20K (SHR) - 8 HANDED ($20,000)

Cates evades an ace on 8♥ 7♠ 7♥ 2♠ J♣ to survive another all-in.

Cates picked up the blinds and Gavin lost a small pot against Istvan Birizdo that leaves him with crumbs.

Jungle stays ahead when the board completes 9♥ 7♠ for more than a triple up.

The previous three min-raised pots went to some of the short stacks before the action gets folded to small blind Dan Cates in the next one. He makes it 30,000 with K♦ 9♥ and Calvin Lee defends 8♣ 7♣ to see the action flop 9♠ K♣ 5♣ . Cates triple barrels 25,000, 125,000 and 375,000 all-in to the Q♦ turn and 6♥ river. Lee snaps for his last 325,000 on the river for a double up with his straight against Cates' two pair.

A min raised three-way pot gets checked to the river T♣ 7♣ 3♠ 2♣ 4♥ with preflop raiser Taylor Black's A♣ K♠ coming out on top against Dan Cates and Stephen Song.

With a few minutes of break left for the live stream production, the players are getting ready for their formal walk in.

Stephen Song extended his lead already, but Yisha Chen drew a good seat in position of him to maybe challenge the American bracelet holder.