
Day 1
Lee Wai Kiat Cracks John Juanda's Rockets

With the board already showing J♣ 8♥ 6♠ 3♦ and a pot of 40,000, last night's $15,000 Superstar Challange champion John Juanda leads 32,000 and gets check-called by Lee Wai Kiat - fresh of his two 6th places at the Triton Super High Rollers for $1M. The board completes T♥ , Juanda lays out 125,000 with A♠ A♣ , but has to surrender the pot to Lee's last minute two pair J♦ T♦ .
Player | Chips |
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LW Lee Wai Kiat | 487,500(81 BB) |
JJ John Juanda | 121,500(20 BB) |
Jamil Wakil Against Two

Xu Qiang - another bracelet winner from China - kicks us off with a 10,000 raise from the cutoff and takes Jamil Wakil and John Juanda to the flop 5♥ 9♣ 7♦ . Checked to Wakil on the button, 20,000 enter the middle, Juanda folds before Xu Qiang raises to 65,000. Back to Wakil 150,000 three-bet goes out that sends Xu in the tank, but calls with the aid of a time bank. The turn T♦ has Wakil fork out another 180,000 that gets the job done.
Player | Chips |
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JW Jamil Wakil | 771,000(154 BB) |
JJ John Juanda | 503,000(101 BB) |
QX Qiang Xu | 325,000(65 BB) |