In a three-way all-in, Timo "Finn-in-web" Hettinger in the small blind was in prime shape to eliminate two opponents and had the best of it preflop.
Chul Woo "SSAK3" Jung: 
Aditya "tbonerazor" Systla: 
Timo "Finn-in-web" Hettinger: 
The board ran out 
and Aditya "tbonerazor" Systla flopped trips, then rivered a full house.
In a three-bet pot to 60,000 preflop, no action happened on the 
flop and Lin Ruida then bet the 
turn and jammed the 
river for nearly 40 blinds against Sebastian "flashlight99" Mueller. Ruida tabled 
for kings up but Mueller had the best of it with 
for tens full.
Lukasz "Wypierdalaj!" Golczyk looked up the button shove by Kazuki "8809" Ikeuchi" with the and was well ahead of 
in the showdown.
The board came 
and king-queen high was enough to eliminate Ikeuchi
Five players have already secured a coveted WSOP gold bracelet event in the Asia Time Zone tournaments and another six of them will be up for grabs with today's Event #55: HK$8,000 NLHE Asia Championship as the next opportunity.
Roberto Romanello is among the returning players for Day 2 and the Welshman completed the Triple Crown earlier in the festival. Furthermore, Sung Joo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun and Paul Teoh also have chips at their disposal to try and add a second victory to their poker resume.
| Event | Date | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Top Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event #38: $600 Monster Stack | July 25th, 2020 | 2,007 | $1,143,990 | Aaron Wijaya | China | $171,389 |
| Event #39: $1,500 NLHE | July 26th, 2020 | 922 | $1,313,850 | Roberto Romanello | UK | $216,213 |
| Event #46: $500 Deepstack | August 1st, 2020 | 2,307 | $1,095,825 | Sung Joo Hyun | South Korea | $161,898 |
| Event #47: $1,000 Short Deck | August 2nd, 2020 | 487 | $462,560 | Paul Teoh | Malaysia | $82,202 |
| Event #53: $800 Double Stack PLO | August 8th, 2020 | 831 | $631,560 | [Removed:508] | United States | $94,253 |
| Event #55: HK$8,000 Asia Championship | August 9th, 2020 | 3,247 | $3,208,036 | $461,709 | ||
| Event #61: $300 Monster Stack NLHE 6-Max | August 15th, 2020 | |||||
| Event #68: $500 Deepstack | August 22nd, 2020 | |||||
| Event #69: $1,500 Marathon | August 23rd, 2020 | |||||
| Event #75: $300 Double Stack | August 29th, 2020 |
Scott Margereson raised to 22,000 and reluctantly called the shove of Ryan Riess for more than six blinds total.
Ryan Riess: 
Scott Margereson: 
The board ran out 
to secure the double for Riess.
Martin Zamani simply open-shoved for more than 80 blinds and Vinicius "pfckb" Steves opted to call from one seat over on the button for more than 25 blinds while the two shorter stacks got out of the way.
Vinicius "pfckb" Steves: 
Martin Zamani: 
Zamani used the "not sure if" emoji before the showdown and then the "haha" emoji along with one other player at the table as the board ran out 
to eliminate Steves before the money.
Level: 1
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
As the late registration for the last starting day has closed, another 340 entries boosted the total field size to 3,247 entries and 427 players had made the cut excluding the last flight. Based on the total number of entries, a prize pool of 24,677,200.00 HKD emerged and the top 404 spots will earn a portion of that.
Below are the approximate payouts based on the current exchange rate: 1 Hong Kong Dollar (HKD) = 0.13 USD
| Place | Prize (in HKD) | Prize (~ in USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,551,611.32 HKD | $461,709.47 |
| 2 | 2,531,707.97 HKD | $329,122.04 |
| 3 | 1,804,690.52 HKD | $234,609.77 |
| 4 | 1,286,442.17 HKD | $167,237.48 |
| 5 | 917,019.55 HKD | $119,212.54 |
| 6 | 653,684.22 HKD | $84,978.95 |
| 7 | 465,967.22 HKD | $60,575.74 |
| 8 | 332,157.57 HKD | $43,180.48 |
| 9 | 236,772.79 HKD | $30,780.46 |
| 10-13 | 168,779.70 HKD | $21,941.36 |
| 14-17 | 120,313.68 HKD | $15,640.78 |
| 18-26 | 85,763.14 HKD | $11,149.21 |
| 27-44 | 61,135.29 HKD | $7,947.59 |
| 45-71 | 43,579.93 HKD | $5,665.39 |
| 72-107 | 37,139.18 HKD | $4,828.09 |
| 108-152 | 32,566.50 HKD | $4,233.65 |
| 153-206 | 28,556.45 HKD | $3,712.34 |
| 207-269 | 25,039.95 HKD | $3,255.19 |
| 270-332 | 21,957.77 HKD | $2,854.51 |
| 333-404 | 19,255.61 HKD | $2,503.23 |
| Buy-In: | 8,000 HKD | $1,040 |
| Total: | 24,677,200 HKD | $3,208,036 |
Prior to the final starting day, 427 players had secured their seat for the final day already and another 52 joined them. As a result, 479 hopefuls will return to their seats and the top 404 spots will get paid.
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