Three handed play has tightened up as the chip counts a have fallen into a relative 3-way tie.  John Juanda went on a rush of cards and aggression to take the chip lead from Stanislav Alekhin before doubling up Ivan Demidov and bringing the chip counts all back to nuetral. 

Juanda had a shot at eliminating Demidov and going into heads up play with a significant chip lead, but Demidov was able to improve his hand and double up.  Demidov opened the pot, Juanda raised and Demidov then moved in.  Juanda called with the AJ and was a favorite over KT until the T43 flop came out.  Juanda didn’t catch up on the Q3 turn and river and Demidov (right) found himself back over 2 million chips.

Here is what the tournament director just announced as the chip counts:
Stanislav Alekhin - 2,630,000
John Juanda - 2,380,000
Ivan Demidov - 2,190,000

• October 3, 2008 -- Double Double
• October 2, 2008 -- Good Practice for November
• October 2, 2008 -- Turned Upside Down, But Still Evenish
• October 2, 2008 -- Bengt Bounced, Juanda Gains Ground