Malo Prevails in Battle of Shorter Stacks
Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Vincent Wan raised the button to 140,000 with the and Ngoc Tai Hoang defended out of the big blind with the . The flop brought and a continuation bet of Wan did the trick to force a fold from Hoang.
Hoang then limped the from the small blind and Nicolas Malo in the big blind raised to 210,000 with . Hoang made the call to see a flop of and both players checked to the turn, which resulted in a check of Hoang. Malo now bet 200,000 and received a call.
On the river, both players checked and the pot was pushed to Malo.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vincent Wan | 4,460,000 | 250,000 |
Nicolas Malo | 2,300,000 | 680,000 |
Ngoc Tai Hoang | 1,565,000 | -610,000 |