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

Taylor Black min-raises A♦ K♠ from +1 and button Stephen Song comes along for the ride with 3♠ 3♣ . The flop J♣ T♥ 9♦ gets checked to the turn K♥ where Black check-calls 70,000 to watch the river A♥ hit the felt. Checking again, Black uses a time bank before he folds to another 135,000 bet from Song.

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.

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.

After Lei Yu and Dan Cates picked up the blinds, Istvan Birizdo jams his last 200,000 into Stephen Song's min open and scoops a small pot.

Yisha Chen min-raises from under the gun and takes two players to the flop 9♠ 3♦ Q♥ where her 30,000 c-bet only keeps big blind Stephen Song around for the A♠ turn. Another 40,000 gets the job done for her.

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.

No two-outer for Nitsche when the board completes A♦ Q♠ and we have the Final 9 set. Still four places away from the money.

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.

Dominik Nitsche defends his big blind against a 30,000 raise from button Stephen Song, but lets it go against a 25,000 c-bet on the 6♥ T♠ 2♦ flop.