Leonarez Leads; Huang Slipping
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Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Manila's own Jessie Leonarez had pushed all in on a 
board with about 60,000 chips in the pot already, heads-up with Bryan Huang.
He had Huang covered and waited patiently while Huang pondered a call that would be for his tournament life. Not so patiently, a third player not in the hand called the clock.
As the floor turned up and began a one-minute countdown, Huang folded. Leonarez showed 
for bottom set and while Huang was left with under 90,000 in chips, he moved up to the top of the counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
114,200
|
114,200 |
|
87,000
-85,900
|
-85,900 |
|
||
of Ward, holding 
.
turn for 8,200 and Svein Jorgen Kristensen quickly tossed in three yellow T-5,000 chips for a raise. The dealer informed the Norwegian that it was 1,400 more for a legit raise and Kristensen obliged, Lim called.
river, both players invested 21,000 chips and Kristensen was unable to beat the 
of the Australian.
turn. But when the 
river came down, Kim fired away, making it 24,100. Benasa folded and while Kim is still down close to 80,000 from where he started the day, he appears to be headed in the right direction again.
and won a flip against 
turn, fireworks started between Hideki Azuma and Keisuke Hikosaka to see the later shove into a bet and receive a call. Hikosaka had the 
for middle pair while his countryman was drawing with the 
river blanked and the stacks were counted to see Hikosaka claim it all with just under 50,000 behind.
of a short stack.
