Two Double-Ups for Short Stacks During the Bubble
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Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Lucas Blanco was under the gun and raised to 14,000 with 2,700 behind. Mike Watson was on the button and called.
The flop was 
and Blanco check-called Watson's bet of 2,700.
Watson tabled 
and Blanco showed 
. The board ran out 
and the 
giving Blanco the Broadway straight and the crucial double-up.
On another table Pascal Hartmann and Craig Varnell got it all in preflop. Hartmann tabled 
and Varnell showed 
. The board ran out clean for Hartmann, coming 
and he also survived the bubble as it burst on another table on the same hand on hand-for-hand play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000 | -70,000 |
|
129,000 | 7,000 |
|
55,000 | 55,000 |
|
38,000 | -2,900 |