Loeser Takes From Qiang, Chan Busts Cates
Two massive hands played out simultaneously not long after play resumed following the break that has changed the tournament landscape considerably.
There were a few small pots played prior to this with Steffen Sontheimer and Mikita Badziakouski battling it out in the blinds in one hand.
Sontheimer eventually took down with a decent sized pot with a chunky river bet after both players limped pre-flop and the German then fired all three streets on a board that ended up reading 
.
Badziakouski took his time on the river but eventually folded to drop down to 1.35 million while Sontheimer climbed to 1.45 million.
Dominik Nitsche had become quite short and moved all-in over for his last 215,00 over the top of a Chan Wai Leong button min-raise and while the Malaysian took a while thinking things over he eventually folded.
Then two huge hands developed on the two remaining tables. The first was a three-way hand between Mikita Badziakouski, Wang Qiang, and Manig Loeser, with the latter making it 70,000 to go from the cutoff and both Badziakouski and Qiang making the call from the small and big blinds respectively.
After Badziakouski checked the 
flop Qiang chose to lead out for 75,000 into a pot of over 210,000. Loeser took a while about it but then raised to 280,000 in total. While this was enough to get Badziakouski to bow out Qiang made the call after several minutes in the think tank and the dealer burned and turned the 
.
Both players checked and the 
river completed the hand. Qiang checked again and Loeser bet big, sliding out a tower of turquoise 25k chips for a bet of 500,000 and Qiang folded quickly to drop to 800,000 while Loeser raked in a sizable pot and climbed to 2,550,000.
While this hand was playing out Daniel Cates (button) and Peter Chan became embroiled in a huge hand. We caught the action on the river on a board reading 
just as Cates fired for 375,000 and Chan moved all-in from the big blind for a raise of just 55,000 more.
Cates made the call but mucked his hand when Chan turned over 
for the nut flush. Chan scooped the monster pot and climbed to over 1.5 million while Cates was left with a paltry 85,000.
This found its way into the middle the next hand after Chan Wai Leong made it 65,000 to go from the hi-jack and Chan made the call from the small blind.
Chan led the 
flop and after Leong got out of the way the cards were turned over.
Peter Chan: 
Daniel Cates: 
While Cates began with the best hand Chan’s speculative five-three offsuit had hit the board hard and Cates did not improve, departing in 13th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,550,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
||
|
1,600,000
775,000
|
775,000 |
|
1,450,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
1,350,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
||
|
275,000
-635,000
|
-635,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |