Two Eliminations on the Stone Bubble
John Villanueva open-jammed on the button for 27,000 and Chongxian Yang called in the big blind with the covering stack.
John Villanueva: J♥J♠
Chongxian Yang: 10♣9♥
The flop came 9♦Q♠3♥, giving Yang a pair of nines. The turn landed the 3♣ and Villanueva was in great shape to double up, but the river fell the 9♠, giving Yang trip nines to send Villanueva packing.
At a nearby table, action picked up on the river with a sizable pot brewing between Luis Faria in the cutoff and Linglin Zeng in the small blind.
With over 400,000 already in the middle and the board reading 5♠8♠9♥3♥4♣, Zeng checked and Faria moved all in for about 600,000. Zeng, who had slightly less, went into the tank before eventually making the call with A♠A♥.
She saw the bad news when Faria tabled 7♣6♣ for the straight, with him scooping a massive pot in the process.
Since both hands occurred on the stone bubble, Villanueva and Zeng split a min-cash.