Loeser Wins Three-way, Badziakouski Takes From Yong, Leong Doubles Through Cheng
While Wang Qiang still has the chip lead at present both Manig Loeser and Mikita Badziakouski are catching up. Loeser won a sizable three-way pot against Antonios Paschalidis and Qiang.
Loeser showed down pocket tens which held against the ace-king of Paschalidis on a 
[x][x] board, with Qiang folding without showdown and Loeser climbed to 1.95 million while Qiang dropped to a little over 2 million and Paschalidis fell to 450,000.
Mikita Badziakouski took a bite out of Richard Yong’s stack after defending his big blind against a Yong mid-position 40,000 open with the flop falling 
.
Badziakouski check called Yong’s 40,000 continuation bet before leading the 
turn for 110,000, a bet Yong called quickly.
The 
river saw the Belarusian reach for chips once more and he fired out a hefty 140,000 river bet with Yong slamming down the call.
Badziakouski rolled over 
for the turned gutshot straight to climb to 1.8 million, leaving Yong to shake his head and drop down to 415,000.
Chan Wai Leong managed to net another double up shortly afterward over on the other table, moving all-in from the button for 356,000 over the top of a Tony Cheng 50,000 mid-position open, which Cheng called immediately.
Chan Wai Leong: 
Tony Cheng: 
Leong was racing for his tournament life and the flop fell 
and while Cheng picked up some additional flush outs when the hit the turn the 
river saw Leong double once more and he climbed to 720,000 while Cheng dropped to 350,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,000,000 | -300,000 |
|
1,950,000 | 620,000 |
|
1,800,000 | 250,000 |
|
1,250,000 | 210,000 |
|
720,000 | 270,000 |
|
450,000 | -280,000 |
|
350,000 | -470,000 |