Chane Kampanatsanyakorn Eliminated in 9th Place (HKD$495,000)

It took just five hands for the first elimination of the day to occur. It happened when a short-stacked Chane Kampanatsanyakorn moved all in under the gun for 80,000 and action folded all the way around to Yat Wai Cheng in the big blind. Cheng thought for about 45 seconds and then made the call.

Cheng:
Kampanatsanyakorn:

"Snap," someone on the other end of the table said, referring to the amount of time it took Cheng to call with a quality hand. Meanwhile, Kampanatsanyakorn was up out of his set and preparing to make his exit. The dealer then burned and began to put out the flop, which had the in the window. Kampanatsanyakorn's supporters began to cheer, but they were quieted when the and followed it.

"Wow, what a flop," another railbird quipped. The set-over-set flop left Kampanatsanyakorn drawing to either running straight cards or the case seven, and the turn made it so only the latter option was available. The dealer burned one last time and put out the . Kampanatsanyakorn missed and was sent to the rail in ninth place for HKD$495,000.