Hand No. 36: Nguyen Nang Quang opened from the cut-off for 240,000. Michael Foo made the call on the small blind. Both players were shown a flop of :9h A 9 .

Foo checked and Quang continued for 150,000. Foo called to open a J on the turn. Both checked to see a 5 on the river.

Foo fired 300,000 and Quang mucked

Hand No. 37: Kawauchi Takashi moved all-in for 1,100,000 on the small blind and stole the blinds.

Hand No. 38: Nakai Ryuta raised from under the gun for 240,000 and scooped the blinds.

Hand No. 39: Ewe Eng Soon raised to 240,000 on the button and Nakai Ryuta three-bet to 745,000 from the big blind. Soon folded.

The remaining eight players are now on a short break. They will be playing down to a winner today, so coverage will resume once play resumes.

Eng Soon Ewe

Hand No. 32: Table is now eight-handed. Eng Soon Ewe raises to 200,000 from the cutoff. Jeremy Chan shoves from the button for 1,400,000 and gets it through.

Hand No. 33: Takashi Kawauchi raises to 205,000 from middle position. Nakai Ryuta three-bets to 550,000 and takes the pot.

Hand No. 34: Ryuta raises to 200,000 from the cutoff. Jieming Xu three-bets tpo 600,000 from the button. Hirokazu Kobayashi uses a few time banks in the big blind before four-betting to 1,200,000. Ryuta gets out of the way, as does Xu.

Hand No. 35: Foo gets a walk in the big blind.

Shoichiro Hamada

Hand No 31: Michael Foo opened to 300,000. Shoichiro Hamada three-bet to to 1,000,000. Foo jammed all-in for his last 2,500,000 and Hamada made the call.

Michael Foo: A J

Shoichiro Hamada: A K

Board: 2 4 J Q 5

Foo paired his jack on the flop and held on to eliminate Hamada in 9th place and jump to the top of the chip leader board.

Hand No. 26: Hamada Shoichiro raises to 200,000 from under the gun. Michael Foo calls from the big blind.

The dealer turns over A 9 Q for the flop and Foo checks. Shoichiro continued for 175,000 and Foo mucked.

Hand No. 27: Nang Quang Nguyen raises to 200,000 in the cutoff. Foo shoves from the small blind for around 2,100,000. Nguyen lets it go.

Hand No. 28: Jieming Xu raises to 200,000 from late position, Hirokazu Kobayashi re-raises to 1,300,000 from the cutoff. Xu lets it go.

Hand No. 29: Shoichiro raises to 200,000 from the button, Eng Soon Ewe makes the call from the big blind.

The dealer turns over 3 Q 2 for the flop, Ewe checks, Shoichiro puts 175,000 into the middle and takes the pot.

Hand No. 30: Xu raises to 200,000 from early position, Nguyen three-bets to 550,000. Xu lets it go.

Jieming Xu

Hand No. 21: Kawauchi Takashi raised to 220,000 on the button and Jeremy Chan defended his big blind with an all-in shove. Takashi folded.

Hand No. 22: Shoichiro Hamada opened to 200,000 on the hi-jack. Kawauchi Takashi shove all-in on the cut-off for 1,500,000. Hamada folded.

Hand No. 23: Action folded to the blinds. Nakai Ryuta shoved all-in and big blind Jieming Xu snap called.

Nakai Ryuta: J 8

Jieming Xu: A A

Board: 2 T T 5 7

Xu's rockets double up!

Hand No. 24: Jeremy Chan raised to 200,000 on the cut-off. Nguyen Nang Quang three-bet raised to 600,000. Chan tanked and folded.

Hand No. 25: Kawauchi Takashi raised to 210,000 from UTG+2 and Jieming Xu three-bet to 600,000 to take down the pot.

Hirokazu Kobayashi

Hand No. 16: Blinds are up. Eng Soon Ewe raises from middle position and gets folds all round.

Hand No. 17: Table folds round to Hirokazu Kobayashi shoves from the small blind, gets a fold from Michael Foo in the big.

Hand No. 18: Nakai Ryuta raises to 200,000 from middle position, gets three-bet to 700,000 from Foo in the small blind. Ryuta lets it go.

Hand No. 19: Ryuta raises to 200,000 from the late position, Kobayashi shoves for 1,200,000 in the cutoff and takes down the pot, again.

Hand No. 20: Takashi Kawauchi shoves for 1,500,000 from the small blind and takes down the pot.

Nakai Ryuta

Hand No. 11: Michael Foo opened for 200,000 on the cut-off. Shoichiro Hamada three bet to 675,000 on the button. Foo folded.

Hand No. 12: Kawauchi Takashi opened to 180,000 on the button. Big blind Jeremy Chan shoved all-in for 1,400,000. Takashi surrendered.

Hand No. 13: Kawauchi Takashi opened to 175,000 with Nakai Ryuta defending the big blind. Both players were shown a flop of J 9 6

Ryuta checked and Takashi continued for 190,000. Ryuta made the call to open a 7 on the turn.

Both checked to open a 2 on the river.

Both checked and Ryuta took down the pot with T 9 against Takashi's A Q

Hand No. 14: Michael Foo shoved all-in for 2,000,000 and found no callers.

Hand No. 15: Nakai Ryuta opened to 175,000 on the button and scooped the blinds.

Hand No. 6: Takashi Kawauchi raises to 175,000 from middle position. Nakai Ryuta three-bets to 450,000 on the button. Kawauchi lets it go.

Hand No. 7: Michael Foo raises to 180,000 from under the gun. Jieming Xu three-bets to 800,000, effectively all in. Foo asks for a count, before letting it go.

Hand No. 8: Hamada Shoichira raises to 160,000 from under the gun. Nang Quang Nguyen calls from the button. Foo defends out of the big blind.

The dealer spreads K T 5 . Foo checks, Shoichira puts 125,000 into the middle. Nguyen makes the call and Foo lets it go.

The turn is the 5 , pairing the board. Shoichiro checks, Nguyen checks behind.

The river is the 3 . Shoichiro checks and Nguyen checks behind, winning the hand with T 9 , with the superior two pair to Shoichiro's 7 7 .

Hand No. 9: Eng Soon Ewe raises to 160,000 from early position and gets folds from round the table.

Hand No. 10: Ewe raises to 160,000 from under the gun. Ryuta three-bets to 430,000 from middle position. Ewe makes the call.

The dealer turns over T A 6 , Ewe checks and Ryuta checks behind. The turn is the A , and Ewe puts 350,000 into the middle. Ryuta calls.

The river is the 9 , and Ewe uses a time bank before checking; Ryuta checks behind and wins the pot with J T with middle pair, beating Ewe's 3 3 pocket threes.

Jeremy Chan

Hand No. 1: Jeremy Chan opened to 120,000 from UTG+1. Nakai Ryuta three-bet to 300,000 from the next seat. Action folded back to Chan, who surrendered to Ryuta.

Hand No. 2: Blinds are up. Jeremy Chan opened to 160,000 from under the gun and Shoichiro Hamada called on the button.

Both players see a flop of 4 T 6

Chan checked and Hamada tested for 150,000. Chan called to open a J on the turn.

Chan checked and Hamada fired 350,000. Chan surrendered.

Hand No. 3: Kawauchi Takashi opened to 180,000 on the button. Big blind Jeremy Chan defended and both players were shown a flop of K Q 5

Chan checked and Takashi continued for 135,000. Chan called to open a 4 on the turn.

Chan checked and Takashi fired 590,000. Chan folded.

Hand No. 4: Kobayashi Hirokazu opened for 160,000 from UTG+2. Michael Foo called from mid-position. Both players saw a flop of 8 A K

Hirokazu fired 150,000 and Foo folded.

Hand No. 5: Jeremy Chan shoved all-in on the button for his last 1,300,000 and found no callers to scoop the blinds.