Alistair Duff shoved the previous hand successfully, but second time around he wasn’t quite so lucky. Hoang Anh Do raised to 120,000, Duff moved all in and Do instantly called with . Duff was in deep trouble with his .
The board did bring a river sweat but the board left him crippled as Do is now a huge chip leader.
The remarkable comeback of Hoang Anh Do continues as he’s just won another very healthy pot from Alistair Duff.
Preflop, Duff raised the button to a minimum 120,000 and Do called. The flop wad and Do checked to Duff who bet another 120,000. Do made the call before both checked the turn. The river was the to put three eights out there and Do decided to lead out for 135,000. Duff responded with a raise to 350,000 but Do emphatically waved his arms to signal he was all in.
After several minutes of thought, Duff made a reluctant fold to slip back onto the short stack.
It was looking like we were finally going to lose a player after sitting three-handed for almost three hours. Hoang Anh Do then doubled and now, he has doubled again in what some would describe as a downright miracle - in poker terms, anyway.
Do shoved his stack in from the button holding and Nicholas Wong called in the big blind holding . By the time the flop was dealt, it was more likely than ever that we would be heading into heads-up play. The put a flush draw out there for Do and when the hit the river, it was a runner-runner flush to see this tournament continue to crawl along three-handed for at least a little longer.
Hoang Anh Do has made the double-up he desperately needed just a short while after being crippled against Nicholas Wong.
The hand in question saw Do shove all in for 230,000 from the small blind. Alistair Duff called in the big blind and the two players turned their hands over.
Do:
Duff:
Board:
The cards spread on the felt were good enough for Do to survive as he now sits behind a touch over 500,000.
The very next hand after Alistair Duff was left crippled, he was all in for his last 365,000 from the button with both Nick Wong and Hoang Anh Do making the call in the blinds.
The two live players quickly checked down the board of hoping to take out the short stack and get to heads-up play. Unfortunately neither of them connected with the board. Wong showed , and Do . Incredibly, that left Duff’s as the best hand with his pair of lowly fives collecting the million-chip pot.
We hadn't heard much from Nicholas Wong for the last hour or so, but that has all changed now as Wong has left Alistair Duff crippled.
It started with Duff and Wong limping to a flop from the blinds. Duff was the small blind and led for 50,000 on the flop. Wong then min-clicked it back and Duff then shoved all in for a whole lot of chips. Duff had Wong covered and when Wong called, his tournament life would be on the line.
Wong:
Duff:
It was flush and straight draws for both players, but Wong's draws would be a little stronger.
The turn and the river would give Wong the better hand as he now has the chip lead, while Duff is sitting with the short stack.
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. Duff was in deep trouble with his 
.
board left him crippled as Do is now a huge chip leader.
turn. The river was the 
to put three eights out there and Do decided to lead out for 135,000. Duff responded with a raise to 350,000 but Do emphatically waved his arms to signal he was all in.
and Nicholas Wong called in the big blind holding 
. By the time the 
put a flush draw out there for Do and when the 
hit the river, it was a runner-runner flush to see this tournament continue to crawl along three-handed for at least a little longer.
hoping to take out the short stack and get to heads-up play. Unfortunately neither of them connected with the board. Wong showed 
, and Do 
as the best hand with his pair of lowly fives collecting the million-chip pot.
flop from the blinds. Duff was the small blind and led for 50,000 on the flop. Wong then min-clicked it back and Duff then shoved all in for a whole lot of chips. Duff had Wong covered and when Wong called, his tournament life would be on the line.
river would give Wong the better hand as he now has the chip lead, while Duff is sitting with the short stack.