Loeser Still Leads Coming into First Break
While Manig Loeser has less chips than he started play with the German player still currently holds the chip lead and has just won two back-to-back hands to climb back up to close to what he started the day with.
Loeser made it 130,000 to go from the cutoff in the first hand, picking up two customers in the form of Peter Chan (button) and Richard Yong (big blind).
Yong checked the 
flop over to Loeser, who c-bet 90,000 and both Chan and Yong quickly folded. Loeser raised it up again the next hand and took down the blinds and antes.
Peter Chan won himself a small pot, making it 130,000 from the hi-jack with Antonios Paschalidis choosing to defend from the big blind. The Greek player checked the 
flop over to Chan, who led out for 100,000 and that was enough to take down the hand.
There was an orbit of blind and ante stealing before the next flop was dealt with Loeser raising from the button and Chan making the call from the small blind.
However, that was it for the betting in the hand with both players checking all the way to the river with the community cards running out 
.
Chan turned over 
but this was not enough to beat Manig Loeser’s 
and the German player padded out his stack a little more before the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,950,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
|
||
|
2,600,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
1,850,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
|
1,500,000
-600,000
|
-600,000 |
|
1,400,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
1,200,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
1,000,000
20,000
|
20,000 |