In a battle of the blinds, Tamon Nakamura ended up all in and at risk against Wayne Heung and had just one overcard to fear.
Tamon Nakamura: 
Wayne Heung: 
The board came 
and Heung paired his king on the flop to send Nakamura to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
Busted |
| Seat | Table 1 | Country | Table 2 | Country | Table 3 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yusuke Kotake | Japan | Shinryo Nonin | Japan | Gen Nose | Japan |
| 2 | Kenny Shih | United States | Wayne Zhang | China | Calvin Lee | United States |
| 3 | Yasreel Praveen Doddaiavar | India | Chuanshu Chen | China | Daniel Smiljkovic | Germany |
| 4 | Yan Li | China | Tamon Nakamura | Japan | Wai Kiat Lee | Malaysia |
| 5 | Jian Yang | China | Wayne Heung | Hong Kong | Yilu Yuan | China |
| 6 | Yunye Lu | China | Kazuhiko Yotsushika | Japan | empty | |
| 7 | Hisashi Yamanouchi | Japan | Ming Huang | China | Jun Obara | Japan |
| 8 | Keiji Takahashi | Japan | Yongwei Mo | China | Kensaku Takagi | Japan |
Jiaqi Chen lost a flip with 
against the 
of Kazuhiko Yotsushika on a board of 
to become the first casualty in the money.
He was followed right away by Randy Lew, Jiayi Jin and Yunchao Li to reduce the field within two minutes from 27 to the last 23 hopefuls. The redraw of the final three tables will be posted shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
420,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 20
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
Randy Lew jammed the button with the 
and Wayne Heung called in the big blind with 
. The board came 
and Lew doubled with a full house.
One hand later the madness started with three all in and call on three different tables.
Kazuhiko Yotsushika battled with Keiji Takahashi and jammed the river of a board 
. Takahashi had called the three barrels and Yotsushika shook his head, turned over 
for a bluff. Takahashi had 
and doubled.
Dong Chen jammed for 65,000 with and was called by Yusuke Kotake in the big blind with 
. The board came 
and Chen was first to go.
Over on table one, Yan Li had open-jammed her big stack and Huijie Zhou had called.
Huijie Zhu: 
Yan Li: 
The board came 
and Li rivered a straight to let the bubble burst.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
700,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
|
|
400,000
-270,000
|
-270,000 |
|
320,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
160,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
90,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Yilu Yuan bubbled the APPT Korea Main Event just one day ago and he almost suffered the same fate just now when he called the small blind shove of Randy Lew for the last 106,000.
Yilu Yuan:
Randy Lew: 
Lew improved on the flop, but the turn and river kept Yuan in the tournament, sending Lew on a short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
224,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
|
36,000
-84,000
|
-84,000 |
Since almost all of the four tables have been stalling, the tournament director has decided to start hand-for-hand two off the money.
The action has become even slower and Kensaku Takagi has claimed another pot. On a flop of 
, Hisashi Yamanouchi in the big blind and Takagi on the button both invested 75,000 to see the turn, which went check, check. On the river, Yamanouchi checked and folded to a bet of 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
410,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
After defending his big blind against an under-the-gun raise by Wayne Heung, Kensaku Takagi bet the 
river for 50,000 into a pot of 200,000. Heung reluctantly called and mucked when Takagi rolled over 
for top two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
151,000
-274,000
|
-274,000 |
