Hossein Ensan shoved twice all in and received no callers. Danny Tang and Ben Heath both got a walk in succession.
An orbit later, Tang limped in from the small blind and Heath checked. Tang bet 80,000 on the flop and got called. Both players checked the on the turn.
On the river, Heath tried to pick it up with a 145,000 bet but Tang was having none of it. He called with and bested Heath's for a missed straight draw.
Danny Tang made it 170,000 to go first to act and Hossein Ensan called out of the big blind. On a flop of , Ensan checked and Tang bet 130,000. Ensan was having none of it and check-raised to 575,000, which Tang called a few seconds before his shot clock had run down.
The turn went check, check, and Ensan also checked the on the river. Tang bet 630,000 and Ensan folded to drop to the bottom of the counts after spending quite some time near the top throughout the day thus far.
Sergio Aido raised to 160,000 from the hijack and Liwei Sun three-bet all in for 570,000 from the cutoff. Aido asked for a count and called to create the following showdown.
Liwei Sun:
Sergio Aido:
While the flop and the turn were blanks, the fell on the river and that improved Aido, eliminating Sun in 6th place for a payday of �116,000.
In the last three hands before the dinner break, Sergio Aido moved all in twice and Liwei Sun moved in on the final hand. Hossein Ensan was involved three times: Aido shoved twice over his open and Ensan folded the big blind in the last hand against Sun's small blind shove.
Ben Heath raised to 125,000 and scooped the blinds and antes. His next open raise to 125,000 saw Orpen Kisacikoglu shove all in from one seat over and Heath folded.
Hossein Ensan raised to 125,000 from the cutoff and Kisacikoglu came along from the big blind. On a flop of , Kisacikoglu checked and called a bet worth 175,000 by Ensan. The turn and river brought no betting action from either player and Kisacikoglu tabled the as winning hand.
Roman Emelyanov raised to 125,000 in middle position. Sergio Aido three-bet to 310,000 in the cutoff and Emelyanov called, leaving himself with just 325,000 behind.
On the flop, Emelyanov checked, Aido bet 65,000 and the Russian called. The on the turn got checked by both players.
Emelyanov shoved his final chips in on the river and Aido instantly called.
Roman Emelyanov:
Sergio Aido:
Emelyanov came up short with queen-high and was eliminated. The Day 1 chipleader fell to the Day 2 chipleader finished in 7th place and received �85,000.
Danny Tang made it 140,000 to go from under the gun and Roman Emelyanov in the hijack, Sergio Aido on the button and Hossein Ensan in the big blind called. The flop came and it was checked to Aido, who bet 175,000. Only Tang called before both checked the turn and river.
Tang showed and Aido mucked with the words "you are good, pocket nines."