted to see. After the stacks were verified, Han took the pot to end Cheung's deep run in this event.
Yuki Ko opened to 44,000 in middle position. Wei Hsiang Yeu three-bet to 103,000 in the small blind. Ko shoved all in and Yeu sighed, counted out his stack of about 400,000, and pushed it in.
Yeu:
Ko:
The flip was on and it looked like it would go to Yeu without a sweat when flopped to give him a set. The turn even gave him a flush draw, but everyone at the table was shocked when the fell to make Ko a backdoor straight.
Yuki Ko raised to 48,000 from under the gun and Mitsuru Sano called from the big blind.
The flop fell and both players checked.
The turn brought the and Sano checked. Ko bet 90,000 and Sano check-raised to 220,000, sending Ko into the tank. After about a minute, he folded and Sano took the chips.
Hiroyuki Noda got his short stack in the middle before the flop against both Weikuo Hsiao and Xingbiao Zhu, both of whom had him covered.
Zhu and Hsiao checked all the way down as the board ran out . Noda announced "queen high" and Hsiao tabled , which had both players beat since Zhu flipped over , so Hsiao took the pot to end Noda's deep run in this tournament.
With Noda's elimination, the remaining nine players have reached the unofficial final table. The clock is presently paused and the final table seat draw will be posted shortly.
which was no help to Li and Zhu took the pot to end Li's deep run in this event.
, Harunobu Kojima checked from the small blind to his lone opponent, Scott Janik, who was under the gun. Janik bet 70,000 and Kojima called.
fell on the river and Kojima bet 200,000. After brief consideration, Janik called and tabled 
for a turned set of threes which was good enough to win the pot against Kojima's 
for ace high.
flop, and Weikuo Hsiao checked the 
river, Hsiao bet 145,000. Yeu went deep into the tank but called after about two minutes.
for a set to take the pot.
and Ko took about a minute to consider his decision before he shoved, putting Noda to a decision for his stack. Noda folded and Ko took the chips.
which wasn't what Cheung wanted to see. After the stacks were verified, Han took the pot to end Cheung's deep run in this event.
fell to make Ko a backdoor straight.
and both players checked.
. Noda announced "queen high" and Hsiao tabled 
, so Hsiao took the pot to end Noda's deep run in this tournament. 
