| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Yoon | United States | 1,400,000 | 56 |
| 2 | Tyler Phillips | United States | 1,875,000 | 75 |
| 3 | Jun Weng | China | 2,400,000 | 96 |
| 4 | Yueqi Zhu | China | 1,830,000 | 73 |
| 5 | Han Liu | United States | 2,350,000 | 94 |
| 6 | Brad Ruben | United States | 2,835,000 | 113 |
| 7 | Eric Moum | United States | 665,000 | 27 |
Stephen Hubbard raised to 55,000 in the cutoff, to which button Sean Yu responded by moving all in for 640,000. Brad Ruben sat in the big blind and confirmed both players' counts before reshoving.
Hubbard took some time and called off his stack of 655,000 as well, creating a three-way all-in. Ruben stood pat, causing Hubbard and Yu to take one card each.
Sean Yu: 8x6x5x4x 
Stephen Hubbard: 8x6x4x2x
Brad Ruben: 9x8x7x6x3x
Hubbard drew a Qx and Yu was dealt an Ax. Ruben's nine-eight held to secure the double elimination, setting up the final table of seven.
Tomasz Gluszko opened from the button, Yueqi Zhu three-bet to 180,000 from the big blind and Gluszko four-bet shoved for 555,000. Zhu called with a covering stack to put him at risk and stood pat while Gluszko took one.
Tomasz Gluszko: 8x6x3x2x
Yueqi Zhu: Jx10x6x5x2x
Gluszko called for a five but drew a Qx, resulting in his elimination. Zhu was good at showdown with a jack and took the pot.
Brad Ruben opened to 60,000 from the cutoff and Alessandro Ponzio three-bet to 225,000 from the small blind, leaving 200,000 back. Ruben called and both players stood pat.
After the draw Ponzio shoved and Ruben called. Ponzo had ninety-eight with 9x8x7x4x3x but Ruben had him beat with 9x7x5x3x2x to eliminate Ponzio and take down a sizable pot.
On the first hand back from dinner break, Tomas Szwarcberg moved all in for 400,000 from the cutoff. Brian Yoon made the call in the small blind and stood pat/ Szwarcberg took a few moments before breaking his hand and drawing one card.
Tomas Szwarcberg: 8x6x5x4x
Brian Yoon: 8x6x5x4x2x
Szwarcberg was drawing to a chop at best, but the 10x he received left him with nothing instead.
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 35,000
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The players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break.
The action is expected to resume around 8:35 p.m. local time.
Han Liu opened to 66,000 from the hijack, Kevin Xu three-bet shoved for around 300,000 from the big blind and Liu called with a covering stack to put Xu at risk. Both players drew one.
Kevin Xu: 8x7x4x2x
Han Liu: 8x5x4x2x
Both players were drawing to an eight but Liu drew into a 3x for eight-perfect leaving Xu drawing dead. After Xu picked up an inconsequential 10x he was sent to the rail while Liu took the rest of his chips.
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