David Lin raised the button to 200,000 and Naoya Kihara called from the big blind. Kihara drew two and Lin drew three.
Kihara led out for 350,000 and Lin called. Kihara showed a ten-nine with 10x9x8x5x2x and Lin mucked.
David Lin opened to 200,000 on the button, and Naoya Kihara defended his big blind before drawing two.
Lin took one card, and Kihara checked. Lin took his time and counted out a bet of 780,000.
Kihara opted to make the call, and Lin showed 9x8x7x4x2x. That was good enough to claim another pot and take over the chip lead, as Kihara slid his cards to the dealer.
On the first hand of heads-up play, David Lin opened to 200,000 on the button and Naoya Kihara made the call in the big blind.
Kihara drew two cards, while Lin asked for one. Both players then checked it down.
"Fives," claimed Kihara. Lin turned over Jx9x8x7x6x to secure the pot, as Kihara mucked his hand.
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There will be a short break before the start of heads up between David Lin and Naoya Kihara.
From the small blind, David Lin shoved, putting John Cynn all in. Cynn called from the big blind. Lin stood pat and Cynn drew one.
John Cynn: Jx10x9x5x 
David Lin: Jx10x7x6x3x
Cynn was already drawing dead against Lin's jack-ten-seven, as the 7x he caught was irrelevant, and Cynn hit the rail in third place.
John Cynn called in the small blind, and Naoya Kihara checked his big blind option. Cynn drew two, while Kihara took one card.
Cynn checked and Kihara quickly bet enough to put his opponent all in. Cynn counted out his remaining 255,000, taking some time before letting his hand go.
David Lin raised the button to 170,000 and Naoya Kihara called from the big blind. Kihara drew two and Lin stood pat.
Kihara led out for 630,000, and after a brief pause, Lin raised to 2,600,000. Kihara took about 30 seconds to get rid of his cards, surrendering the pot to Lin.
Naoya Kihara raised the button to 240,000 and David Lin jammed the small blind for 2,425,000. John Cynn called for almost all of his stack from the big blind, which got Kihara to fold. Lin drew one and Cynn stood pat.
David Lin: 8x7x4x2x
John Cynn: Jx8x6x4x3x
Lin needed something below a jack that wasn't a pair to double up and leave Cynn with dust.
Lin squeezed out a 6x to give him the best hand with an eight-seven and he doubled up to over five million.
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