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5:46pm - Seven tables remain
Level 5, Blinds 5,000-10,000 (1,000)
We are now down to seven tables as level five draws to a close. Notables still in the running include reigning APPT champion Tony Cheng who has taken Alan Lau's former seat over on table three. Cheng has a stack of around 500,000.
Also on table three Russia's Tatiana Barausova is still in the running with just over 500,000 in chips.
High roller champion Quan Zhou has been busy, building his stack up to around 350,000 and France's Gilles Lamy is still in contention, although his stack has been stuck at around the 250,000 mark for quite some time now.
The chip average is just over 360,000, which is a playable 36 big blinds, but with 67 players still in the running we still have a fair way to go as we will be playing down to the final nine before play concludes for the day.
5:05pm - Lin and Lai double, Lau departs
Level 4, Blinds 4,000-8,000 (1,000)
China's Lin Zhou has just doubled through an unfortunate tablemate we think is Hong Kong's Yu Chau. We caught the action on the river with the board reading [ah][2c][kc][qc][6d] and over 160,000 already in the pot.
Following a river check from Chau, Zhou had declared himself all-in, calling time on Chau after the latter paid a lengthy visit to the think tank.
It was a big decision for all of Chau's chips and there was just seconds left on the clock before he elected to make the call. Lin immediately declared "Flush!" turning over [tc][5c].
Chau was left with no option other than to pitch his cards into the muck and head for the rail - he will however, have plenty of company. Unable to recover from getting his aces cracked earlier Alan Lau is another one of our many casualties though we were unable to catch his bust out hand as it coincided with the above action.
A player whose fortunes are moving in the positive direction is Hong Kong's Benny Lai who has just eliminated a short-stacked tablemate over on table three.
Lai opened from the cut-off for 25,000 before his opponent moved all-in for around 100,000 and made the call pretty quicky - his [ah][qd] leading his opponent's [ad][3c].
Lai did not relinquish his lead when the board ran out [2h][5s][ks][7d][jh] raking in the pot to take him over the 700,000-chip mark.
4:38pm - Lo takes lead
Level 4, Blinds 4,000-8,000 (1,000)
We managed to get some chip counts while players were on their 10-minute break and the landscape has changed drastically since play began. Ninety players currently remain in contention out of the 160 who made it through to Day 2.
We now have a new chip leader in the form of Hong Kong's Jason Lo who is sitting on what looks to be just over 800,000. Some of these chips came courtesy of Chinese Taipei's Jack Wu, whose short-stacked shove with [as][5c] ran into Lo's [ad][th] to further pad out the latter's stack.
Former frontrunner Xiao Lin, though no longer in pole position is still sitting pretty on a stack of over 700,000.
Another former frontrunner, France's Giles Lamy is still in contention, though his stack is not as large as it was and Lamy has what looks to be around 250,000 in chips.
Macau regular Alvin Zheng is another who has been busy and has a stack of approximately 650,000.
There will be no repeat victory for Justin Chan who departed shortly before the break in 119th and former Red Dragon champion Raymond Wu has also departed in 92nd.
4:15pm - Breaktime
Players are on a short 10-minute break, stay tuned and we will bring you more action when play resumes
3:57pm - Kawahara busts as blinds rise, Lau takes a hit
Level 3, Blinds 3,000-6,000 (1,000)
The 160-strong field has shrunk to 125 as the second level draws to a close with blinds rising to 3000/6000 with a 1,000 running ante.
Japan's Yuji Kawahara has joined the ever-growing list of casualties, his short-stacked shove with [qh][7c] running into the [ad][ah] of China's Pengyu Cui, finding no help as the board ran out [kh][2s][3d][6s][2d].
2015 Asia Player of the Year Alan Lau was doing well, right up until we gave him the bloggers curse by writing this post.
Sitting on the button over on table three Lau raised it up only to see tablemate Yongjie Wang declare "all-in!" from the small blind. Lau quickly called, his [as][ac] leading Wang's [ah][kd].
Unfortunately for Lau the board ran out J-T-5-J-Q to give Wang the straight and the rather sizable pot. Lau dropped to just over 50,000 after that rather painful beat while Wang rose like a phoenix from the flames, climbing to 490,000 in chips.
3:30pm - Siong gets caught
Level 2, Blinds 2,500-5,000 (500)
At the higher end of the chip spectrum, Singapore's Boon Siong has seen his fortunes and sizable stack wain slightly.
We caught the action on the river with the board reading [td][qd][kc][2c][5d] and over 100k in the pot. With a diamond flush possible Siong led out from the small blind and made it 60,000.
Siong's opponent, Hong Kong's Jason Lo, contemplated his decision long and hard before a time was called. Lo did make the call with seconds to spare and Siong rolled over [6s][7c] for a daring bluff.
Unfortunately seven-high was not good enough to beat Lo's [ac][qs] causing Siong to tap the table and say "good call..." with a sigh. Siong drops down to just below the 300,000-mark after the hand while Lo rises to over 360,000 in chips.
3:00pm - Action aplenty on level one
Level 2, Blinds 2,500-5,000 (500)
Day 2 may have just started but the remaining players are wasting no time getting into the swing of things.
There have been a slew of early eliminations as the short stacks from all three starting flights attempted to go big or go home.
Macau Millions champion Justin Chan is one of those lucky enough to remain in contention after dodging elimination at the hands of tablemate Stanley Wong. Following a limp from Lin Zhou on the button Chan shipped from the small blind for just under 80,000 only to be quickly called by Wong sitting in the big blind.
Chan: [ac][2d]
Wong: [as][8s]
The board ran out [2s][qd][kc][kh][ah] so despite catching a piece of the flop Chan chopped to stay alive.
So far we have lost just over 20 players in a little under 30-minutes with 139 players remaining in contention.
2:00pm - Day 2 action underway
Cards are now in the air as Day 2 of the 2016 Macau Millions gets underway. Currently there are 160 players still in contention battling it out for the HK$911,000 (~US$ 116,800) top prize.
Blind levels have increased from 30-minute levels to 45-minute levels now we have reached the money spots. Stay tuned and we will keep you up-to-date with all the tournament thrills and spills as play progresses.
Blinds are currently 2,000/4,000 with a 500 running ante with the average stack coming in at just over 152,000 in chips.
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