With the cards out, Alan Lau was counting his stack, having won a three-way contest which saw the players put their all chips into the middle. Lau had the best of it with , scooping the pot on . He eliminated a short-stacked player who had ace-four and got a full double through another player who tabled .

Lau started the hand with 132,000 and he improved to 280,000 or so.