Kuo Soars to the Top
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Kahle Burns was already missing from the table and Claas Segebrecht confirmed that he ran with pocket queens into the pocket kings of Kitty Kuo. The latter was also responsible for the next casualty after when raising on the button and calling the shove of short stack Preben Stokkan in the big blind.
Preben Stokkan: 
Kitty Kuo: 
The board of 
didn't bring sufficient help for Stokkan and the Norwegian was eliminated half an hour before the end of Day 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
575,000 | 275,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |