After a pause in play for discussions between Hidenari Shiono and Yoshihiro Tasaka, heads-up play re-commenced. The early advantage has gone to Tasaka, thanks in large part to a single pot. He made it 61,000 to go preflop, then called a reraise by Shiono to 161,000. The flop came down highly connected, . Shiono checked to Tasaka, who quickly announced all in. Shiono took one more peek at his cards before folding.