Chip and a Chair for Tollefsen
Level 32
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Henrik Tollefsen from under the gun and Qi Xia two seats over got their short stacks into the middle and had near identical chips at their disposal.
Qi Xia: 9♦9♠
Henrik Tollefsen: A♠K♦
The 8♠4♣2♦3♥10♠ board kept Xia in the lead and he doubled for 440,000.
"Unlucky," Gursimran Brar said and Tollefsen replied "that's poker, there is still a chance ... ".
Tollefsen was forced all-in for 25,000 from the big blind next. Alexis Lim raised to 50,000 from under the gun and Ivan Dela Cruz called in the small blind. They checked down the 8♦5♣2♣10♣2♠ board and Lim showed A♦Q♣, Dela Cruz had the A♠J♥. Tollefsen flipped over the 4♦2♦ and survived.