Hand #72: Anson Tsang limp-folded to a raise from Chance Kornuth to 125,000.
Hand #73: Thai Ha and Kornuth both limped and Alex Epstein raised to 139,000 and took down the pot.
Hand #74: Kornuth and Epstein limped and Tsang raised to 160,000 on the button and the other players both folded.
Hand #75: Epstein raised to 112,000 and won the pot.
Hand #76: Epstein, Tsang and Ha all limped before Kornuth raised to 175,000 on the button. Epstein then three-bet to 750,000 and the remaining players all folded.
Hand #77: Kornuth jammed the cutoff with short-stacked Rene van Krevelen on the button who folded.
The ante increased to 15,000 after this hand.
Hand #78: Tsang and Kornuth limped with Epstein checking his button. The flop was 
and it checked to Epstein who bet 40,000. Tsang called and Kornuth folded.
The turn was the 
. Tsang checked and Epstein bet 150,000. Again Tsang called and the river was the 
. Both players checked and Tsang won the pot with 
to move into the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,085,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
||
|
2,040,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
|
||
|
1,950,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
||
|
424,000
-177,000
|
-177,000 |
|
322,000
-114,000
|
-114,000 |
|
|
||
flop was dealt and Kornuth bet 70,000 to make the other three players fold. 
flop and Kornuth check-called another 75,000 bet from Epstein. The turn was the 
was added on the board. 
and Epstein checked. Kornuth fired 50,000 and Epstein called. 
and the river was 
. It went to showdown and Kornuth showed 
flop gave Tsang the lead. The turn 
turn and the river was the 
. 
and took down the pot.
and Epstein checked. Tsang bet 60,000 and Ha immediately folded. Kornuth called and Epstein got out of the way. 
on the river and Tsang checked to Kornuth. Kornuth bet 300,000 which was more than pot-size and Tsang called. Kornuth showed 
Tsang mucked his hand. 
