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

This takes us to the money bubble with Stephen Song in a perfect position to profit from the shorter stack's ICM considerations.

Chip Leader Stephen Song picks up A♠ A♥ in +1, raises to 50,000 and takes two interested parties to the flop J♦ K♥ 5♦ that gets rejected for a free J♠ turn. Song's 65,000 delayed c-bet keeps only hijack Gavin around for the board to complete 9♠ . Song fires another 80,000 and Gavin lets go of A♣ 6♣ after using a time bank.

After taking down two single raised pots in the three hands before, Yisha Chen cements her second place on the leaderboard.

Calvin Lee lays out 40,000 from +1 with Q♦ J♦ and cutoff Gavin takes three time banks before opting to call A♣ 7♣ to see the 8♦ 6♥ K♠ flop where Lee's 40,000 c-bet gets called and the 6♠ turn drops. Lee checks and Gavin uses the opportunity to scoop the pot with a 60,000 bet.

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

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.

A limped pot between three players gets checked to the turn 6♠ 8♠ Q♦ 3♦ where small blind Gavin tests the waters for 15,000 and takes cutoff Dominik Nitsche to the A♠ river, firing another 20,000 to scoop the pot.