Team Malaysia Picks on Chan, Chan Fights Back

Johnny Chan is seated on a Malaysian-heavy table at present with Victor Chong, Wai Kiat Lee and Michael Soyza all deep-stacked and willing to apply the pressure when necessary.

Chan was the player in position in the first hand we caught, opening the action with a raise from the cutoff to 6,000. The button and small blind Lee both folded and Soyza juiced the pot up to 22,000 from the big blind, bringing an instant fold from Chan.

The very next hand and Chan opened again for the same 6,000 and Wai Kiat Lee thought he’d have a go at pushing the two-time WSOP Main Event champion around, re-raising to 18,000 from the button.

However, thing played out a little differently this time and Chan moved all-in as quickly as he had folded the last hand, to giggles from Soyza who found it hilarious.

We’ll let you know what happens when Victor Chong tries it on later, but for now, Chan has a healthy stack of 125,000, Lee has 464,000 and Soyza is sitting on 222,000 so there is still plenty of opportunity for fireworks.