Lim Doubles Into the Lead
Level 18
: 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Chin Wei Lim raised it up to 900,000 from under the gun with 
and Christoph Vogelsang defended from the big blind with 
. The flop fell 
and Vogelsang checked to Lim who continued for 700,000. Vogelsang check-raised to 2,400,000 and Lim just called.
The turn brought the 
and Vogelsang made two pair but he was already drawing dead to Lim's set of sixes. Vogelsang checked again and Lim reached for a bet of 4,800,000. Vogelsang check-raised all in and Lim instantly called off his stack of 16,110,000.
The insignificant 
completed the board and Lim double up into the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,420,000
20,485,000
|
20,485,000 |
|
37,185,000
-4,650,000
|
-4,650,000 |
|
||
|
34,340,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
23,950,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
8,955,000
-21,210,000
|
-21,210,000 |
in the cutoff and raised to 1,000,000. Jean-Noel Thorel defended his big blind with 
. The flop came 
. Christoph Vogelsang called in the small blind with 
. Vogelsang checked again and Thorel fired a bet of 1,200,000 without hesitating. Vogelsang shoved for 9,255,000 after contemplating his options. Thorel looked at his cards once more before opting to fold.
and was called by Anatoly Filatov on the button with 
.
and Vogelsang checked to Lim who bet 1,250,000 with air. Filatov just called on the button with his top pair and Vogelsang laid his hand down.
and both players checked to the 
on the river. Lim counted out a bet of 2,600,000 and Fialtov quickly called. Lim's pair of nines was not enough to overcome the pair of kings from Filatov.
, a bet on the flop was called to see the turn which was the 
, Eibinger checked and Filatov bet 600,000 which was called.
and both players checked for Eibinger to claim the pot.
and Matthias Eibinger called from the big blind holding 
and Eibinger led out for 1,000,000. Thorel quickly called and the 
. Chin Wei Lim found 
in the small blind and three-bet to 3,400,000. Eibinger shoved for 19,000,000 and Filatov quickly folded.
