An Tai Young raised from under the gun to 5,500. Quan Zhou called and everyone else bowed out. The flop came and Young continued for 9,000. Zhou raised to 19,000 and put Young to a decision. It didn't take too long before we heard "all in" from Young and a call from Zhou.
Young:
Zhou:
Young was looking for a diamond which he found when the came on the turn. It was followed by the river card which gave Young the double.
We've lost just two players in the last hour and that means still 42 players remain at this point. The average stack is 121,904 or 40 big blinds and in the upcoming hour we're expecting to see a lot more all ins.
Action folded to Yong Zhi Jin, on the button who raised to 5,500. Raiden Kan reraised to 15,500 and Jin made the call. With two players to the flop, it came .
Kan checked over to Jin who bet 21,000, which gave Kan the opportunity to check-raise to 43,300. After a solid three-minute tank, Jin made the call.
That brought the turn and an all in from Kan. Jin went into the tank again and seemed to be close to calling but in the end, he ended up sliding his cards into the muck. The decisions are taking longer and the play is becoming more thoughtful as we are getting further into the day.
Christian Haggart still sits on a big stack but he just once again doubled up a very excited Elie Yamen. Yamen ended up all in before the flop holding against Haggart's and the board ran out .
Yamen fist-pumped as the river hit the felt and he now sits on about 10 big blinds again.
The board read when we arrived on the scene and Winfred Yu fired out a bet worth 30,000. Yu's opponent went into the tank for quite a while before eventually sliding out a raise to 70,000.
It took Yu only 10 seconds to make the call and his opponent sheepishly showed . Yu turned his over quickly and he raked in this huge pot with three of a kind.
Yu now sits on 230,000 chips and he's among the chip leaders.
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn opened from under the gun to 7,000. It folded around to Andy Chan who called from the big blind.
The flop came and Chan check-called Kampanatsanyakorn's bet of 10,000. The turn again saw Chan check-call Kampanatsanyakorn's bet, this time for 20,000.
The river completed the board and again Chan checked over to Kampanatsanyakorn who bet 30,000. Chan finally let it go and last year's runner-up is stacking some chips that now have him sitting around average.
A player raised under the gun to 6,000 and the action folded to the small blind who moved all in for 48,500. The player next to act, Shinya Umano, moved all in over the top after a little while and the under-the-gun raiser folded his cards quickly.
Umano:
Small blind:
The board ran out and Umano raked in a very decent pot that puts him right up there on the leader board.
and Young continued for 9,000. Zhou raised to 19,000 and put Young to a decision. It didn't take too long before we heard "all in" from Young and a call from Zhou.
came on the turn. It was followed by the 
river card which gave Young the double.
turn and an all in from Kan. Jin went into the tank again and seemed to be close to calling but in the end, he ended up sliding his cards into the muck. The decisions are taking longer and the play is becoming more thoughtful as we are getting further into the day.
and the board ran out 
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when we arrived on the scene and Winfred Yu fired out a bet worth 30,000. Yu's opponent went into the tank for quite a while before eventually sliding out a raise to 70,000.
. Yu turned his 
completed the board and again Chan checked over to Kampanatsanyakorn who bet 30,000. Chan finally let it go and last year's runner-up is stacking some chips that now have him sitting around average.
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and Akashi found himself a double up while Haggart took another hit.
