Two Double-Ups for Short Stacks During the Bubble
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
|
70,000 |
|
||
|
129,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
38,000
2,900
|
2,900 |