Punnat Punsri opened to 4,000,000 from under the gun and Ming Juen Teoh raised all in from the cutoff, leading Punsri to call for his tournament life.
Punnat Punsri: K♣Q♣ 
Ming Juen Teoh: 6♥6♠
Punsri was able to survive the flip as the board ran out J♥7♣K♠K♦J♠ to earn him a double.
Takashi Yagura pushed all-in for only 1,200,000 from an early position and was called by fellow Japanese player Daiki Shingae in the next seat.
Takashi Yagura: A♦Q♠
Daiki Shingae: A♣J♦
The 9♦9♣6♥8♥4♠ board gave Yagura new hope of an even deeper run with an urgently needed double.
Daiki Shingae limped the small blind and Dajie Zhuo checked to the 56d5d5c] flop in a battle of the blinds. Shingae check-called for 400,000 and checked again the 8♥ on the turn. Zhuo now bet 2,000,000 and Shingae called.
On the A♥ river, Shingae check-called for another 2,000,000 and won the pot with 8♠4♥ versus 4♦2♦.
Level: 26
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 400,000
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sergei Petrushevskii | Russia | 11,650,000 | 29 |
| 1 | 2 | Weiran Pu | China | 25,825,000 | 65 |
| 1 | 3 | Chao Li | China | 5,150,000 | 13 |
| 1 | 4 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | Ukraine | 19,000,000 | 48 |
| 1 | 6 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | 9,200,000 | 23 |
| 1 | 8 | Michael Zhang | United Kingdom | 9,200,000 | 23 |
| 2 | 1 | Ren Lin | China | 6,550,000 | 16 |
| 2 | 2 | Takashi Yagura | Japan | 2,175,000 | 5 |
| 2 | 3 | Daiki Shingae | Japan | 19,500,000 | 49 |
| 2 | 4 | Dajie Zhuo | China | 6,850,000 | 17 |
| 2 | 5 | Ruogo Wen | China | 20,425,000 | 51 |
| 2 | 7 | Mehdi Chaoui | Morocco | 17,625,000 | 44 |
| 2 | 8 | Naohiro Matsuda | Japan | 8,825,000 | 22 |
| 3 | 1 | Kaoru Kishimoto | Japan | 7,275,000 | 18 |
| 3 | 3 | [Removed:546] | Germany | 35,575,000 | 89 |
| 3 | 4 | Punnat Punsri | Thailand | 8,425,000 | 21 |
| 3 | 5 | Hongjun Zhao | China | 7,250,000 | 18 |
| 3 | 6 | Ming Juen Teoh | Malaysia | 10,875,000 | 27 |
| 3 | 7 | Yuefeng Pan | China | 30,225,000 | 76 |
The remaining 19 players have been sent on another 15-minute break.
Weiran Pu open-jammed in the small blind and Chao Li called off in the big blind with 3,600,000.
Chao Li: Q♥J♥
Weiran Pu: A♦8♥
The flop of K♦9♣5♥ gave Li hope with a gutshot, and he got there as the board finished out 10♥9♦ to earn him a double up with a straight.
Sergei Petrushevskii limped in for 300,000 and Weiran Pu checked his option in the next seat as the duo headed to a flop of 10♠5♣3♠. Petrushevskii min-bet for 300,000 and Pu called. On the K♦ turn, Petrushevskii check-called for 1,000,000 and then check-called for another 3,300,000 on the Q♥ river.
Pu revealed his K♣3♦ for kings and treys to claim the pot.
Ruogo Wen opened to 600,000 on the button for Naohiro Matsuda to make it 2,000,000 to go in the big blind and Wen came along to the Q♥J♥10♦ flop. Matsuda led for 2,500,000 and Wen called. After the 6♣ turn, Matsuda checked and called the shove by Wen for 5,700,000.
Ruogo Wen: Q♠J♦
Naohiro Matsuda: A♣Q♣
The river paired the board with the 10♠ and Matsuda was left with a severe short stack.
Mingcong Chen open-jammed from under the gun for 3,400,000 and Weiran Pu called in the cutoff.
Mingcong Chen: K♠9♠
Weiran Pu: A♣K♦
Chen was well dominated and things got worse on the runout of 8♦10♥A♠A♦5♦ to confirm his elimination in 20th place for $52,800.
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