Fan to the Top
The current chip leader in the tournament is Taiwan's Chin Wei "FanChihWei" Fan, who's the only player sitting over 800k in stack on 2/3rds of the day. One of Fan's key hand to climb the leaderboard was with 
, when he sneakily hit the river on Georgios Sotiropoulos on a seemingly safe looking 
board.
Sotiropoulos, holding 
, bet 43,024 on the river and called off about 75k or so more when Fan check-raised the river all in. The Greek subsequently rebought himself back into the event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
805,931
451,247
|
451,247 |
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Busted | |
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