William Li

Hand #85: William Li limped on the button and Shintaro Sato checked his option.

The flop came 4 6 9 and Sato checked to Li, who bet 800,000. Sato responded with a shove and Li quickly called to put himself at risk for 15,000,000.

William Li: 9 4

Shintaro Sato: T 9

It was a bit of a cooler of Sato, who had flopped top pair against Li's two pair.

The 3 3 runout kept Li ahead and he was awarded a double up on the first hand of their duel to pull to nearly even.

Hand #86: Sato limped in with J 8 on the button and Li shoved K Q for 32,000,000. Sato folded.