James Romero three-bet to 18,500 out of the small blind and Quan Zhou called on the button. Romero check-raised the 
flop from 9,000 to 23,000 and was called to then bet the 
turn for 32,000, which Zhou called.
Romero check-called the shove of Zhou for 23,600 on the 
river and his queens with the 
were no good as Zhou had flopped trips and turned a full house with the 
.
| Seat | Table 7 | Table 8 | Table 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | Mike Watson | Peter Jetten |
| 2 | Michael Addamo | Rainer Kempe | Sosia Jiang |
| 3 | Quan Zhou | Sam Greenwood | Cary Katz |
| 4 | James Romero | Mikita Badziakouski | Choon Tong Siow |
| 5 | Sam Grafton | Ben Lamb | Kristen Bicknell |
| 6 | Aaron van Blarcum | Michael Soyza | Erik Seidel |
| 7 | Timothy Adams | Steve O'Dwyer | Elio Fox |
| 8 | Yong Wang | Alex Foxen | Kahle Burns |
Koray Aldemir jammed for 12,700 and Kahle Burns reshoved for more to isolate successfully.
Koray Aldemir: 
Kahle Burns: 
The 
board gave Burns a pair of aces and Aldemir was eliminated in 25th place.
Ben Lamb had seen his stack drop all the way to just 32,600 and he got it in with 
against the 
of Mike Watson.
On a board of [JhJc8ccKs], Lamb flopped trips jacks to remain in contention with 25 players remaining.
Down to a mere 15,100, Juafeng Wang was all in with the 
and Michael Soyza looked him up with the 
.
Wang even flopped a flush draw to further cement his lead on 
while the 
turn opened some chop opportunities. However, Soyza hit the on the river and that sent Wang to the rail.
Steve O'Dwyer check-called a bet of 30,000 by Kristen Bicknell with the turn showing 
and checked again the on the river.
Bicknell now bet once more and O'Dwyer quickly folded without asking for a count on the bet size.
David Yan was all-in before the flop for what appeared to be 95,000 and had a flip with 
against the 
of Timothy Adams.
The 
flop was bad news for Yan as he was drawing dead, which made the turn and river a formality.
Yong Wang followed Yan to the rail shortly after, which reduced the field to the final 26 players.
Stephen Chidwick and Shan Huang clashed before the flop with the former at risk with the 
, while Huang held 
.
The board came and Huang rivered the ace.
Soon after the fortune would change for Huang when he called the shove of Sam Grafton on the 
turn.
Shan Huang:
Sam Grafton:
Huang was ahead with top set while Grafton tabled a straight and flush draw. The on the river improved Grafton to a flush and Huang was eliminated.
Aaron van Blarcum jammed for 20,500 first to act and was called by Steve O'Dwyer.
Van Blarcum turned over while O'Dwyer had a pair in 
.
The board ran out 
and the ace hit on the flop, keeping van Blarcum in contention.
At nearly the same time, Matthias Eibinger was eliminated by Orpen Kisacikoglu while Kahle Burns doubled through Elio Fox to remain in contention.
Eibinger got it in before the flop with versus and found no miracle on a 
board as he was drawing dead on the turn.
Burns doubled through Fox for 41,400 when he held up with 
versus thanks to a board of 
.
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