Main Event

Down to 62,000 and under the gun, Tsukasa Endo pushed all-in and Longhao Shen three-bet to 114,000 with pocket sixes. Joo Hee Oh then jammed for 345,000 in the next seat and Shen folded.

The 9♦ 7♦ 4♦ 8♣ 9♠ board left Endo with zero chips and he headed to the rail in 16th place.

Junsheng Qiao made it 22,000 to go from under the gun and Gwongjin Park three-bet to 65,000 from the next seat. Tsukasa Endo then four-bet jammed for massive 460,000 in the hijack. Qiao folded but Park tank-called all-in for just shy of 40 big blinds.

The T♠ K♥ 9♠ 7♣ 3♥ board left Endo with a few big blinds only.

Before being moved tables, Tsukasa Endo lost a bigger portion of his still large stack to Sungwon Seo when he paid off three barrels on a board of A♦ 9♥ 7♣ K♠ T♦ and mucked to the A♠ K♣ of Seo for 75,000 on the river.

He then called the 64,000 shove by Hee Woong Kim with ace-queen. The suited jack of Kim failed to improve beyond the Q♣ J♥ 3♠ flop as the 6♠ turn and 2♥ river were blanks.

Xu Chen had been among the top five on the leaderboard but has bowed out on the final four tables. Tsukasa Endo had leaped to a massive stack and the last 60,000 of Chen then vanished in a flip against Junghwan Kim.

The exit came in cruel fashion on the J♦ T♥ 7♣ 8♠ 3♦ runout.

During the pre bubble period, EZ had dropped to a shorter stack and jammed the button for around 15 big blinds, which fellow Japanese player Tsukasa Endo called.

The dominated ace trailed on the J♦ 9♥ 3♦ flop and 7♠ turn, but the 4♣ river let the bubble burst in just the second hand in cruel fashion.

And there is another bubble happening now as the turbo heat has five players remaining. Chip counts will be provided later once all chips are bagged for the night.