Short-stacked Garcia Doubles Against Nozaki
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Short-stacked Jose Carlos Garcia raised to 60,000 under the gun and got calls from Koichi Nozaki on the button and Adrian Mateos in the big blind.
The flop was 
and after Mateos checked and Garcia continued for 120,000. Nozaki stacked and re-stacked his chips, and asked how much Garcia had behind. The Japanese player then re-raised to 260,000, and Garcia's response was to shove for his remaining 659,000 chips.
Garcia quickly asked for a count before calling, tabling 
. However, he was behind to his opponent's 
.
The board ran out 
and Jose Carlos Garcia's tens held, giving the Polish player a much needed double up and meant the pair of them swapped positions in the chip counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,537,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
833,000
-675,000
|
-675,000 |