Double for Cates, Loeser Still Leads

Daniel Cates moved all-in for 313,000 from the button, Dominik Nitsche re-shoved to isolate from the small blind and big blind Peter Chan took the hint and got out of the way.

Daniel Cates:
Dominik Nitsche:

“I think I’d rather have your hand,” Cates chuckled ruefully when the cards were turned over. However, he soon changed his tune when the flop fell and he picked up an open-ended straight draw, which came straight in when the hit the turn. The was merely a formality and Cates doubled to 635,000 while Nitsche dropped to 910,000.

Manig Loeser still retains the chip lead and Wang Qiang has dropped off a little with the Chinese player and Mikita Badziakouski looking fairly evenly stacked with Gabe Patgorski, Steffen Sontheimer and Chan Wai Leong rounding out the top six stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manig Loeser	2,050,000 150,000	150,000

Mikita Badziakouski	1,400,000 -400,000	-400,000

Wang Qiang	1,400,000 -300,000	-300,000
Gabe Patgorski	1,200,000 400,000	400,000
Steffen Sontheimer	1,100,000 340,000	340,000
Chan Wai Leong	1,100,000 50,000	50,000
Dominik Nitsche	910,000 -130,000	-130,000

Peter Chan	825,000 -425,000	-425,000
Daniel Cates	635,000 375,000	375,000
Richard Yong	600,000 -200,000	-200,000
Tony Cheng	575,000 225,000	225,000
John Juanda	520,000 -80,000	-80,000

Antonios Paschalidis	500,000 50,000	50,000