After Michael Tran won the first pot of the Final 8, raising but finding no callers, Masato Yokosawa opened the next five pots.
His first one was raise to 36k from the button and got called by the chip leader Sparrow Cheung on the big blind. At the flop Q♠ 3♥ 8♣, Cheung checked, Yokosawa c-bet 55k, Cheung folded.
Second open, he raised to 40k from cutoff, Yuri Ishida called on the button, then Sparrow Cheung three-bet to 180k. No callers and Cheung won the pot.
Third open, he raised to 40k from hijack seat, no callers, From the lo-jack seat he raised 42k, and still no callers. On his fifth open, from utg+1, he raised to 44k and bb Wang Meng defended. At the flop 10♦ Q♠ A♦. Meng checked, Yokosawa bet 40k, and took it down.