Money Bubble Burst!
The hand started with Milan Gurung opening to 6,000 from middle position, and finding a call from Lingling Teng in the hijack. The action folded around to Ivan Tan on the big blind, who moved all in for his last 66,300 in chips. The decision was back on Gurung, who counted out a call, and moved it aside, as he counted the remainder of his stack. He eventually made the call, and Teng got out of the way, as both players tabled their cards.
Gurung: 
Tan: 
Board: 
Tan was in the lead, and was looking the goods to win the hand, until the dealer produced the queen on the river to see him eliminated on the money bubble.
“All the short stacks should thank me,” said Gurung, pointing out that a few players grinded a small stack to the money.
Each of the remaining 20-players have guaranteed themselves PHP141,000 for their efforts today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000 | 60,000 |
|
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Busted |
, and Kaigorodtcev's jack kicker was good enough to take down the pot and double him up to 71,000, while Spence losses a fraction of his colossal stack.
, but running into the 
held by Milan Gurung. Cho could only watch as the board ran out 
to fill up Gurung and send him to the rail.
. Tan check called another bet from Nguyen, this time of 22,600, and the river brought the 
. Here's where things got lengthy.
. Cho checked to Gurung, who fired out 15,500. Cho tanked for about a minute before announcing all in, and Gurung shrugged, before putting some chips forward for the call.