Barbosa Wins His Race
Niveau 18
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Juan Barbosa shoved his remaining 113,000 from early position and was called by Maurizio Cola in the cutoff.
The players tabled their hands, Barbosa saw that he was behind and racing for his tournament life, but he did have two live cards.
Barbosa: 
Cola: 
After hitting one of those live cards on the 
flop, he then had safe runout on the 
turn and 
.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
556,000 | 174,000 |
|
266,000 | -29,000 |
, but was behind the 
of Young.
and finding two shorter-stacked players with pocket jacks. One of those players limped for 12,000, Azzaro raised to 40,000 and the second moved all-in for around 200,000. No countdown was requested by Azzaro who called as soon as the early position limper folded his hand. The all-in player showed 
to bust another one (in the money - current payouts are worth $853).
flop, Wang checked, Rose bet 100,000 and Wang check-raised to 255,000.
turn, Rose moved all in, and this time Wang tanked for a moment before making the call. 
. A six on the board delivered him a stack of 600000, from 30,000 - in just four hands.