Immediately after losing a pot to Evegeny Kurilenko, Wang Meng recouped those lost chips and more. He delivered a double knockout claiming all of Tetsuya Tsuchikawa and Benedict Koh’s chips. Action began with Tsuchikawa all in, Koh joining in, then Meng as well after getting the count.
Tsuchikawa A♦ 8♦
Koh A♥ K♥
Meng 10♣ 10♥
The board came 2♠ 6♣ 3♥ 9♠ Q♠. Meng’s pair held and he climbed to back up to 630k.
We are down to 26 players.