Hand 22: Yuya Arito under the gun raised his A Q to 125,000 and scooped the blinds.

Hand 23: Reoma Ogawa was the next to raise to 125,000, this time with A 8 from an early position and didn't find any resistance either.

Hand 24: Chen made it 125,000 to go and Molenaar three-bet to the same 275,000 as before. Chen then moved all-in for 975,000 and was snap-called.

Peng Chen: A Q

Michel Molenaar: Q Q

The J 6 4 flop and 6 turn failed to improve Chen, but he spiked the A on the river to double off the chip leader.

Nevan Chang

Hand 21: Jeremy Chan raised to 125,000 from early position with A T and was called by Peng Chen on the button. Nevan Chang then squeezed to 560,000 from the big blind, which got a fold from Chan, but a shove from Chen to put Chang all-in for his last 135,000 behind. Chang called and hands were revealed.

Nevan Chang: Q Q

Peng Chen: A J

Chang was in good shape to double with his queens, and the 7 Q 9 6 5 runout kept him best with a set for the double-up.

Peng Chen

Hand 18: Peng Chen made it 120,000 to go from under the gun with the K K and Michel Molenaar three-bet small to 275,000 holding the A Q in the hijack.

It folded back to Chen and he cut out a four-bet to 600,000 with his pocket kings for Molenaar to fold.

Hand 19: Molenaar opened to 135,000 with the 5 4 and Yuya Arito three-bet his A J to 350,000 in order to shut down Molenaar.

Hand 20: Nevan Chang jammed for 605,000 first to act with the 7 7 and scooped the blinds.

Michel Molenaar

Hand 13: Michel Molenaar opened to 135,000 first to act with 7 7 and picked up the blinds.

Hand 14: Jeremy Chan looked down at 8 8 and raised to 120,000 from early position. Everyone folded.

Hand 15: Chan raised to 120,000 with A 6 in early position and took down the blinds.

Hand 16: Martin Sedlak raised to 120,000 with A T and folded after Molenaar three-bet to 225,000 on the button holding A Q .

Hand 17: Molenaar picked up A 7 and raised to 135,000. Ogawa defended his big blind holding Q T .

Ogawa checked after flopping two pair on the A Q T flop and Molenaar bet 180,000 with his pair of aces. Ogawa called.

The 8 fell on the turn and Ogawa check-called a 400,000 barrel from Molenaar.

Ogawa checked a final time after the A river counterfeited his two pair, and Molenaar checked behind with trips. Ogawa was shown the bad news, and Molenaar collected the pot.

Reowa Ogawa

Hand 9: Chih Wei Fan raised to 100,000 from under the gun with the Q Q and won the blinds.

Hand 10: Yuya Arito open-jammed for around one million with the A K and found no caller.

Hand 11: Jeremy Chan made it 100,000 to go with the A 3 in the cutoff. Reoma Ogawa three-bet to 350,000 one seat over with the A 8 and that ended the hand right there, as Chan folded.

Hand 12: Peng Chen limped in with the Q 9 and Martin Sedlak checked form the big blind with the Q 9 . They checked the T 6 2 flop to the 3 turn.

They again checked through to the 5 river and the fourth spade on the board, which brought two checks and the chop. It was the last hand of the level before the blinds went up.

Hand 5: Jeremy Chan raised to 100,000 holding K 3 from early position and Nevan Chang defended his big blind with A 7 .

The flop came 8 4 2 and Chang check-folded facing a 125,000 bet from Chan.

Hand 6: Reoma Ogawa picked up A Q and raised to 100,000 in early position. Michel Molenaar called in the big blind after looking down at A Q .

The A 2 8 flop left both players with a pair of aces and Molenaar check-raised a 60,000 bet from Ogawa to 275,000. Ogawa called.

Molenaar continued for 275,000 on the T turn and Ogawa again called.

The 3 completed the board and both players checked for a split pot.

Hand 7: Ogawa raised to 100,000 holding K Q and Yuya Arito called in the big blind with K Q .

Both players checked on the 5 7 8 flop, T turn, and 3 river and they chopped up the pot.

Hand 8: Ogawa raised to 100,000 with A T and picked up the blinds.

Martin Sedlak

Hand 3: Reoma Ogawa raised to 100,000 on the button with the 9 8 and Peng Chen in the big blind three-bet to 350,000 with the J J to win the pot without resistance.

Hand 4: Jeremy Chan made it 100,000 to go in the hijack holding the A Q and Martin Sedlak defended his big blind with the 5 4 to see a flop of 5 5 4 for a full house.

Sedlak check-called for 100,000 and the turn brought the K to give Chan a flush draw. Sedlak checked once more and Chan bet 225,000, which he opted to just call.

The flush completed on the 2 river and Sedlak checked with only 350,000 behind. Chan jammed the ace-high flush and Sedlak called with his full house to double.

Sutthi Denvitaya

Hand 1: Michel Molenaar opened to 110,000 from the hijack holding Q J and everyone folded.

Hand 2: Sutthi Denvitaya raised to 250,000 from the cutoff and was three-bet to 500,000 by Jeremy Chan on the button. Action folded back to Denvitaya, who called.

The flop came J 7 2 and Denvitaya checked to Chan, who shoved for enough to put Denvitaya all-in for his last 240,000. Denvitaya called and a showdown was held.

Sutthi Denvitaya: A T

Jeremy Chan: K K

Denvitaya was looking for an ace against Chan's kings, but the 3 K runout needlessly improved Chan to a set – eliminating Denvitaya on the stone bubble.

The final nine players are back, cards are in the air and the final table has recommenced on the money bubble.

All players are aiming to secure a cash prize of at least KRW 31,510,000 (USD 22,620), but one of them is destined to leave empty-handed.

Back Row L-R - Martin Sedlak, Jeremy Chan, Reoma Ogawa, Chih Wei Fan, Michel Molenaar. Front Row L-R - Nevan Chang, Peng Chen, Yuya Arito, Sutthi Denvitaya

The players are currently on a 20-minute break and the action will resume at 1.30 p.m. local time with the delayed live stream to commence half an hour thereafter.

There are 34:15 minutes left in the level, with blinds of 25,000-50,000 and a big blind ante of 50,000. The updated counts of the final nine players are as follows.