Bawoo Yun raised to 35,000 and Ngoc Tai Hoang three-bet to 108,000 from one seat over. Yun moved all in and Hoang asked for a count. The shove was for 337,000 in total and that proved to be too much for Hoang.
Joshua Zimmerman was all in for 342,000 on the feature table and Kazuhiko Yotsushika made the call out of the big blind.
Joshua Zimmerman: 
Kazuhiko Yotsushika: 
The kicker played a vital role on the 
board as Zimmerman had to settle for 15th place and a payday of ₩10,603,000.
Level: 20
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
Joshua Zimmerman was all in for 165,000 with the 
and Bin Wang called with 
to try and finish the job he had started not long ago.
On a board of 
Zimmerman made two pair and remained in contention.
There were barely any major showdowns on the outer table so far and Duc Trung Vu managed to scoop several bigger pots to become a chip millionaire. Feng Chen is the shortest stack by a mile and will require a double up soon.
Joshua Zimmerman from under the gun and Bin Wang from one seat over headed to the 
flop and that's where the action escalated as Zimmerman check-jammed all in and Wang called for 527,000.
Bin Wang:
Joshua Zimmerman: 
The 
turn and 
river brought no further "aces cracked" bad beat story for the day as Wang held for a big double.
Over on the feature table, Liang Chen three-bet all in after an open raise by Kazuhiko Yotsushika and the Japanese asked for a count before making the call for around 290,000.
Liang Chen:
Kazuhiko Yotsushika: 
Chen made top set on the 
flop but fell behind on the 
turn, the 
river was a blank and Chen departed in 16th place for ₩9,577,000.
After the elimination of Derek Ip, the final sixteen players are now in their seats again with the following assignments.
| Seat | Table 1 | Table 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bin Sun | Joshua Zimmerman |
| 2 | Yang Zhang | Bin Wang |
| 3 | Feng Chen | Hao Tian |
| 4 | Duc Trung Vu | Kannapong Thanarattrakul |
| 5 | Phachara Wongwichit | Mike Takayama |
| 6 | Bawoo Yun | Kazuhiko Yotsushika |
| 7 | Ngoc Tai Hoang | Lei Yu |
| 8 | Liuheng Dai | Liang Chen |
The first-ever live tournament for Derek Ip ends in 17th place. As cash game player, he admitted to have barely slept throughout the event to study MTT and made it all the way to the final three tables before his run came to an end.
Ip was all in out of the big blind with the for what appeared to be 190,000 and Joshua Zimmerman called with the 
from under the gun. The board came 
and that spelled the end for Ip, who collects ₩9,577,000 foir his efforts.
"Get some sleep," Zimmerman said and shook hands with Ip. All remaining 16 players will now be balanced on the final two tables.
Over on the feature table, Yao Bai raised to 28,000 in the hijack with the 
and Kazuhiko Yotsushika defended the big blind with the . On the 
flop Yotsushika checked and Bai continued for 35,000. Yotsushika wasted little time before moving all in and Bai eventually called it off for 219,000.
The turn reduced the outs of Bai to just the remaining fives in the deck and the river was a formality to reduce the field to the final 17 hopefuls.
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