Badziakouski Back in Front, Wang, Romain, Trickett and Paschalidis Enter
A chunky pot has recently played out between Mikita Badziakouski and Chan Wai Leong that saw the chip lead change hands.
We picked up the action on the turn with over 100,000 in blinds and antes already in the pot with the board reading 
just as Leong (big blind] led out for a 60,000 bet.
Sitting under-the-gun-plus-one Badziakouski, wearing his trademark sunglasses, turned to face Leong and while we couldn’t see exactly what he was looking at we are guessing that it was his Malaysian opponent.
Eventually Badziakouski made the call to swell the pot to over 200,000 and the dealer peeled off the 
to complete the hand, but not the betting.
After thinking things over Leong now chose to check and Badziakouski mulled over his options before reaching for the turquoise 25k chips and sliding out a hefty 140,000 bet, leaving himself around 307,000 behind.
This sent Leong deep into the tank, where he remained for a good five minutes. With 615,000 in chips behind the Malaysian player could afford the call, but it would be for a significant portion of his chips. Eventually Leong decided to give it up and the monster pot was shipped Badziakouski’s way with the Belarusian climbing to 768,000 after the hand.
The recent arrival of the UK’s Sam Trickett, Greece’s Antonios Paschalidis, China's Zuo Wang and France's Arnaud Romain has see the field increase once more and we are now up to 35 entries, 33 of whom are still in the running.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
768,000 | 256,000 |
|
630,000 | -125,200 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | |
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250,000 |