Gruendemann Takes Early Hit
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Day 1a chip leader Zhong Cai Peng still looks to be the current frontrunner with close to 200,000 in his stack. Peng is seated at the same table as Ireland's Mark Gruendemann, who has less chips than he started the day with after an early misadventure with 
.
According to Gruendemann, he opened the action pre-flop and found a customer in the neighbor Chi Fu Sze, who made the call with 
. An flop saw all the chips go in, but fortunately for Gruendemann, Sze didn't start the hand with all that many, stacking up to around 36,000 after the hand. Gruendemann has close to 80,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000 | 1,800 |
|
80,000 | -23,000 |
|
36,000 | 18,600 |