Main Event

Heng Qiao opened on the button and called off Shiina Okamoto's 65,000 all-in. Outpipped, Okamoto bowed out shortly after board K♥ 3♦ 6♣ 8♥ 8♦ cut her hopes of a chop.

Shiina Okamoto pushed her 30,000 stack on the button, and saw Jun Li call off his lesser 24,000 stack. A crucial race for the two, the board K♥ 4♣ 5♣ 9♥ J♥ landed in favor of Okamoto, sending Li out of the running.

Kyungmin Lee defended his cutoff open and called a 12,000 three bet from Shiina Okamoto on the small blind. On board 7♠ 4♠ 4♣ Q♦ , Okamoto double barreled 8,000 and 9,500, with Lee putting a 20,000 raise by the turn. Okamoto raised all-in for 39,000 total, snap called by Lee.

Okamoto K♠ K♣

Lee A♦ 4♦

Drawing to two outs, no king arrived on river 7♣ , sending Okamoto to the rails.

Stephen Lai open shoved 30,000 in and faced Shiina Okamoto's overcards behind. At risk, Lai luckily found none of his opponent's overcards on board Q♦ 3♣ 9♠ 2♠ 2♥ , sparing him from elimination.

With 9,000 in the middle on flop T♣ J♠ Q♦ , action was checked by both Wei Chen Lin on the big blind and Shiina Okamoto on the button. On turn 6♦ , Okamoto bet 7,500, and gunned for a final 8,000 on river A♠ . Lin called all the way down, yet mucked as Okamoto revealed bottom pair 7♠ 6♣ .

Facing an open and a call, Shiina Okamoto sent out a 3,600 three bet on the button. Ming Jiang behind, lodged a cold four bet to 9,700, and picked up the pot uncontested.