Double for Cates, Loeser Still Leads
Daniel Cates moved all-in for 313,000 from the button, Dominik Nitsche re-shoved to isolate from the small blind and big blind Peter Chan took the hint and got out of the way.
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“I think I’d rather have your hand,” Cates chuckled ruefully when the cards were turned over. However, he soon changed his tune when the flop fell ![]()
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and he picked up an open-ended straight draw, which came straight in when the
hit the turn. The
was merely a formality and Cates doubled to 635,000 while Nitsche dropped to 910,000.
Manig Loeser still retains the chip lead and Wang Qiang has dropped off a little with the Chinese player and Mikita Badziakouski looking fairly evenly stacked with Gabe Patgorski, Steffen Sontheimer and Chan Wai Leong rounding out the top six stacks.