Play has just resumed in level 16, and the field is down to only 56 players.

The blinds caught up to many players in the field in the lead up to the last break and started forcing the action. The result was a number of multi-way all in pots that helped shake up the leaderboard. The former chip leaders in this flight are no longer among the biggest stacks in the field, as the balance of power has shifted to a new group of players.

The current chip leader in Wai Kit Ngai, who was quietly accumulating chips until he scooped a big, three-way all in pot after having played pocket aces in position to perfection. Ngai called the opening raise from early position, which opened the door for another player, who cold three-bet all in from the small blind. This raise elicited a flat call from the original raiser, which is when Ngai moved all in and was called. Ngai’s aces stood in the three-way pot and allowed him to collect a major portion of his stack.