Right after the action for the final two tables resumed, Ke Xu jammed the cutoff with a short stack of around 800,000 and Ming Zhong Liu called on the button.
Ke Xu: 8?7?
Ming Zhong Liu: 10?10?
The off-suit connectors failed to get there on the K?J?6?A?8? board and Xu was eliminated in 12th place for $113,000.
Quan Zhou raised to 425,000 from under the gun and Dan Cates called on the button. The flop came J?10?7? and Zhou bet 450,000, Cates jammed and Zhou called.
Quan Zhou: J?J?
Dan Cates: 9?8?
The K? turn and Q? river failed to pair the board and the bubble eventually burst.
Duan jammed for the last 360,000 from under the gun and Quan Zhou called in the hijack.
Duan: K?Q?
Quan Zhou: A?K?
Duan was on thin ice on the J?8?7? flop and A? turn, finding himself with just four outs to survive. The Q? river was not among them and he was eliminated two spots away from the money.
Short stack ninja Guang Hui Luo called all-in for 460,000 in the cutoff when Kobe pushed all-in. He didn't have aces this time but A?K?. Kobe's 9?7? had equity but the Q?Q?J?A?7? board ensured yet another double for Luo.
There was then a large stack out in front of Da Seng Sun and Zong Tao jammed for 2,670,000, which Sun called.
Zong Tao: A?K?
Da Seng Sun: A?Q?
The A?J?J?K?8? runout put a bigger dent into Sun's stack, as he traded positions with Tao on the leaderboard.
Gavin from under the gun put Duan at risk when the latter had the last 410,000 in the middle from the next seat.
Duan's A?Q? were ahead versus Q?10? but had to settle for a chop on the J?10?9?6?8? runout.
At the same time, there was some confusion over on. table four as Da Seng Sun had opened to 435,000. Zong Tao was aiming to go all-in while Sun splashed a few chips into the middle and four players at the table then argued back and forth while explaining the situation to the floor.
It was ultimately ruled as just a call by Tao, who then called all-in when Sun shoved the Q?Q?6? flop.
Zong Tao: A?J?
Da Seng Sun: K?10?
The 8? turn and J? river changed nothing and Tao doubled for another 875,000.