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Aldemir Doubles Late on Day 1a
It was Christopher Frank that had knocked out partypoker ambassador Joao Simao earlier when his kings held up against ace-king and the German is among the bigger stacks in the late stages of Day 1a. Viliyal Petleshkov is ahead of Frank, though, and Viktor Blom still thrones on top despite losing some chips towards the end.
Paul Newey had Vitalii Pankov all in and at risk for 1.04 million with 
versus 
only to see Pankov improve to quads on a board of 
.
Dietrich Fast raised to 130,000 and Xia Lin three-bet on the button to 360,000. Koray Aldemir moved all in out of the small blind to force a quick fold from Fast, while Lin asked for a count. Aldemir's all in was for 1.58 million and Lin called after some consideration.
Koray Aldemir:
Xia Lin: 
The board came 
and Aldemir doubled.