Saturday, August 1, 2020 9:51 PM Local Time
Che Li "32bo" Lin Eliminated in 6th Place
As the rapid fire all-in showdowns continue it was Che Li "32bo" Lin who ended up at risk via three-bet jam from the button and chip leader Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov called in the hijack.
Che Li "32bo" Lin:
Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov:
Kuznetsov nailed the flop and Lin was drawing dead on the turn, the river became a formality.
| Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov | 31,335,715 | 3,098,200  |
| Che Li "32bo" Lin | 0 | -4,778,200  |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 9:47 PM Local Time
Jens "el_gazapo" Kerper Eliminated in 7th Place
Jens "el_gazapo" Kerper tripled up with pocket fives and then doubled with against the of Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu in a battle of the blinds after turning the nut flush.
Kerper then got it in for the third time in a row and faced Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach in the big blind.
Jens "el_gazapo" Kerper:
Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach:
Kerper flopped best on and remained in the lead on the turn but the river made his two pair worthless as Mallach improved to the nut straight.
| Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach | 28,179,271 | 0 |
| Jens "el_gazapo" Kerper | 0 | 0 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 9:43 PM Local Time
Wei "dugui777" Zhao Eliminated in 8th Place
Wei "dugui777" Zhao shoved his short stack the very next hand and he was called by Sungjoo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun in the big blind.
Wei "dugui777" Zhao:
Sungjoo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun:
On a board of , Zhao was left empty-handed and bowed out in 8th place.
| Sung Joo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun | 14,611,627 | 1,249,171 |
| Wei "dugui777" Zhao | 0 | -1,129,171 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 9:41 PM Local Time
Yesha "Iconic" Punjabi Eliminated in 9th Place
Yesha "Iconic" Punjabi jammed up his stack in the first hand of the final table and jammed again the next hand. This time, Wei "dugui777" Zhao reshoved and Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach also moved all in to force out Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov in the big blind, who flashed after the hand was over.
Yesha "Iconic" Punjabi:
Wei "dugui777" Zhao:
Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach:
The board came and Mallach scored a huge double while Punjabi was eliminated in 9th place.
| Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach | 26,414,487 | 15,687,963 |
| Wei "dugui777" Zhao | 1,129,171 | -10,226,524 |
| Yesha "Iconic" Punjabi | 0 | -3,991,439 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 9:37 PM Local Time
Final Table Counts With Real Names
| Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov | 28,237,515 | 2,580,000 |
| Sung Joo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun | 13,362,456 | -2,110 |
| Wei "dugui777" Zhao | 11,355,695 | 450,000 |
| Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach | 10,726,524 | 1,340,000 |
| Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu | 10,263,739 | -1,980,000 |
| Yu "kris16" Du | 7,096,968 | -590,000 |
| Che Li "32bo" Lin | 4,778,200 | -300,000 |
| Yesha "Iconic" Punjabi | 3,991,439 | -950,000 |
| Jens "el_gazapo" Kerper | 2,467,464 | -1,450,000 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 9:37 PM Local Time
Level 34 started
Level: 34
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 60,000
Saturday, August 1, 2020 9:32 PM Local Time
"PokerSamurai" Bubbles the Final Table
In a battle button versus big blind, "ArtePokerTV" from China clashed with "PokerSamurai" from Hong Kong and the latter was the player at risk in a near 8.2 million pot.
"PokerSamurai":
"ArtePokerTV":
On a board of , the mighty pocket pair held up and "PokerSamurai" had to settle for 10th place.
The remaining nine players will now decide whether or not to switch their seats and the real names will be revealed.
| Sung Joo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun | 13,364,566 | 3,574,855 |
| PokerSamurai | 0 | -2,672,745 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 9:29 PM Local Time
Lin Eliminated by Mallach
Shiqiang "Almightycat" Lin had been moved tables and went through the blinds once. Down to fewer than seven blinds, Lin raised the button to 2.4 million after the blinds had gone up and then called all-in when Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach piled it in from the big blind.
Shiqiang "Almightycat" Lin:
Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach:
Lin was in trouble and flopped a gutshot on while Mallach had top pair. The turn added a flushdraw but again the player at risk missed on a blank river.
With the field down to 10 players, they are balanced once more as Jens "el_gazapo" Kerper went on the move to take Lin's vacated seat.
| Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov | 25,657,515 | 215,000 |
| Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu | 12,243,739 | 1,125,000 |
| Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach | 9,386,524 | 4,035,576 |
| Yu "kris16" Du | 7,686,968 | -910,000 |
| Shiqiang "Almightycat" Lin | 0 | -3,980,576 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 9:25 PM Local Time
Level 33 started
Level: 33
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 50,000
Saturday, August 1, 2020 9:25 PM Local Time
Zhao Jams Up The Stack
In a battle of the blinds, Wei "dugui777" Zhao bet the pot for 1.41 million on the turn and "ArtePokerTV" called in the big blind. When the fell on the river, Zhao moved all-in for 6,675,695 and claimed the pot uncontested.
| Wei "dugui777" Zhao | 10,905,695 | 2,625,000 |
| Sung Joo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun | 9,789,711 | -1,850,000 |
| Che Li "32bo" Lin | 5,078,200 | 520,000 |
| Yesha "Iconic" Punjabi | 4,941,439 | -555,000 |
| Jens "el_gazapo" Kerper | 3,917,464 | -740,000 |
| PokerSamurai | 2,672,745 | -255,000 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 9:21 PM Local Time
Kamei Eliminated by "Tr1pTripM"
The next short stack to end up at risk before the flop was Brazil's Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei as he called the open shove of "Tr1pTripM" for fewer than the last eight blinds in a battle of the blinds.
Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei:
"Tr1pTripM":
Kamei needed some help but found none on the flop. The turn provided a flushdraw and chop outs but the ultimate brick followed with the river to reduce the field to the final 11 contenders.
| Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu | 11,118,739 | 2,517,360 |
| Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei | 0 | -2,747,360 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 9:16 PM Local Time
"DonaldTurnip" Eliminated by "kris16"
"kris16" opened it up to 600,000 from the cutoff and then called the three-bet shove of "DonaldTurnip" for 11 big blinds total from one seat over.
"DonaldTurnip":
"kris16":
On a board of , the player with the Union Jack departed in 13th place.
| Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov | 25,442,515 | 1,767,500 |
| Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu | 8,601,379 | -947,500 |
| Yu "kris16" Du | 8,596,968 | 4,043,956 |
| Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach | 5,350,948 | 410,000 |
| Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei | 2,747,360 | -790,000 |
| DonaldTurnip | 0 | -4,693,956 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 9:13 PM Local Time
Patience as Virtue for the Shortstacks
While "VSMPZD" is the overwhelming chip leader, the second table is headlined by "ArtePokerTV" with several short stacks separated by just a few blinds. There were some open-shoves, a three-bet and more but ultimately no showdown emerged.
Yesha "Iconic" Punjabi raised to 600,000 but folded to the three-bet to "32bo".
| Sung Joo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun | 11,639,711 | 1,197,000 |
| Wei "dugui777" Zhao | 8,280,695 | -1,342,000 |
| Yesha "Iconic" Punjabi | 5,496,439 | 270,000 |
| Jens "el_gazapo" Kerper | 4,657,464 | 405,000 |
| Che Li "32bo" Lin | 4,558,200 | 895,000 |
| Shiqiang "Almightycat" Lin | 3,980,576 | -105,000 |
| PokerSamurai | 2,927,745 | -1,320,000 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 9:05 PM Local Time
Samuelsson Eliminated by "VSMPZD"
Chip leader "VSMPZD" opened the action with a raise to 528,000 from early position and shortest stack Andreas "DonPepe" Samuelsson jammed his last 707,082 from the button as the blinds got out of the way.
Andreas "DonPepe" Samuelsson:
"VSMPZD":
"VSMPZD" flopped a gutshot on and while they missed on the turn, it was the river that ended Samuelsson's run in 14th place.
| Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov | 23,675,015 | 1,217,082 |
| Andreas "DonPepe" Samuelsson | 0 | -1,007,082 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 8:59 PM Local Time
Updated Counts for the Final 14
| Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov | 22,457,933 | 0 |
| Sung Joo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun | 10,442,711 | -674,000 |
| Wei "dugui777" Zhao | 9,622,695 | -1,460,000 |
| Yiduo "Tr1pTripM" Yu | 9,548,879 | 5,117,227 |
| Yesha "Iconic" Punjabi | 5,226,439 | 3,649,379 |
| Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach | 4,940,948 | -731,150 |
| DonaldTurnip | 4,693,956 | 1,515,137 |
| Yu "kris16" Du | 4,553,012 | 582,500 |
| Jens "el_gazapo" Kerper | 4,252,464 | -47,716 |
| PokerSamurai | 4,247,745 | 260,000 |
| Shiqiang "Almightycat" Lin | 4,085,576 | 81,748 |
| Che Li "32bo" Lin | 3,663,200 | -1,339,220 |
| Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei | 3,537,360 | 0 |
| Andreas "DonPepe" Samuelsson | 1,007,082 | -2,252,000 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 8:57 PM Local Time
Break With 14 Remaining
Only around seven minutes remain in the current level as the remaining 14 players headed into their next scheduled six-minute break. They will combine to the final table when just nine contenders remain.
Saturday, August 1, 2020 8:55 PM Local Time
"VSMPZD" Gets Value From Kamei
Joining the action on the turn, Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei checked and chip leader "VSMPZD" bet 515,000 for one third of the pot which Kamei called. The fell on the river and Kamei checked once more.
"VSMPZD" now bet 1,175,000 into 2,536,000 and that sent Kamei into the tank. The Brazilian eventually hero-called with but "VSMPZD" had the best of it with .
| Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov | 22,457,933 | 1,208,000 |
| Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei | 3,537,360 | -3,730,500 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 8:47 PM Local Time
"lafiera8" Eliminated by "VSMPZD"
In a battle of the blinds, "VSMPZD" had table neighbor "lafiera8" at risk preflop and both players turned over an ace in showdown.
"lafiera8":
"VSMPZD":
The pot of 9.9 million chips was sent over to "VSMPZD" as they dodged an additional gutshot on the board, eliminating "lafiera8" in 15th place.
| Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov | 21,249,933 | 6,513,027 |
| lafiera8 | 0 | -4,963,027 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 8:42 PM Local Time
"VSMPZD" Doubles Into the Lead
"kris16" raised to 400,000 and was called by both players in the blinds including "VSMPZD" and "lafiera8". On a flop, "VSMPZD" check-raised a continuation bet to 1.4 million and "kris16" was the only caller. "VSMPZD" bet the turn and jammed the river for the last 3.7 million which "kris16" called.
"VSMPZD" tabled for a set and "kris16" lost a huge portion of their stack with the .
"kris16" then doubled with against the of "lafiera8" thanks to the board.
| Nikita "VSMPZD" Kuznetsov | 14,736,906 | 10,296,878 |
| lafiera8 | 4,963,027 | -2,564,196 |
| Yu "kris16" Du | 3,970,512 | -1,807,463 |
Saturday, August 1, 2020 8:36 PM Local Time
Down to 15 Players
Canada's "BakedSand" finished in 18th place when they pushed their short stack in with the and were called by "ArtePokerTV" in the big blind with the . The board ran out and that spelled the end for "BakedSand".
Moments later, "preflopPlus" hit the rail and the table closed immediately as the final 16 were set.
Oliver "King_Bill47" Bill lasted all but a few moments in those last two tables as he failed to hold up with in the big blind when facing Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei and his in the small blind.
The flop immediately brought bad news and the turn and river provided no help.
King_Blll47 eliminated| Sung Joo "ArtePokerTV" Hyun | 11,116,711 | 4,188,168 |
| Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei | 7,267,860 | 1,850,600 |
| Oliver "King_Bill47" Bill | 0 | -1,350,799 |
| BakedSand | 0 | -2,182,936 |
| preflopPlus | 0 | -2,034,370 |