High Roller (33,000 NTD)

A back and forth between Gilsoo Kim and Dan Kwan saw the latter five bet jam his entire 99,000 preflop, snap called by Kim.

At risk, Kwan faded elimination, having spiked an ace on board 6♦ 7♦ 3♥ A♠ 7♥ to survive through.

Hao Cheng opened 1,800 utg and called 5,000 more following a raise from Gilsoo Kim on the button. On board 3♦ 7♣ 6♣ A♠ , Kim double barreled - 7,300 and 25,000, leaving Cheng unable to continue by the second bet.

With a pot of 39,400 centered across board 2♦ 2♠ 8♣ J♥ Q♦ , Gilsoo Kim on the small blind made an attempt for 27,000. Chun Chiu right behind bumped it up to 75,000, sending Kim deep in the tank. Kim eventually decided to fold, showing trip deuces A♣ 2♣ , which turned out to be a good decision as Chiu revealed a boat Q♥ Q♠.

Kim Gilsoo jams 725,000 from CO with A♥ Q♣ and BB Yoda Lin calls with 5♠ 5♦ for another flip and a player at risk. Kim Gilsoo can't find any of his outs on 8♠ K♥ K♣ T♥ 2♦ and his roller coaster run comes to an end.

Kim Gilsoo opens 45,000 from UTG with A♦ K♥ , BB Horace Leung jams his newly acquired 333,000 with T♠ T♣ and a snap call has us flipping again. The board completes 9♣ 2♠ 3♠ 2♣ 8♠ with no help for the former chip leader, granting former short stack Horace Leung a second double up within a few minutes.

Looking at A♦ Q♣ in the SB, Horace Leung announces all-in for 169,000 and is in great shape when BB Kim Gilsoo calls with A♠ 2♠ . No ducks or a third spade on A♣ T♠ 5♠ 8♥ K♣ has the short stack double up to gain some breathing room.

Horace Leung initiates the action with a 35,000 open from +1, HJ Kim Gilsoo calls and BB Aaron Lam Wei Ming squeeze jams 161,000 to scare off his opponents and takes down a handy pot to aid his short stack.

Leading the action with a 24,000 raise from HJ, Kim Gilsoo four-bets to 164,000 after CO Gerald Foo pumped it up to 55,000. Deep in the tank, Gerald Foo ultimately lets it go, losing a time bank in the process.

The chip leader raises to 24,000 and BB Zong Chi He defends big to see the flop 6♥ T♠ T♣ that gets checked to the turn 9♠ . A delayed c-bet of 28,000 gets raised to 75,000 and Kim Gilsoo pays up to see the board complete Q♥ . Zong Chi He leads 105,000 with Q♣ J♣ , Kim Gilsoo finds a call with a straight J♠ 8♠ and trades a time bank for another big pot.

Catching the end of Kim Gilsoo eliminating Lu Chin Tien with a nut flush on the flop, propelling him into the lead, we move on to the next table with the action kicked off by LJ Tomita Hidenari opening to 16,000, Chih Feng Li three-bets to 50,000 and Tomita Hidenari fills up to see the unicolor flop 2♣ 7♣ 5♣ . A 30,000 c-bet and a check-call reveal the turn A♠ where Chih Feng Li lays out a second barrel of 80,000. With the aid of two time banks, Tomita Hidenari finds a min raise to 160,000, but has to let it go after watching Chih Feng Li snap shove 271,000.