Hong Doubles Close to the Bubble
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The action has slowed down with the upcoming money bubble and Nan Hong was among those to get their chips in.
Hong had little to fear with 
as Xinglong Huang turned over 
and the board of 
ensured his double up with 113 players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
190,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
and Shijie Wang checked with 50,000 behind. Kosuke Tajima moved all in and the clock was called on Wang, who ended up calling with two seconds to spare.
for a bluff and Wang doubled with the 
.
for a straight on the 
while Yu only had 
in the hijack and Dongsheng Peng in the cutoff had made the call with the 
.
and the stacks needed to be double-checked. It turned out that both players had exactly 292,000 and that made Yu the bubble boy.
against Shenming Yin and his 
and Kazuyuki Tanemura looked him up with the 
, one six on the board was not enough to keep Teng in contention.
