Chen's Departure Brings in the Bubble
Pete Chen came agonizingly close to the money but has become the latest casualty to bring play to hand-for-hand. It was a battle of the blinds that left Chen crippled, with the Taiwanese player moving all-in from the small blind for around 85,000 with Zong-Ping Yang making the call for his tournament life from the big blind with just 2,000 less.
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It proved to be the right move at the wrong time for Chen, with Yang waking up with pocket jacks, which held on the ![]()
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runout to leave Chen with a paltry 2,000 and shoot Yang up to 160,000.
Chen managed to stall for a couple of hands after, but eventually decided to make a stand and tossed in his last two chips three hands later, with Wei En Shih (small blind) and Zong-Ping Yang (big blind) content to check the ![]()
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board down the whole way.
Chen rolled over ![]()
, Zong-Ping Yang showed ![]()
and Wei En Shih won the hand with the mighty ![]()
to bring the 37 remaining players to the bubble. The clock is now paused as hand-for-hand play commences.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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340,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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160,000
138,600
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138,600 |
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Busted | |
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