In the first hand back from the break, Lei Yu opened to 13,000 from under the gun and Gavin three-bet jammed out of the big blind to get snapped off. Gavin already laughed as he knew he was in deep trouble.
Gavin: 10♥2♥ 
Lei Yu: 10♠10♣
The suited ten needed a lot of help, yet Gavin was drawing dead on the turn of a 8♦6♥6♣8♠9♠ runout to depart moments into the new level.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | Stephen Song | United States | 895,000 | 149 |
| 2 | 2 | Quan Zhou | China | 192,000 | 32 |
| 2 | 3 | Gavin | China | 129,000 | 22 |
| 2 | 5 | Lei Yu | China | 168,000 | 28 |
| 2 | 6 | Bin Leng | China | 160,000 | 27 |
| 2 | 7 | Yisha Chen | China | 385,000 | 64 |
| 2 | 8 | Christopher Park | United States | 580,000 | 97 |
| 3 | 1 | James Mendoza | Philippines | 532,000 | 89 |
| 3 | 2 | Gary Thompson | Ireland | 228,000 | 38 |
| 3 | 3 | Taylor Black | United States | 1,016,000 | 169 |
| 3 | 4 | Daniel Cates | United States | 368,000 | 61 |
| 3 | 5 | Patrik Demus | Hungary | 277,000 | 46 |
| 3 | 8 | Dominik Nitsche | Germany | 117,000 | 20 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
The remaining 13 players have been sent on a 15-minute break.
Yisha Chen raised from the cutoff to get called only by Stephen Song in the small blind. Song check-raised the K♥9♠4♦ flop from 10,000 to 35,000 and Chen called. Both opted to check the 10♠ on the turn and Song then fired a big bet of 150,000 on the 3♦ river.
Chen burned through three time banks and then folded.
Dominik Nitsche limped in the cutoff holding 7♠7♥ and Taylor Black checked his option with Q♥J♠ in the big blind.
Black check-called a 5,000 bet from Nitsche on the 3♠Q♣10♦ flop and a 14,000 bet from Nitsche on the A♥ turn.
The 2♠ filled the river and Black checked a final time. Nitsche fired 61,000 into the middle, leaving himself just 1,000 behind.
Black went into the tank and burned a couple time extensions before landing on a fold and Nitsche collected the pot.
Taylor Black made it 11,000 to go from the cutoff and Istvan Birizdo three-bet to 35,000 with 132,000 behind from the big blind. The initial raiser double-checked his cards once more and Black just called to see the 8♠4♦3♥ on the flop.
Birizdo bet 22,000 and Black continued his slow play to just call ahead of the 10♣ on the turn. With 121,000 in the middle and 110,000 behind, Birizdo bet 40,000 and Black min-raised. The eventual shove by the Hungarian followed and Black instantly called.
Istvan Birizdo: K♠K♥
Taylor Black: A♣A♠
The river was the 9♥ and Birizdo bowed out in cruel fashion, while Black reached seven figures.
Dominik Nitsche limped in with the A♥6♥ and then called a raise to 20,000 by Dan Cates with the A♣J♠. On the 10♥7♠7♣ flop, Nitsche check-called for 15,000 and checked the 2♣ on the turn. Cates bet 25,000 and earned a snap-fold.
Bin Leng raised to 11,000 and Quan Zhou just called to see a flop of J♠3♠2♦, on which Zhou check-called for 9,500. After the 8♦ turn, Zhou checked again and faced a bet of 15,500. Zhou asked for the stack size of his countryman and check-raised to then see Leng call all-in for 52,000.
Bin Leng: A♠A♥
Quan Zhou: K♠K♣
The river was the 7♦ and Leng doubled while both players chuckled about the hand.
In a single-raised pot to the 9♣7♥7♣ flop, Christopher Park and Stephen Song checked. They did so again on the K♥ turn and Park also checked the K♦ on the river. Song bet 18,000 but folded when he was check-raised to 53,000.
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