We are now down to two tables, and a new chip leader has emerged. Khaled Baalbaki just took down a huge pot to eliminate Rong Xu in 19th place. With the blinds at 2K/4K, Baalbaki opened in early position to 8K. Rong Xu went into the tank before scanning the room, checking the tournament board and pushing forward his whole stack. The action quickly folded back to Baalbaki who was faced with a tough decision. After a minute of thought, he made the call. The cards were tabled to reveal a flip; Xu had 
and Baalbaki had 
. The flop of 
were followed by 
and 
. The nines stood and Xu was eliminated in 19th place. Baalbaki now has the chip lead with over 200K.
18 players now remain and they are competing for 10 places in tomorrow’s Day 2.
