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

Cutoff Daniel Cates min-raises and takes button Patrik Demus to the flop J♥ 2♠ 5♣ that gets checked to the turn A♦ and river Q♦ . Demus bets 25,000 with A♠ 4♠ , Cates check-raises to 65,000 with Q♦ J♥ and scoops the pot after Demus fills up with the aid of a time banks.

Big blind Stephen Song defends against an 8,000 open from Patrik Demus in +1 to lay eyes on the flop 2♦ 9♦ 4♣ where Demus continues for 13,000 before filling up Song's 35,000 check-raise and the J♥ turn drops. Song's 75,000 lead gets met, the board completes 3♣ and Song is back to a check. Demus tries his luck with a 55,000 bet in position, but snap folds after Song put him all-in with the aid of a time bank.

Bin Leng makes it 6,500 from +1 and takes two customers to the T♦ 7♣ 8♣ flop. Leng continues for 18,000 and only small blind Patrik Demus pays up to see the 5♣ turn. Demus check-calls two more barrels of 27,500 and 68,000 from Leng to the river 9♦ with Demus coming out on top holding J♣ T♣ flush against Leng's 7♦ 6♦ straight.

Patrik Demus lays out 6,000 from +2, hijack Chris Park ups it to 20,000, Bin Leng cold calls from the button and Demus fills up to watch the flop 8♣ 8♦ Q♠ drop. Checked to Leng, 14,000 slide over the line and we stay three-way to the A♠ turn. Leng fires another 28,500 and only Park calls and does so again on the 5♥ river with the help of a time bank when Leng fires a third time for 68,500 with 2♦ 2♥ . Park picks up the pot with A♣ K♠ .

Cutoff Patrik Demus separates 5,000 from his stack and calls after big blind Yisha Chen increased to 20,000. Chen's 11,000 c-bet ends the hand.

Under the gun Calvin Lee leads 4,000 and fills up Patrik Demus' 16,500 increase to see the K♣ 8♥ 5♣ flop where Demus' 10,000 continuation gets the job done.