Celina Lin and Raymond Wu are the last two survivors for PokerStars Team Asia, and both are barely hanging on.
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Celina Lin and Raymond Wu are the last two survivors for PokerStars Team Asia, and both are barely hanging on.
Ivan Tan was in middle position and open-shoved for 22,500. Action passed to Ty Nguyen in the big blind, who asked for a count and then called. Tan's
was ahead of Nguyen's
.
"Ace on the flop," Tan instructed the dealer. But it was a king on the flop,
, to give Nguyen the lead. The turn was a blank,
.
"What do I need? What do I need?" Tan asked the table before the river card came down.
"Ace or a jack," Andrew Scott replied. The river was neither an ace nor a jack — it was the
, sending Tan to the rail.
"Bad luck Ivan," Scott said. Then he added, "And then there were three," referring to a standing side bet among several of the players in the field.
We caught up with Ivan yesterday, check it out here:
Preflop Uundai limped up, with Huang completing the small blind and Raymond Wu checking the big blind.
They took a


flop, and Huang check to Wu who led out 2,500. Uundai called, and then Huang check-raised up to 18,000. Wu got out of the way, but Uundai called.The turn was the
and Huang led 20,000 with Uundai calling. The river
saw Huang check, and Uundai announce all in.Huang huffed. "Ok I call, I guess" said Huang.
"NUTS!!!" was the reply from Uundai, who then employed the use of his now trademark slap of the table.
Uundai turned over

and Huang mucked his cards, resigned to the fact that he was eliminated from the tournament.
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
It all crumbled though when Lin got his

all in against an opponent's 
and wasn't able to hold up.He'll leave behind just three members of PokerStars Team Asia Pro in the field.
. Huang had first action and bet 14,000.Uundai tanked for about a minute and a half, then splashed fourteen blue chips (T1,000) into the pot. He then executed his trademark table pound as the dealer burned and turned the river card, a blank
. Huang moved all in for 29,400.Uundai asked for a count, tanked for about two minutes, and then folded, allowing Huang to drag the pot and increase his count to about 78,000. And with that, we're off to watch some hands on any table but Table 3.
Unfortunately Marian dropped a few chips in a recent pot. On a flop of


Marian check-raised to 6,000 over his opponent's 1,600 chip bet. The opponent called and they took a
on the turn.Marian led 12,000 this time and the opponent flat called. Both players checked off the
river and Marian's opponent rolled over 
to beat out Marian's own two pair with 
.He still has about 70,000 chips.