PokerDonV73 
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2013 WSOP Asia-Pacific $50K High Roller: Joseph Cheong Leads with 11 Remaining
The only nonbracelet open event of the World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific also happened to draw the largest crowds in the Crown Poker Room on Saturday. The $50,000 Re-Entry High Roller kicked off with many of poker's biggest names in attendance.
The event began just after 4 p.m. with only five players seated, but 32 more high rollers filtered in throughout the evening. After seven players busted and rebought, a total of 44 entries created a prize pool of AUD$2,157,000, with the top six places making the money and AUD$825,000 going to the eventual winner.
Place Prize (AUD)
1st $825,000
2nd $511,000
3rd $325,000
4th $225,000
5th $155,000
6th $115,000
Joseph Cheong will take the chip lead into Day 2 of the High Roller on Sunday. Cheong, who registered late after busting from the Main Event in 32nd place, bagged 1.5 million in chips when play concluded, well above the amount of his next closest competitor.
Place Player Chips
1 Joseph Cheong 1,500,000
2 Elton Tsang 937,000
3 Paul Phua 815,000
4 Lo Shing Fung 612,000
5 Jonathan Duhamel 604,000
6 Philipp Gruissem 530,000
7 Tom Hall 389,000
8 Joe Hachem 371,000
9 Marvin Rettenmaier 354,000
10 Devan Tang 223,000
11 Kyle Cheong 214,000
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