Wei "dugui777" Zhao shoved his short stack the very next hand and he was called by Sungjoo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun in the big blind.
Wei "dugui777" Zhao: 
Sungjoo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun: 
On a board of 
, Zhao was left empty-handed and bowed out in 8th place, which awarded $16,084.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,611,627
1,249,171
|
1,249,171 |
|
Busted |
Jens "el_gazapo" Kerper tripled up with pocket fives and then doubled with 
against the 
of Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu in a battle of the blinds after turning the nut flush.
Kerper then got it in for the third time in a row and faced Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach in the big blind.
Jens "el_gazapo" Kerper: 
Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach: 
Kerper flopped best on 
and remained in the lead on the 
turn but the river made his two pair worthless as Mallach improved to the nut straight. Kerper took home $22,369 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,179,271
1,764,784
|
1,764,784 |
|
Busted |
As the rapid fire all-in showdowns continue it was Che Li "32bo" Lin who ended up at risk via three-bet jam from the button and chip leader Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov called in the hijack.
Che Li "32bo" Lin: 
Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov: 
Kuznetsov nailed the 
flop and Lin was drawing dead on the 
turn, the 
river became a formality. Lin had to settle for 6th place and a payday of $31,111.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,335,715
3,098,200
|
3,098,200 |
|
Busted |
After granting a double up with 
versus pocket nines, Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov was on the verge of losing another and far bigger pot of 25.3 million when he got it in preflop out of the small blind against Yu "kris16" Du.
Yu "kris16" Du:
Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov: 
The 
runout was in favor of Kuznetsov who spiked the nine on the river and felted yet another opponent. Du was eliminated in 5th place and takes home $43,268.75.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,865,219
14,529,504
|
14,529,504 |
|
Busted |
The incredible pace has already whittled down the field to the final four players and they headed into a scheduled 6-minute break, eight hands remain at the current blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,865,219 | |
|
|
31,279,271
3,100,000
|
3,100,000 |
|
|
9,731,627
4,880,000
|
4,880,000 |
|
|
5,403,883
4,859,856
|
4,859,856 |
Level: 35
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 70,000
A raise by Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov from the cutoff resulted in the shove of Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu in the small blind and Kuznetsov called.
Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu: 
Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov: 
On a board of 54h3c2h3s3h], Yu spiked the flush on the river to survive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,451,336 | |
|
|
28,799,271 | |
|
|
10,227,766 | |
|
|
9,801,627 |
Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov raised to 1.2 million and was called by the second in chips, which happened to be Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach in the big blind. Mallach check-called bets of 1.49 million on the 
flop and 4.1 million on the turn. After the 
river, Mallach check-shoved for just shy of 24 million as Kuznetsov had bet 10.62 million.
Kuznetsov used four minutes of his time bank and eventually called with 
for top two pair only to see Mallach turn over 
for a set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
61,945,342
33,146,071
|
33,146,071 |
|
|
14,248,665
29,202,671
|
29,202,671 |
|
|
8,607,766
1,620,000
|
1,620,000 |
|
|
7,478,227
2,323,400
|
2,323,400 |
Within a few hands, both short stacks managed to spike doubles as Sungjoo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun and Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu prevailed in their showdowns.
Sungjoo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun:
Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov:
The board was yet another devastating blow for Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov who suddenly became the far shortest stack.
And moments later, Yu took on chip leader Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach in a battle of the blinds.
Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu:
Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach:
Yu turned a full house on the 
board to earn the checkmark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
51,537,576
10,407,766
|
10,407,766 |
|
|
21,095,532
12,487,766
|
12,487,766 |
|
|
15,836,454
8,358,227
|
8,358,227 |
|
|
3,810,438
10,438,227
|
10,438,227 |
Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu opened from the button and Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov ended up at risk from the big blind for the last few big blinds in the hopes of a miracle comeback.
Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu:
Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov:
As the board came 
, the dramatic fall from chip leader to fourth place finisher was sealed and Kuznetsov took home $60,178.32 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
54,247,576
2,710,000
|
2,710,000 |
|
|
22,325,970
1,230,438
|
1,230,438 |
|
|
15,706,454
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
Busted |
