Chan Does Requests; An Takes Early Lead
The field has grown to 31 players spread over four tables, though two of these are Korea's Youngee Park and Hong Kong's Timothy Yim, who are now both on their second bullet of the day.
Malaysia’s Michael Chan obligingly raised from late position as we were walking past his table after a player limped in early position, making it 400 to go and finding a customer.
However, that was as exciting as the hand got with Chan’s continuation bet on the flop of 
flop taking it down immediately.
Andrew An has got his tournament off to a decent start and has edged into an early lead and we caught the US player in action in a multi-way pot. It was Malaysia’s Kok Cheng Chai who was the instigator in this particular hand, making it 250 to go from the cut off with An (button) and both blinds coming along for the ride to take the action four-way to a flop of 
.
All four players checked the flop and took the free 
turn card, which the small blind led for 325. While that was enough to get the big blind to bow out both Chai and An made the call and the 
came in on the river, bringing with it the possibilities of a club flush.
The small blind checked, as did Chai and An decided to play his position aggressively and bet big, firing out a bet of 1,500. The small blind quickly folded but Chai chewed over the decision for several seconds before choosing to keep An honest and making the call.
An turned over 
and Chai quickly folded leaving An to rake in the pot and climb to 27,200 while Chai dropped to 16,400.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,200 | 12,200 |
|
16,400 | -1,400 |
|
15,000 | 15,000 |
|
15,000 | 1,500 |
|
15,000 | 15,000 |
|
15,000 | 15,000 |
|
|
15,000 | 15,000 |
|
|
15,000 | 15,000 |
|
|
15,000 | 15,000 |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 |