Philipp Zukernik opened to 2,000,000 with the A♠Q♣ and Alex Lee three-bet to 4,800,000 on the button with the K♠K♥. It folded back to Zukernik and he used one time bank extension before he laid down the ace-queen.
Down to the last 400,000, Amit Ashkenazi moved all-in from under the gun and Hong Cai raised to 2,000,000 to force out all opponents up to Alex Lee in the small blind. He jammed for 6,200,000 and Cai called after using one time bank extension.
Amit Ashkenazi: 10♥6♥ 
Alex Lee: Q♠Q♣
Hong Cai: A♠9♦
There was no miracle escape for Ashkenazi on a board of 9♠4♥2♥5♣K♣ despite the gutshot and flush draw, and he bowed out in 8th place for 1,458,000 THB. Lee doubled through Cai and nearly closed the gap to his opponent.
After the blinds gad gone up, Amit Ashkenazi raised to 2,500,000 and it folded to Allen Nielsen, who pushed all-in from the small blind for 3,300,000 for Ashkenazi to call.
Allen Nielsen: K♥J♠
Amit Ashkenazi: 10♦9♦
The K♠9♠2♦A♠8♣ board reduced the stack of Ashkenazi to forty percent of a big blind.
Level: 37
Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000
Ante: 1,000,000
In the very first hand of the final table, Nikhil Kedia as one of the short stacks was in the big blind and Haoran Sun open-jammed with the covering stack from the small blind, Kedia called for the 2,500,000 he had behind.
Nikhil Kedia: J♦2♦
Haoran Sun: 8♦4♦
The board came K♣6♣3♠8♠10♣ and that spelled the end for two-time finalist Kedia in ninth place for 1,142,000 THB.
There are 04:51 minutes left in the current level and the redraw of the final nine players is as follows.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haoran Sun | China | 16,700,000 | 21 |
| 2 | Nikhil Kedia | India | 3,300,000 | 4 |
| 3 | Allen Nielsen | Denmark | 4,900,000 | 6 |
| 4 | Alex Lee | Singapore | 8,200,000 | 10 |
| 5 | Duhan Lee | South Korea | 16,200,000 | 20 |
| 6 | Amit Ashkenazi | Israel | 3,700,000 | 5 |
| 7 | Hong Cai | China | 21,900,000 | 27 |
| 8 | Atsunobu Konishi | Japan | 5,000,000 | 6 |
| 9 | Philipp Zukernik | Canada | 13900000 | 17 |
The next shorter stack to move all-in on the outer table was Shaohung Yu for 3,100,000 in the cutoff and chip leader Hong Cai called in the big blind after brief consideration.
Shaohung Yu: 3♥3♣
Hong Cai: Q♠6♦
The over cards struck right away on the Q♣8♥2♣ flop and Yu failed to catch up with the 10♣ turn as well as A♦ river to end his run in tenth place. All remaining nine players will now redraw to the nine-handed final table.
Philipp Zukernik made it 1,600,000 to go with the J♠J♣ and Nikhil Kedia called in the big blind with his J♦7♦. On the K♥8♥6♥ flop, both players checked and the A♦ turn brought no betting action either. The Q♣ river was checked and Zukernik claimed the pot.
Hoai Lam Vu had previously moved all-in without being called on the outer table but also gone through the blinds to lose his profit. He then pushed all-in for 3,800,000 from under the gun and Hong Cai called on the button.
Hoai Lam Vu: 2♠2♣
Hong Cai: K♦K♥
No mighty duck appeared on the J♥10♠6♠4♦J♦ runout and Vu had to settle for 11th place, leaving the outer table four-handed. Haoran Sun was balanced over from the stream table to continue the action on the final table bubble.
Manabu Sato had forfeited his blinds at the end of the previous level and the blinds went up. He was under the gun with exactly one big blind and folded, then finding himself forced all-in preflop. All players folded except for Hong Cai, who put in the additional 400,000 chips with a smirk on the face in the small blind.
Manabu Sato: 9♣5♠
Hong Cai: K♦3♣
Sato had two live cards and a gutshot until the A♠Q♥7♦8♥ turn but the J♣ river gave Cai the win by high card, sending Sato out in 12th place for 902,000 THB in travel funds.
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