The cards are back in the air with nine players still in the mix and they have locked up a payday of VND 552,000,000 ($22,586) for their efforts.
Dung Tien Pham won the first pot when he raised to 400,000 and flashed the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,200,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
There are some 34 minutes left in the current level and the redraw of the last nine players is as follows.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eng Soon Ewe | Malaysia | 8,150,000 | 41 |
| 2 | Dung Tien Pham | Vietnam | 4,825,000 | 24 |
| 3 | Devan Tang | Hong Kong | 4,650,000 | 23 |
| 4 | Eng Siang Ewe | Malaysia | 1,400,000 | 7 |
| 5 | Zhi Yi Ning | Malaysia | 3,625,000 | 18 |
| 6 | Tzer Chiuan Lim | Malaysia | 2,275,000 | 11 |
| 7 | Hamish Crawshaw | New Zealand | 8,900,000 | 45 |
| 8 | Danny Tang | Hong Kong | 9,175,000 | 46 |
| 9 | Wei Hsiang Yeu | Malaysia | 2,850,000 | 14 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,175,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
||
|
8,900,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
8,150,000
-550,000
|
-550,000 |
|
|
4,825,000
-875,000
|
-875,000 |
|
4,650,000
-550,000
|
-550,000 |
|
3,625,000
525,000
|
525,000 |
|
2,850,000
-1,050,000
|
-1,050,000 |
|
2,275,000
-625,000
|
-625,000 |
|
1,400,000
475,000
|
475,000 |
After the next elimination on the live stream table, the tournament is down to the final nine players. They are now redrawing and the break will take at least ten minutes. More info is to follow once the stream has caught up.
All updates will now be published according to the 30-minute delay.
Yet another clash between Wai Leong Chan and Hamish Crawshaw unfolded with the former jamming for around 2.6 million in the small blind. Almost apologetically, Crawshaw snap-called and had the best of it again.
Wai Leong Chan: 
Hamish Crawshaw: 
Board: 
Within three hands, the former bigger stack of Chan melted and the field was down to the final nine.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,800,000
2,600,000
|
2,600,000 |
|
Busted |
Hamish Crawshaw opened to 300,000 with the 
and Wai Leong Chan called in the big blind with the 
. The 
flop was check-called by Leong for 200,000 and he did so again for 700,000 on the turn. Both checked the 
on the river and Crawshaw had the best of it again versus Chan, who continued to slip.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,200,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |
|
|
2,600,000
-1,300,000
|
-1,300,000 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
In the big blind with 150,000 already invested, Eng Siang Ewe was then all-in for 350,000 and called by his brother Eng Siang Ewe.
Eng Siang Ewe: 
Eng Soon Ewe: 
The 
board kept the short stack in contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,700,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
|
925,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
Eng Soon Ewe was all-in for 2,175,000 and his brother Eng Siang Ewe called in the small blind.
Eng Soon Ewe: 
Eng Sian Ewe: 
The 
board provided a set and the stacks were suddenly nearly even.
Soon after, they got it in for piles once more and the following showdown emerged after which Sian had jammed.
Eng Soon Ewe:
Eng Sian Ewe:
Once more, Soon was ahead and that remained to be the case on the 
board as former big stack Sian went to the far shorest stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,000,000
6,700,000
|
6,700,000 |
|
|
550,000
-5,150,000
|
-5,150,000 |
Devan Tang raised to 300,000 with the 
from under the gun and was called by Hamish Crawshaw with the . Danny Tang three-bet to 1,200,000 with the 
only for the initial raiser to then four-bet shove. That got through as both opponents quickly let go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,300,000
-1,700,000
|
-1,700,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
5,200,000
2,500,000
|
2,500,000 |
|
|
4,300,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
Eng Soon Ewe won a pot by betting the 
river to chip up to around 20 big blinds. Up next he raised to 300,000 and folded to a shove. Ewe soon after lost a pot when he bet-folded a jack-high turn to his brother Eng Siang Ewe and was shown the jack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,700,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
|
5,700,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
|
2,300,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
