Richard Yong peeled 
on the button and he puts his 96,000 in play, facing off against Andrew Robl with 
.
Robl was awarded a safe runout of 
and improved to 378,000 while Yong fired a new bullet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
378,000
181,000
|
181,000 |
|
100,000 |
With the action picked up on the 
in a four-way limped pot, Jason Koon checked to Ben Lamb who fired 17,000. Devan Tang folded but Gabe Patgorski raised to 48,000 in position. Koon folded and Lamb used a time extension before making the call.
The river was the 
and Lamb checked to his opponent. Patgorski slid in a tower of 25,000-denomination chips to cover Lamb's remaining 133,000 and Lamb quickly called. He showed 
for a rivered straight and Patgorski mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
398,000
288,000
|
288,000 |
|
||
|
350,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
Xuan Tan limped 
under the gun and Richard Yong jammed from the next seat, making it 76,000 with 
. Xuan looked him up.
The 
board gave Tan full house and Yong was eliminated. He rejoined the action after a pitstop at the registration desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
689,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
|
100,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
Ivan Leow was all in for 320,000 in the cutoff, holding 
but ran into the 
of Alan Sass who picked up the high pair on the button. Sass had Leow covered and put him at risk.
The 
flop was great for Sass as Leow needed running cards to catch up. He was offered the 
on the turn to sweat a nine-ball but the locked it for Sass who increased his stack to 906,000. Leow fired a new bullet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
906,000
448,000
|
448,000 |
|
100,000
204,000
|
204,000 |
Cary Katz ended up all in preflop for 165,000, holding 
. He was a big favorite against the 
of Devan Tang but it's hardly over in the Triton Hold'em.
The flop came down and Tang's chances grew rapidly when the hit the turn.
"Oh f***, Cary. It's never easy!" Jason Koon commentated.
But the river missed Tang's outs and Katz doubled up. "Made it!" Koon said.
"Good sweat," Katz said in a calm voice while waiting for the dealer to ship him the chips from Tang.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
||
|
45,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
Phil Ivey was in the cutoff, peeling and he moved all in for 86,000. Paul Phua accepted his bid from the hijack and while he trailed, his was very much live.
The 
flop was good for Ivey but Phua could still catch some good cards on the turn. But he got the worst instead as the sealed it for Ivey. The river was irrelevant and Ivey stacked his newly earned chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
||
|
190,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
||
Paul Phua limped under the gun, Phil Ivey overlimped and Wai Kin Yong checked on the button.
Ivey fired 15,000 on the 
flop and Yong jammed. Phua folded within a second and Ivey put his chips into the middle just as fast.
Ivey: 
Yong: 
"Freeroll!" Yong said, hoping to catch running clubs. But his freeroll was over when the turn came out and they chopped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
225,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
105,000
111,000
|
111,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 6
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 4,000
Xuan Tan opened to 21,000 under the gun and Winfred Yu was in the hijack with . He moved all in for 137,000 and action folded back to Tan who decided to call with 
The board ran out and that gave Tan two pair while Yu just held ace-high. That meant that Yu would be forced to use one of his reload bullets while Tan moved to 424,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
424,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
100,000 |
Four-way to the 
, Jason Koon checked in the first position and Gabe Patgorski fired 30,000. Cary Katz raised to 62,000 in the cutoff, prompting a fold from Romain Arnaud on the button. Koon, however, cold-called and Patgorski also matched the price.
The dealer turned up the 
river and Koon front-shoved 110,000. Patgorski quickly folded but Katz paused for a while. He used two timebanks before finally tossing his cards into the muck, leaving the pot to Koon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
||
|
|
240,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
||
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