Ryan Plant opened to 120,000 in the hijack and Mehdi Chaoui three-bet to 360,000 from the next seat. Plant called.
Plant checked on the flop of 4♠8♦10♦ and Chaoui bet 325,000. Plant called. Plant check-called again on the 7♠ turn as Chaoui sized up to 750,000.
Plant checked once more on the J♠ river and Chaoui moved all in for 750,000. Plant called. Chaoui showed 10♠10♣ for a set of tens as Plant was forced to show a no-good A♣A♦
Despite doubling on the bubble, Joseph Cheong never got out of the danger zone and was chipped back down to 355,000 when he pushed all-in. Ren Lin had joked to him from one table over "always short stack" prior to that, and Cheong was called by Yang Wang in the big blind.
Joseph Cheong: 10♦8♦
Yang Wang: A♦J♣
The A♣9♥7♦ flop was a tease with the open-ender, but the K♠ turn and 9♦ river failed to improve Cheong.
Aleksejs Ponakovs opened to 135,000 in middle position and Daniil Vasilev three-ebt to 350,000 in the cutoff. Jiang Wang then moved all in in the big blind with less and Ponakovs folded.
Jiang Wang: K♣10♦
Daniil Vasilev: A♥4♥
Wang never stood a chance as the board ran out 7♦7♣A♦6♣A♣ to give Vasilev a full house.
Haohui Ma opened the action to 125l000 and Emilien Pitavy three-bet to 360,000 on the button. Yuefeng Pan in the big blind four-bet to 900,000 and Ma got out of the way. Pitavy five-bet to 1,800,000 with two chips behind and Pan called. The last 10,000 went in after the J♦10♠9♠ flop.
Emilien Pitavy: A♦K♣
Yuefeng Pan: A♠Q♣
Pan had outs and gained even more of them with the †3s] turn. However, the 2♥ river was a blank and Pitavy nabbed the big pot with ace-king high.