Kristof Mato and Nang Quang Nguyen are near the top of the leaderboard and both big stacks can be found in the secondary tournament area. Mato just scooped a pot when he bet the A♥10♣8♣ flop for 7,500 against Duan Bin, who called. They checked the A♣ turn and Bin check-folded the 2♠ river when Mato bet 28,000.
"I am all in," Danny Tang and the Triton Poker ambassador was all-in for a mere 2,000 in chips. There was a larger side pot with 11,000 each developing with all active players checking the Q♥9♦7♣ flop. Xuming Qi bet the 7♦ turn for 25,000 in the big blind to isolate and said "you are good".
There is no way I am good," Tang joked and then added "baccarat" before showing his 5♥4♥. Qi was ahead with J♣10♣ and rivered the straight with the 8♠. Tang re-entered almost immediately to a nearby table.
Yi-Jhen Ke min-raised to 12,000 and Niko Koop called in the big blind. Following the J♥5♣2♥ flop, Koop check-raised from 11,000 to 35,000 to get a call by Ke. Koop bet the 7♦ turn for 75,000 and then faced the shove by Ke for 151,000 total.
Burning through two time banks, Koop opted to fold.
In the secondary tournament area, a preflop raising war unfolded in which Trung Hieu Nguyen squeezed to 75,000. Zihao Shen then jammed for 270,500 and [Removed:546] called, while Nguyen folded with a big portion of his stack invested already.
Zihao Shen: A♦K♣ 
[Removed:546]: A♣A♠
The aces had a sweat to endure on the Q♦Q♣4♦5♦7♠ board but held to dispatch Shen.
Ngoc Phuong Nguyen opened to 10,000 in the cutoff and Yuhang Liu three-bet to 30,000 on the button. Meng Wu then four-bet jammed a stack of 121,000 in the small blind and Nguyen folded before Liu called with a bigger stack.
Meng Wu: A♠K♦
Yuhang Liu: Q♠Q♦
Liu's queens were still ahead after the 4♣2♠6♥ flop and 7♣ turn, but the river brought the A♦ to give Wu the winner for a double.
Level: 8
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
In a four-way pot on a flop of K♦2♥5♣, Steve O'Dwyer bet 10,000 and was called by Evgenii Shilin and Dac Dung Duong, while Dylan Foster folded.
All three players checked on the K♠ turn. Duong then bet 50,000 on the 5♠ river and O'Dwyer called, while Shilin verbally announced a fold with emphasis.
Duong showed K♥Q♣ for a full house and O'Dwyer mucked in defeat.
Yang Wang raised to 10,500 and called a three-bet to 35,000 by Yeo Kian Howe, which led them to the Q♣9♥7♠ flop. Wang checked and Howe continued for 30,000. After using one time bank, Wang jammed for 138,500 and Howe folded.
Two hands later, Jessica Vierling was all-in with a short stack holding the A♠J♣ and up against the A♣4♣ of Zachary Habayeb. The kicker played on the 8♥7♠3♦K♠3♥ board for the full double.
Joshua McCully opened to 10,000 in the cutoff and Congya Zhang and Shiina Okamoto called in the blinds.
Zhang and Okamoto both checked on the flop of A♠A♦3♦ and McCully continued for 8,000. Both opponents called. All three players then checked on the 3♥ turn.
Zhang checked once more on the 6♣ turn and Okamoto bet 12,000. Only McCully called. Okamoto showed A♣8♣ for aces full of threes and McCully mucked in defeat.
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