Huang Busts Wong
We finally managed to catch one of the early bust outs with Nick Wong departing in one of the most interesting poker hands we have seen in quite some time.
Pre-flop it was Nick Wong who was the instigator, making it 750 to go from middle position, with neighboring Shi Dong Huang making the call along with another player in the cutoff.
This induced the player in the big blind to try a squeeze play and he re-raised to 3,300 in total. A skeptical Wong made the call, only to see Huang reach for raising chips and he three-bet to a sizable 12,050.
This folded out everyone except Wong, who looked extremely puzzled by this turn of events. It looked like it could be a re-steal attempt, what with so much dead money in the pot already, and this is exactly what was going through Wong’s mind as well, and he told us as much after the hand.
Wong eventually decided to go for it and shoved for 20,550 in total and Huang re-checked his cards and thought it over for a few seconds before making the call.
Wong turned over 
and Huang did, in fact, have a hand, turning over 
.
“Wow!” exclaimed Wong, “I didn’t see that one coming.”
Neither did we, but Huang looked reasonably happy about it all.
“No ace!” pleaded Huang and the dealer obligingly spread the 
flop. That was not the flop Wong was looking for and he was left drawing to the decks three remaining aces. Unfortunately for the Hong Kong player the 
turn and 
river were of no help and he hit the rail while Huang stacked up to 61,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,500 | 61,500 |
|
Busted |