Meng Out-Flips Roe To Stay in the Tournament
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Under the gun Junxing Meng moved all in for 257,000. It folded to mid-position Michael Roe who called swiftly. The rest of their table got out of the way just as swiftly, and a pair-v-overs situation was revealed:
Roe: 
Meng: 
The 
flop was ace-free, but the turn was the 
and the river the 
securing Meng a double through. Roe's stack had, according to tablemates, been on the rise in the recent past, and this dent set him back a ways. Meng said that "you need luck [in tournaments] - just make the right decision."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
900,000
627,000
|
627,000 |
|
|
520,000
67,000
|
67,000 |