Yu Triples With Aces
Level 3
: 0/0, 2,000 ante
Richard Yong and Winfred Yu were spotted standing up from their seats while the cards were about to be turned over on yet another crazy three-way all in. Yu was the player at immediate risk for his last 66,000 and had the best of it with the 
. Yong had him covered by some and showed the 
, while Kaplan turned over the 
.
The board ran out 
and Yu tripled up with a straight, as per Short Deck rule the aces also plays as a five. Yong's two pair left him with a double up through Kaplan for 42,000 while Kaplan took a hit to his early big stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
84,000
84,000
|
84,000 |