09-01-2008 15:10 UTC+8

Volatility?

[user75032]

There has been a rash of called all in bets during the first hour and fifteen minutes of play. Correspondingly, the volatility has been somewhat higher than usually seen in a large buy-in tournament.

Guo Liang Xu has benefited from some of that volatility. He knocked out one player on a board of {9-Clubs}

{9-Clubs}

{3-Spades}

{4-Spades}

{6-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

by making a set of sixes with {6-Spades}

{6-Spades}

{6-Hearts}

, then knocked out another player with a king-high flush when that player made a queen-high flush. As a result of those two hands, Xu's stack is currently about 40,000, making him the early chip leader.

Tags: Guo Liang Xu