Stephen Song opened to 80,000 in the cutoff and Quan Zhou called in the big blind with only 45,000 behind. On the 9♠8♠5♠ flop, Zhou check-called all-in and was ahead with 9♦5♦ for two pair against the Q♦9♣ of Song.
The 5♣ turn improved Zhou to a full house and the 6♠ river officially confirmed his double-up.
Stephen Song opened to 80,000 from early position and was called by William Jia in the hijack. It was then folded to Yang Liu, who shoved for just under 400,000 from the small blind. Song folded, but Jia called to put Liu at risk.
Yang Liu: A♥K♥
William Jia: 8♦8♠
The 3♥J♦A♣ flop vaulted Liu into the lead with a pair of aces and the 5♠ turn changed nothing; however the 8♣ appeared on the river — getting a collective gasp from everyone at the table as Jia made a set of eights to eliminate Liu in dramatic fashion.
Three players headed to a flop of A♥A♠Q♦ in a limped pot where Boxin Jin led out with a bet of 60,000 from the small blind with Q♥9♥. Weizheng Zhong called in the big blind A♦3♣ and the other player folded.
The turn was the 2♠ and Jin checked this time. Zhong counted out a bet of 70,000 and Jin called to see the Q♠ on the river. Both players made a full house and Jin checked. Zhong announced all in as the big stack and Jin went into the tank for his last 215,000 chips. Jin eventually made the right fold to survive but is now the short stack.
Quan Zhou open-jammed the button for 490,000 and Yiyu Zhou reluctantly called all-in for fewer than that out of the small blind.
Yiyu Zhou: 6♥6♠
Quan Zhou: A♣5♠
The J♣8♣3♦7♥K♣ board kept the shorter stack ahead as she doubled for 315,000 to leave the TLPT founder on fumes.
Level: 31
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
The two tables are switched once more for the next session and the updated counts of all remaining 15 players with the upcoming new blinds can be found below.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Nevan Chang | China | 775,000 | 19 |
| 1 | 2 | Stephen Song | United States | 1,100,000 | 28 |
| 1 | 3 | Bin Wang | China | 300,000 | 8 |
| 1 | 4 | William Jia | Australia | 1,800,000 | 45 |
| 1 | 5 | Quan Zhou | China | 480,000 | 12 |
| 1 | 6 | Yiyu Zhou | China | 315,000 | 8 |
| 1 | 7 | Yang Liu | China | 460,000 | 12 |
| 1 | 8 | Fangzhou Zhu | China | 1,700,000 | 43 |
| 2 | 1 | Xuecong Wu | China | 800,000 | 20 |
| 2 | 2 | Huan Wen | China | 255,000 | 6 |
| 2 | 3 | Zhanhui Zheng | China | 480,000 | 12 |
| 2 | 4 | Boxin Jin | China | 385,000 | 10 |
| 2 | 5 | Weizheng Zhong | China | 1,470,000 | 37 |
| 2 | 6 | Jin Zeng | China | 650,000 | 16 |
| 2 | 7 | Jiaming Zhao | China | 1,660,000 | 42 |
The final 15 players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break.
Action will get back underway at approximately 8:00 p.m. local time.
Huan Wen limped in from the small blind and Zhanhui Zheng checked his option to the A♦Q♥6♠ flop, which went check, check. On the 9♥ turn, Wen bet 60,000 and Zheng called before the former then bet the J♣ river for 150,000. Zheng reluctantly called and was shown the K♦K♥ by Wen, which he had beat with the Q♣9♠ for turned two pair.
William Jia raised to 60,000 from under the gun with A♥10♥ and Bin Wang was the only player to call from the big blind with 8♦4♦.
The flop came J♥6♥4♣ and Wang checked to Jia who continued with a bet of 45,000. Wang check-raised to 120,000 with bottom pair which happened to be the best hand at the time. However, Jia had the nut flush draw and moved all in, prompting a quick fold from Wang.
Jiaming Zhao opened to 70,000 from early position and was three-bet to 170,000 by Huan Wen in the cutoff. It was then folded to Weizheng Zhong, who announced he was all in for 1,400,000 from the big blind.
Zhao verified the amount before letting his hand go and Wen folded as well after a bit of thought to give Zhong the pot uncontested.
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