Start of Day 3 Chip Leader Takes Huge Hit as Lipp Doubles Stack
Level 27
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Matthias Lipp raised to 120,000 from late position and picked up a call from Shankui Li before Marian Virlanuta moved all in from the small blind for 1,735,000. Lipp called all in for 1,560,000 Li folded. Lipp was at risk as the cards were turned.
Matthias Lipp: Q?Q? 
Marian Virlanuta: K?J?
The board ran out Q?K?6?5?K? and Lipp made a set of queens on the flop, further improving to a full house on the river.
Virlanuta, who started the day as chip leader after maintaining his position throughout Day 2, got up to leave. Lipp prompted him to sit back down as he still had chips and Virlanuta sat back down to a stack of around 170,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,200,000
1,450,000
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1,450,000 |
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170,000
-2,530,000
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-2,530,000 |
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