After delivering the bubble, Ng Kah Chun bagged up the chip lead of 799,000 (160 bb). Not too far behind was Malaysia's Ding Yoong Shen with 737,000 (147 bb). Other notables advancing via this heat were Anton Lu and Dingxiang Ong.

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Bubble round has been reached and after five hand for hand deals, the money bubble burst on Zou Mingguang who shoves his last 3 bb with Q♣ J♦ . Callers Wai Kiat Lee and Ng Kah Chun check down the board 5♠ 9♦ A♣ 7♥ 3♦ . Lee has K♠ Q♠ , Ng with the winning 6♦ 6♥ pocket pair.

Down to 13 bb, the boisterous Tony Lin shoves holding A♠ Q♦ and is challenged by big stacked Yu Lei with A♣ 7♥ . The board favors Yu as the cards land 7♣ 7♦ T♥ 8♥ Q♥ . Lin is ousted.

Another action packed battle preflop opens with 9000 from Wang Wuyi on the button, Li Han re-pops to 30,000 then quickly calls Wang's 116,000 shove.

Catching the action with 100,000 brewed and a board 6♠ K♦ 5♥ 8♦ A♥ , Wu Peng Sen bets 65,000, Juncai Han snap-calls and shows A♣ 5♣ two pair that dusts Wu's 9♦ 9♠ .

Guo Pengcheng leads the betting with a 10,000 raise, big blind Lin Shaoqin beefs up the pot by calling. More chips go in on the flop and turn with Guo c-betting 11,000, and 27,000, both bets check-called by Lin. The A♣ river slows them down.

Lin has two pair formed by the turn, Guo wins with the higher two-pair made on the river.

Marco Camilleri looks down at A♣ K♥ and min-raises, hijack Lin Shaoqin with T♠ T♣ makes it 18,000, back to Camilleri with a four-bet shove amounting to 112,000, Lin calls and well covers. At the runout, Camilleri pairs up to win the flip and double up.

Utg opens 6000 that finds five players joining in. At the flop 7♦ 5♦ 2♣ , Pei Li bets 14,000 which is enough to lose four players except Akira Hashimoto. On the turn 8♦ , Pei checks, Hashimoto shoves a lowly 12,000, Pei calls and turns over a double gutshot draw J♣ 9♣ . Hashimoto is ahead with 5♠ 5♥ set. The river 8♣ improves Hashimoto to a full house to ensure the double up.

All smiles for Ng Kah Chun after sucking out on the river. Kicking off the hand with a raise, three players call to the flop J♣ A♦ 6♥ . Blinds check to aggressor Ng who continues for 7000, after a call and fold, big blind Feng Xueqi check-raises all in for 48,000. Ng stays aggressive and three-bets 100,000 to successfully isolate.

Kicking off the intense showdown between Pei Li and Li Xiang opens with a raise by Pei, three-bets by Xiang, called by Pei.

At the flop J♣ 2♠ 5♥ , Xiang c-bets 10,000, Pei check-raises 27,000, Xiang flats, the dealer felts the turn T♣ .

More chips go in as Pei leads out 22,000, Xiang snap-shoves, Pei reluctantly folds.

Deja vu! Tan Jit Yoong opens 25,000 then calls Y Kaixiang's three-bet shove. Big hands are tabled with Tan A♦ A♥ and Ye Q♦ Q♣ . The flop rums Q♠ J♦ 6♠ , Ye lands the two-outer then the turn draws a roar as the A♠ is felted . With the river 4♥ , Tan sighs with relief at having won with aces.

Three players join raiser utg+1 to the flop K♥ 8♥ T♦ then all check to the button Ping Lin who makes it 10,000 to go. Following a fold, big blind Cao Chenhao check-raises all in for 34,000, Lin calls.

Li Han opens then calls Yang Haibo's 12,000 re-raise then both check to the turn A♠ 2♣ 8♣ Q♥ . Li leads out 9000, the call comes, to bring the river 5♥ . Li takes the lead again and value-bets 16,000, Yang tank-calls then quickly mucks to Li's A♥ J♦ top pair.

Three players in on a raised pot preflop all check to the turn J♠ K♦ 4♦ K♣ . No more checking as Ding Yoong Shen bets 12,000, Yansong Wu folds, Wai Keong Yong check-calls. The dealer flips the river K♠ , Shen continues for 25,000, Yong tanks for two time-banks then folds.

Ding Yoong Shen calls Koh Tin An's 48,000 jam and is behind 9♣ 9♠ to Koh's K♦ K♥ . With the flop running 9♣ 6♦ 5♠ , Shen spikes the two-outer, the turn 8♣ sees no change, then with the river K♣ , Koh;s kings find redemption.

Yang Leigang looks down at A♠ Q♣ and bumps it up to 5000, Li Wei has K♠ K♦ and re-raises to 22,000, Yang lunges with a four-bet jam that covers Li quickly calls.

The window is an ace as the board completes A♣ 2♦ 3♠ 6♥ 7♦ . Yang ships it and cleans out Li.

Cao Chenhao and Huang Yong enter a betting war that leads to both all in. Chenhao flip over Q♠ Q♦ , Huang shows Q♥ Q♣ , the board sends a load of hearts 2♥ 8♥ 7♥ A♥ 4♥ to deny the split. Huang doubles up.

After Tang Lili's three-bet of 15,000 was called by Terry Sua, Lili bets 12,000 on the flop Q♠ 4♥ 2♦ then shoves on the turn K♦ . Sua snap-folds on the jam.

Pei Li five-bets all in with A♦ K♦ and is ahead of other aggressor Bin Leng with A♥ Q♥ . When the flop comes Q♦ 3♦ 2♠ , Leng jumps ahead with a pair while Li has hope with a draw. The turn 9♠ is no help to Li however the river 4♦ is the money card to survive and double up.

Bin Leng opens 4000 then c-bets another 4000 on the flop J♣ J♦ 8♦ . Lone caller Wong Ka Fai check-raises 10,000, Leng calls to bring the turn 4♠ . Wong takes the lead this time for 15,000, again Leng calls. Then on the river A♠ , Wong slows down and checks then snap folds to Leng's 30,000 bet.

Down to 14 bb, big blind Li Aichun J♠ 8♣ three-bets it all only to be snap-called by Yu Yuan A♣ A♦ . The board runs 4♦ 7♥ T♣ 3♠ 5♦ .

Xu Kai and Zou Mingguang build an 8000 pot preflop then dump more in on the flop 3♣ 2♠ 9♦ . Xu starts with 5200, Zou check-raises o 15,100, Xu calls the big bet. They check the turn 4♦ then on the river A♣ Zou checks, Xu announces all in, Zou tanks then folds.

Unfortunate runout for Cao Tingjia who looked down at K♠ K♣ and was all in against Gao Qingbao's Q♠ Q♦ when the board landed A♣ J♠ 7♥ J♦ Q♥ . Tingjia was eliminated.

Fang Guoqiang opens then four-bets 17,500, Zhang Tianwei ends the preflop battle by calling. Flop comes T♣ 4♣ 9♥ , Fang lays out 15,000 and wins the pot.

Catching the action on a board Q♦ 2♥ 8♣ K♥ and 13,500 in the pot, William Jia is all in with A♣ A♦ and is behind Wang Yongbin's 2♠ 2♣ . With the river J♦ , Jia goes bust.

By the turn T♦ 2♦ K♠ 7♣ , Zhang Sili and William Teoh battle for the 26,200 pot. Teoh fires 11,000, Zhang check-raises all in for 19,800, Teoh gives up his hand.

Big blind Zhao Quang calls the raise and heads to the flop T♠ 2♠ 7♣ with three others. Three checks kick off the hand, cutoff bets 3400, one player folds, Zhao check-raises 11,500 which is enough to claim the pot.

On a raised pot preflop, Siow Choon Tong and Li Xiang check to the turn A♥ 8♣ 7♣ 6♣ . Siou bets 1600, Li Xiang check-raises 6600, Siow gives it up.

On a board showing 6♣ K♣ 4♦ 7♥ and 21,600 swimming in the middle, Li Yizheng bets 9500, Zeng shoves, Li calls and is covered.

Zeng Lin opens 1200, Ye Yi three-bets 4200, Nana Nakamura four-bets 12,000, no callers.

Chen Yinjie takes control right at the gates with a 1400 raise, c-bets 1200 on the flop Q♣ 7♠ 3♥ and 3200 on the turn 5♠ . Lone caller Li Wei folds on the turn bet.

Baiyu Ni continues to dominate the table. His latest win was with Q♠ Q♥ against Heng Qiao's K♥ T♦ that missed on a board 6♥ 5♣ 7♦ T♣ A♦ .

Bao Shuang and Ye Chen call Zou Mingguang's raise preflop and see a board J♣ 5♥ 3♠ . Action is checked to Ye who bets 2100 and gets called by both. All three then check the turn 8♥ . On the river 8♦ , it is checked to Ye again who bets 4500, Zou folds, Bao snap-calls, Ye snap-mucks.

Zou Mingguang looks down at K♥ K♣ and raises 1000, one player calls, Teoh Ming Hong three-bets 3500, Zou makes it 12,500, only Teoh calls. The board runs A♣ 6♣ 3♠ 8♥ 2♣ , Zou and Teoh check it down. Teoh mucks to the kings.

Defending the big blind, Wang Heng three-bets 4500 and button raiser Chzhen Evgenii calls. When the board runs 3♥ 3♣ 4♣ J♠ , Wang fires 3500 and 7000, Chzhen calls the first c-bet then folds to the next.

From the button, He Jiaqi opens 1200, big blind Wang Wuyi three-bets 5500, Jiaqi answers with a four-bet of 21,500, that's the winner.

Three aggressive players face a board 7♥ T♦ 9♥ 9♣ with 2200 in the middle, Webster Lim takes the reins for 1200, Wang Yongbin calls, Chen Zhen raises 5000, Lim calls, Wang drops out. The river T♥ , Lim sends out 15,000 which is enough to win the pot uncontested.

Li Yizheng opens from the button and Zeng Lin defends from the big blind. Li continues 1100 on a flop 3♠ 5♠ 7♠ , Zeng check-raises an over bet of 6100, Li smooth-calls. On the turn Q♥, Li slides out 5700, Zeng snap-folds.