Scott Janik opened in the hijack for 27,000. Sparrow Cheung shoved on his left for 134,000 more, and Janik thought briefly and called.
Janik: 
Cheung: 
A chop seemed all but assured until the 
flop gave Cheung a flush draw. No waiting, as the 
locked it up for him on the turn.
Yuki Ko raised to 26,000 from early position and Chengbei Li called from the big blind.
The flop came 
and Li checked. Ko bet 26,000 and Li called.
The turn brought the 
and both players checked.
The 
fell on the river and Li bet 32,000. Ko quickly called and Li showed 
for jack high while Ko flipped over 
for a pair of kings to take the pot.
Yuki Ko raised to 26,000 from early position and Wei Hsiang Yeu three-bet to 60,000 from the button. Ko called.
The flop came 
and Ko check-called a bet of 55,000 from Yeu.
The turn brought the 
and Ko checked. After some consideration, Yeu moved all in for about 280,000, Ko quickly folded, and Yeu took the chips.
Duming Tsai shoved all in from middle position for 138,000. Action folded to Sparrow Cheung in the big blind. After a couple of minutes of thought, he called.
Tsai: 
Cheung: 
Cheung's rail called for a queen, but none arrived on the 
community.
Masatoshi Tanaka got his stack in preflop against Chengbei Li who had him covered.
Tanaka: 
Li: 
Tanaka found himself in the ultimate preflop cooler situation and needed help from the deck in order to preserve his tournament life. The board ran out 
which was no help to Tanaka and Li took the pot to end his deep run in this event.
| Seat | Table 1 | Table 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dmitrii Kovalevskii | Chengbei Li |
| 2 | Scott Janik | Mitsuru Sano |
| 3 | Sparrow Cheung | Yuki Ko |
| 4 | Justin Chan | Hiroyuki Noda |
| 5 | Taehoon Han | Weikuo Hsiao |
| 6 | Duming Tsai | Wei Hsiang Yeu |
| 7 | Jwahyoung Kim | Xingbiao Zhu |
| 8 | Harunobu Kojima | Masatoshi Tanaka |
In what looked like a limped pot, Hiroyuki Noda bet 16,000 on a 
flop and Mitsuru Sano made it 35,000 to go. Noda called and checked the 
turn. Sano bet 85,000 and Noda raised to 230,000. Sano called after some thought. On the 
river, Noda tanked awhile and checked. Sano bet 150,000 and got a fairly fast fold from Noda.
At another table, former chip leader Ivan Leow busted. We got there too late to see exactly what happened, but Taehoon Han had shown down 
on a board that ran out king-high.
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Masatoshi Tanaka shoved from the button for 93,000 and Dmitrii Kovalevskii called from the small blind to put him at risk.
Tanaka: 
Kovalevskii: 
Tanaka was way behind with the smaller of the two pocket pairs and needed help from the deck to preserve his tournament life. The board ran out 
to give Tanaka threes full of sevens and he took the pot to double up.
Mitsuru Sano shoved all in from the button, covering both blinds. After a pained couple of minutes of tanking, Masanori Ishihara called off for about 100,000 in the big blind.
Sano:
Ishihara: 
Ishihara needed help but shook his head as an ace was in the window. However, the 
flop gave him a straight draw. The just missed Ishihara, and the was no help either.
At the neighboring table, Yuichi Sumida lost the last of his chips after doubling up Justin Chan when Chan got there with 
against 
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