Yoichi Uesugi entered the day running second in command. He continues to maintain his high status, bringing his stack up to 580K after winning two pots back-to-back.
The first hand was against Qin Hai Jia. The board showed 10♠ 8♦ 5♥ 6♥ J♥. Uesugi bet 38k and Qin called. Uesugi had a winning straight with Q♥ 9♦.
The next hand saw a raise war preflop that ballooned the pot to 40k. At the flop A♠ 7♥ Q♣, sb Uesugi