Duong Getting Short
There has been a bit of blind and ante swapping and a few small pots passed around the table but no significant action for the last couple of orbits.
Thin Tin Duong has not been getting many cards and is the shortest stack so things are looking distinctly dicey for the Hong Kong player.
They did not get better after we caught the tail end of a hand between Yao Jin Chen and Duong, with Chen managing to get paid with a 4,000 pot-sized river bet on a queen-high board.
Duong made the call but could only throw his hand away when Chen, sitting in the blinds, turned over 
for a rivered two-pair. Duong has just under 18,000 in chips – close to 15 big blinds – with the next shortest stack belonging to Kilian Loeffler, who has around 75,000.
In short, it is getting close to crunch time for Duong and all the other players know it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | 9,500 |
|
75,000 | -1,700 |
|
15,000 | -10,000 |