Aldemir and Juanda Double; Yong and Seidel Left Short
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Koray Aldemir was involved in a battle of the blinds with Wai Kin Yong and the defending champion had limped in, Aldemir checked. Yong bet the 
flop for 14,000 and Aldemir called before doing so again on the 
turn for 50,000. Yong then checked the 
river and Aldemir moved all in.
Yong tank-called and mucked when Aldemir showed 
for the nut straight, the German doubled for 214,000.
Yong doubled through Yu Liang one hand later for his last 44,000 with 
versus 
, dodging a flush draw.
Over on table three, John Juanda pushed for his last 147,000 on the button and Erik Seidel called in the big blind.
John Juanda: 
Erik Seidel: 
The board came 
and Juanda once again escaped, has used three of his cat lives thus far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
642,000 | 227,000 |
|
320,000 | 105,000 |
|
110,000 | -260,000 |
|
80,000 | -165,000 |