Zhang Doubles
After taking down a nice pot with ace-king, Joao Simao bumped his stack to 3.1 million and raised the next hand to 90,000 from the hijack. Christoph Vogelsang made it 275,000 to go from the cutoff and Simao called. The flop fell 
and no bets followed. After the 
turn, Simao bet 215,000 and Vogelsang called, however the 
river was checked by the partypoker ambassador. Vogelsang bet 455,000 for half his remaining stack and Simao folded.
Chi Zhang was all in for 280,000 with the 
and Dietrich Fast had the 
. The board came 
and Zhang stayed in. Fast recovered the losses in a hand against Patrick Leonard right after in a battle of the blinds. Leonard bet the 
flop for 50,000 and Fast raised to 130,000, Leonard called. On the 
turn, Leonard checked and folded when facing a bet of 225,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
|
||
|
2,650,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
||
|
1,550,000 | |
|
850,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
||
|
600,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |