Darren Chan limped in from under the gun and Weihao Ma shoved from the middle position for 29,500. Mike Takayama three-bet to 75,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Chan who took some time but opted to get out of the way for the cards to go on their backs.
Weihao Ma: 
Mike Takayama; 
The board ran out 
for Ma to hold with the pair of deuces to stay alive and double up.
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Level: 7
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
With 27 entries showing on the tournament clock, the 21 remaining players have been sent for the second 15-minute break of the day.
Phachara Wongwichit closed 2019 as the number one on the Thailand all-time money list raised to 6,500 from under the gun and was called by Daniel William and Lester Edoc in the blinds.
The flop came 
both William and Edoc checked. Wongwichit continued with a bet of 11,000 which only Edoc called.
The turn brought them the 
, Edoc checked and Wongwichit bet 58,000. Edoc took some time and then decided to shove with the bigger stack. Wongwichit snap-called for the 185,000 he had behind with the 
for the pair of queens. Edoc held 
for the same pair of queens with the lower kicker.
The river completed the board with the 
for Wongwichit to hold and double up.
William busted shortly after.
Yake Wu has reentered while Florencio Campomanes is new to the field to bring the total number of entries up to 27.
The board read 
with almost 200,000 in the middle.
Weihao Ma bet 100,000 in the small blind and Huidong Gu quickly folded his hijack while Lei Yu shoved from the cutoff. Ma asked for a count and the dealer confirmed it was 102,000 more as Yu had 202,000 behind. Ma took a few seconds and then made the call but mucked when Yu tabled 
for the flopped nut-flush.
The hand after, Darren Chan had raised from the cutoff and Ma was all-in on the button for 3,000. Mike Takayama called the raise of Chan.
They both checked through the 
flop and the on the turn to the on the river. Takayama bet 10,000 for Chan to fold. Takayama had 
for the missed flush draw and Ma quickly sat back down as he held 
for the turned straight to stay alive.
Minh Le has entered the field and taken his seat on Table #3 between Yilu Yuan and John Tech.
Level: 6
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Yake Wu raised to 6,000 from the middle position and Thai Le three-bet to 19,000 in the hijack. Action folded to Lester Edoc in the big blind who four-bet to 65,000. Wu responded with a shove for Le to quickly get out of the way. Edoc asked for a count and the dealer confirmed Wu had 273,000 behind. Edoc contemplated his options for a bit before sighing and making the call.
Yake Wu:
Lester Edoc: 
The board ran out 
for Edoc to hold with the pocket pair for two pair to bust Wu.
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