Wang Climbs into Second
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Yang Wang has won two back-to-back hands to climb into second place in the chip counts. The first saw Wang push Albert Paik off a hand to win without showdown and the second saw a blind on blind battle between Ivan Leow and Wang.
It was Leow the initial aggressor, making it 80,000 to go pre-flop from the small blind with Wang calling in the big blind. The 
flop saw the action go check, check. Leow also checked the 
turn and Wang took down the pot with an 80,000 bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000 | -100,000 |
|
650,000 | 150,000 |
|
400,000 | -60,000 |
to give Wang a flush and bring Gao's final table to a close.
flopped a set of tens and got Paik to pay him off, with the US player mucking as soon as Leow turned over his hand on the river.
and Wenling Gao made the call for her tournament life with 
.
from the big blind for the second time, but this time it was not a race against small blind Albert Paik's 
.
to give Gao the double, though she is still perilously short.
turn saw the action go check, check, as did the 
Wang had checked the river over to Paik, who had bet 120,000. Wang made the call, but quickly folded when Paik rolled over 
for a full house.