HomeKentaro Somekawa doubled up his very short stack during one of the first hands of the day but still couldn’t hold on to it. He was eliminated in 54th place by Cheli Lin with 7-7 falling to A♣ J♣ on a board 2♣ 9♣ K♠ 4♠ J♠.
We are now on the bubble with 53 players remaining.