Hamish Crawshaw, 6-Max champion Qiang Fu and last year's runner up in this very event, Matthew Wakeman, have joined the action and brought the field size up to 26 entries in total.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 |
First to act, John Thomson raised to 700 and Jason Gray in the cutoff three-bet to 2,200. Thomson gave it some consideration and four-bet to 7,900, and Gray moved all in. Thomson snap-called and was the player at risk for 49,400.
John Thomson: 
Jason Gray: 
Gray was freerolling after the 
flop and indeed hit the miracle 
turn and 
river run out to eliminate Thomson.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
106,000
52,700
|
52,700 |
|
Busted |
The board read 
with around 30,000 in the middle already. Both Matthew Wakeman in mid-position and David Wang in the hijack checked. The river completed the board with the 
for Wakeman to shove and Wang to fold immediately
The hand after, Wakeman raised from under the gun and Qiang Fu three-bet to 2,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Wakeman made the call. The flop brought them the 
, Wakeman check-called the 2,600 continuation-bet of Fu. The turn was the 
, Wakeman checked again. Fu took some time to consider his options and then decided to continue with a bet of 6,000. Wakeman quickly folded.
Shortly after, Wang was moved to the feature table to balance it out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
62,100
12,100
|
12,100 |
|
|
60,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
19,400
-19,100
|
-19,100 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
On a flop of 
, Zuxian Zhao checked and called a bet of 2,500 by Tom Rafferty to see the 
turn. Both players opted to check and also did so on the river. Zhao turned over the 
and that won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
62,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Amir Abbas raised to 1,000 from mid-position and Tom Rafferty three-bet to 3,000 from the hijack. Action folded back to Abbas who made the call.
The flop came 
, Abbas check-raised the 2,100 continuation-bet of Rafferty to 6,500. Rafferty folded immediately.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
59,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
51,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
Hamish Crawshaw raised to 900 and Nauvneel Kashyap on the button made it 2,200 to go. Amir Abbas in the small blind called, as did Crawshaw. The three players checked the 
flop and a bet of 4,400 by Abbas on the 
turn forced two folds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
62,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
43,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
29,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
David Wang got his last 19,600 in and was called by Gautam Dhingra with the bigger stack.
David Wang: 
Gautam Dhingra: 
The board read 
for Dhingra to hold the higher flush to eliminate Wang from the High Roller.
Shortly after, Hamish Crawshaw was moved to the feature table to balance it out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,500
26,300
|
26,300 |
|
|
Busted |
Ebon Bokody opened to 1,000 in the hijack and Tom Rafferty called in the cutoff. On a 
flop, a 1,400 bet by Bokody was called and he then bet the turn to force a fold from Rafferty.
One hand later, Bokody raised to 1,000 once more and Dale Marsland three-bet to 3,200 on the button. Bokody made the call and checked the 
flop, Marsland tossed in a bet of 3,500 and that ended the hand right there.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
64,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
51,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
39,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
The board read with 3,100 in the middle.
Rory Young checked in the small blind, Sean Ragozzini bet 2,000 in the big blind which Michael O'Grady called from the hijack and so did Young.
The turn brought them the for them to all check through. Young tabled for two pair, fours and deuces. Ragozzini mucked but O'Grady turned over 
for the higher two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
64,300
23,600
|
23,600 |
|
||
|
41,800
-6,600
|
-6,600 |
|
33,400
-11,100
|
-11,100 |