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Hironori Yamada is down again, this time with just 9 bb. He sends it in holding A♦ 9♥ only to run into Jean Testa's A♥ K♥ . With the board running Q♠ K♣ 6♥ 4♣ 6♦ , Yamada goes down in 7th place.

Three players in a raised pot see a flop 8♥ Q♣ 6♦ . Anton Poliakov c-bets 85,000 and the two players stick with him then they all check the turn T♣ . On the river 2♠ , Bailleul leads out 200,000, Poliakov folds while Hironori Yamada decides to call after tanking for a minute.

Yamada shows K♠ Q♠ top pair, Bailleul flips open 7♦ 9♠ straight to take it down.

Hironori Yamada opens from utg, Xiaosheng Zheng calls, then both check to the turn 6♣ Q♣ A♣ A♦ . Yamada resumes sending out 35,000, Zheng check-raises 75,000, Yamada calls. The river T♣ Zheng takes control and fires 100,000 which is enough to win it uncontested.

He Zhou finds help with her last 5 bb winning a full boost with J♥ 8♥ landing a boat against Emad Zarghami's 9♦ 9♥ on a board 6♥ J♦ 6♠ J♠ 7♠ .

The next showdown though, her A♠ 6♣ push is called by Hironori Yamada with 9♦ 9♥ and this time the pocket pair prevails on a board 4♥ 6♦ 7♦ 4♣ 3♦ . Zhou finishes in 12th place.

Lei Zhang defends the big blind by calling Hironori Yamada's 40,000 raise. Zhang check-calls 25,000 c-bet on a flop 8♦ T♠ K♦ then check-raises all in on the turn 4♣ . Yamada tanks then folds after a time-bank giving up the additional 100,000 bet.