As soon as the cards were in the air, it was non stop all in with the short stacks risking it for a double up. Five players quickly lost that battle while at one of the tables, Liao Huiqiao celebrated a triple up. It was a three-way showdown:
Liao: A♦ 10♦
Nishant Sharma: A♥ A♠
Ben Lai: A♣ K♥
The board spread 6♦ 8♥ J♣ 7♦ 2♦ giving Lia the nut flush, Sharma took the bigger side pot while eliminating Lai. Liao climbed to starting stack of 50K and Sharma rose to 160K.