Dragon Of The Year (15,000 NEW TAIWAN DOLLAR)

Ariel Lin went with K♦ Q♥ for his last 54,000 and was up against Jimmy Pham's A♠ J♣ for a race. Running similar stacks, the board 5♣ 4♣ 2♥ 3♠ Q♣ rolled a straight for Pham to send his opponent out of the qualifier.

Utg+2 Ariel Lin opened to 8,000, joined by three other players on flop 2♣ 3♥ 4♣ . Checked to Ming Ken Thoo, he bet 8,000 followed by two calls behind. Back to Lin, he raised all-in for 28,500 and saw Ming reshove 80,000 and Kwak Gun for a final call. A flopped straight against two sets, Lin locked in the win after the turn 8♠ and river 6♥ missed to pair the board.

Having doubled through Huang Wei Hao just two hands prior, Ariel Lin clashed once more with Huang after shoving his 38,000 stack in against the latter's utg open. The board 4♠ 2♣ T♠ 3♠ 5♣ ended up rolling a straight for Lin, earning him the crucial pot to for another chance at the money.