Play was underway with a three-way pot of 10,000 between players Bayarkhuu Batbayar in the big blind, Yuta Morikawa, and Johnni Nielsen on the button.

The dealer flipped over 8 5 A . Nielsen fired 4,500 after action was passed to him. Batbayar called while Morikawa got out of the way.

Both players knuckled the 7 turn leading them to the last street.

Batbayar led out with 11,100 on the river Q and Nielsen called. Batbayer turned over 9 6 for a turned straight prompting Nielsen to throw his hand in the muck.

Dajia Chen

Heads-up to the flop of 3 8 9 and there was about 25,000 in the pot. Zhiyuan Xu bet out for 10,000 from under the gun and action was on Dajia Chen in the cutoff, who went into the tank briefly before he raised to 30,900 all-in. Xu didn't take long and made the call to put Chen at risk.

Dajia Chen: Q Q

Zhiyuan Xu: A K

Chen was streets ahead but needed to dodge an ace or king to get the double-up. Nothing changed on the 7 turn but the poker Gods remembered to don their sickness caps this morning and served up the K as the river which gave Xu his pair to send Chen to the rail in a brutal fashion.

A pot of 4,000 sat in the middle of the table as Siu Ki Leung in the small blind, and Man Fei Caleb Chui on the button, waited for the flop which eventually dropped 6 8 9

Leung led with 2,000 which was imediately raised to 8,500 by Chui. Leung immediately replied with an all-in shove for 27,000 and Chui called instantaneously.

Siu Ki Leung: 7 6

Man Fei Caleb Chui: K 9

Leung hit bottom pair but was hoping to improve. Chui caught top pair and stayed on the lead when the dealer peeled the 3 turn. The river 8 was a brick for Leung, prompting him to get up and say, "Rebuy!"

Oscar Rotholz

Action folded to Yang Tsai on the button, who made it 1,100 to play and was looked up by Oscar Rotholz in the small blind.

The flop came T 2 3 and Rotholz check-called Tsai's 800 continuation bet for the players to see the 3 peel off on the turn.

Rotholz led out for 1,500 and Tsai made the call. The action went check-check on the 5 river and Rotholz tabled A T for tens up and was pushed the pot when Tsai mucked his cards.

Players are now on a 15-minute break.

Iwasaki Tatsumi in hijack opened to 800 and his seatmate, Takashi Kawaguchi decided to three-bet him to 3,500. After action folded around, Tatsumi called – taking them to the flop.

Tatsumi led out to 5,000 on the K 8 6 flop but Kawaguchi went beyond and made it 10,000. Tatsumi called once again, refusing to be shaken off.

On the turn T , fireworks exploded as Tatsumi check-raised Kawaguchi all-in for 17,500 after the latter fired another 10,000. Kawaguchi, unfazed, snap-called.

Iwasaki Tatsumi: A A

Takashi Kawaguchi: T T

Tatsumi had the best starting hand but Kawaguchi turned a set cracking his aces. The river 2 didn't offer any help sending Tatsumi to the rails.

Anqi Luo

The board of 3 5 6 3 J was fanned out across the felt and there was about 13,000 up for grabs sat in the middle.

Anqi Luo checked from the hijack and Takeomi Miyazawa fired out for 5,000 from the button. Luo then put in a check-raise to 15,000, which sent Miyazawa deep into the tank.

Miyazawa used two time banks before he tossed in the call and tabled K J for a rivered two pair which had Luo's 8 ,6 for a lower two pair crushed and Miyazawa was sent the pot.

Maxim Lykov

Maxim Lykov from early position opened to 800 and both Yasunori Takahashi on his left, as well as Tsan Wa Li in cutoff, joined him. Too crowded a party for him, button Hiromasa Syuto reraised to 3,500. Only Lykov called as Takahashi and Li bowed out.

Lykov check- raised Syuto all-in for 19,000 after the button player fired 4,000 on the 8 5 9 flop. Syuto called taking them to showdown.

Hiromasa Syuto: A K

Maxim Lykov: 7 7

Syuto was waiting for his nut flush draw to complete against Lykov's pockets. But the dealer peeled a 2 for the turn. He finally got what he was waiting for when the Q fell on the river completing his flush and giving him a double-up.

Tomoaki Shiwaku raised to 800 from under the gun and action folded to Zhiyuan Xu in the big blind, who made the call.

The flop came J 7 J and Xu check-called Shiwaku's 1,100 continuation bet for the players to see the 9 peel off on the turn.

The action went check-check, as it did on the 8 river with Xu tabling Q 7 for jacks up; good for the pot when Shiwaku mucked his cards.

Burton Ng

Heads up to the turn of 8 7 5 2 with 10,000 sat in the pot.

Koichiro Ogawa checked from late position to Burton Ng in the cutoff, who fired out for 6,300 and got an insta-call from Ogawa.

The Q peeled off on the turn and it was rinse and repeat, Ogawa checked, Ng bet out for 7,000 and Ogawa instantly called only to instantly muck his cards on seeing Ng table K K and Ng was shipped the sizeable pot.