Alex Lee was down to only 900,000 and got those in from the cutoff with Philipp Zukernik looking him up from the big blind.
Alex Lee: K♦6♠ 
Philipp Zukernik: 9♣6♦
The 10♥9♥8♣8♥4♦ board ended the run of Lee in fifth place for 3,201,000 THB.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000,000
6,000,000
|
6,000,000 |
|
Busted |
Philipp Zukernik open-jammed for the last 16,000,000 from the cutoff and Alex Lee called in the small blind with the marginally covering stack.
Philipp Zukernik: A♥5♦
Alex Lee: A♦K♦
The A♣Q♣9♦ flop gave both players the top pair and the 8♥ turn changed nothing. With three outs left, Zukernik spiked the 5♣ on the river and then jumped out of his chair in celebration. Lee was left with a fraction of a big blind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
36,000,000
13,000,000
|
13,000,000 |
|
|
900,000
16,100,000
|
16,100,000 |
Haoran Sun limped the 10♦4♠ and Alex Lee checked with the K♣9♥ in the big blind. On the 6♣5♦3♦ flop, Sun check-called for 1,800,000 and spiked his straight with the 2♥ turn. Sun bet 4,000,000 into 8,400,000 and Lee folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000,000
8,100,000
|
8,100,000 |
|
|
17,000,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
Level: 39
Blinds: 800,000/1,600,000
Ante: 1,600,000
Haoran Sun raised to 2,500,000 from under the gun with the Q♣10♣ and Duhan Lee called in the cutoff with the A♦J♥. The 8♠7♦5♠ flop saw Sun bet 2,000,000 and Lee call.
Sun then jammed the K♥ turn with the covering stack and Lee had to lay it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,900,000
6,900,000
|
6,900,000 |
|
8,700,000
7,500,000
|
7,500,000 |
|
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From under the gun, Philipp Zukernik pushed all-in for 11,000,000 and the action folded to Atsunobu Konishi in the big blind, who was covered and asked for an exact count. Once that was taken care of, Konishi used four time bank extensions and then sigh-called for his last 9,800,000.
Atsunobu Konishi: A♥9♥
Philipp Zukernik: 10♠10♦
The 7♣4♦2♦ flop changed nothing while the Q♦ turn took away one out for the Japanese player. He didn't get there with the 3♣ river and Konishi had to settle for sixth place with 2,442,000 THB in travel funds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,000,000
9,000,000
|
9,000,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 38
Blinds: 600,000/1,200,000
Ante: 1,200,000
The action folded to Allen Nielsen in the small blind and he pushed all-in for 3,600,000 and he was instantly called by Haoran Sun in the big blind.
Allen Nielsen: Q♥J♥
Haoran Sun: K♠K♣
The A♦J♠2♣8♠A♣ board delivered no help to Nielsen and he bowed out in seventh place for 1,879,000 THB, while Sun further extended his lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,000,000
5,000,000
|
5,000,000 |
|
Busted |
Hong Cai opened to 2,000,000 with the Q♦Q♣ and was called by Haoran Sun in the big blind with the A♥J♠. The A♠10♦5♣ flop was checked and Sun then bet the 3♣ turn for 2,000,000 to claim the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,000,000
3,000,000
|
3,000,000 |
|
11,000,000
5,000,000
|
5,000,000 |
Allen Nielsen pushed all-in for fewer than nine blinds from an early position and Atsunobu Konishi called all-in for 3,000,000 in the small blind.
Atsunobu Konishi: A♥Q♥
Allen Nielsen: A♣9♠
The Q♣4♥3♦A♦5♠ board brought no upset and Nielsen dropped below Konishi on the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,000,000
3,000,000
|
3,000,000 |
|
|
5,600,000
3,000,000
|
3,000,000 |
