Song Bursts Bubble in Style
The bubble has now burst and the 63 remaining Poker King Cup Main Event runners have now guaranteed themselves an HK$26,000 payday.
Hand-for-hand had been in effect for 50-minutes and tension rose to almost unbearable levels before the bubble finally popped. We caught the action on the turn in the final hand of the day – a full 30-minutes into level 19 – with the board reading 
.
There was over 100,000 already in the pot and the 
had just landed on the turn and China’s Yang Song, sitting in middle position, had checked the action over to his opponent, who was on the button.
The Button appeared pretty happy with that third spade and fired for 60,000 only to see Song quickly reach forward and dump his entire stack over the betting line in a massive pile. Song had his opponent covered and the Button went deep into the think tank, where he remained for several minutes before slamming down his last 100,000 for the call.
Song turned over 
for the turned full house and his opponent gave an anguished sigh and mucked his hand. However, being as this was an all-in and a call situation, and the bubble to boot, it was ruled the Button must showdown and his 
hole cards were turned face up.
That was a brutal turn, but proved to be the money card, not only for Song, but the rest of the field, as the unfortunate player in question was already drawing dead. The river was a meaningless 
and the unfortunate bubble boy exited the poker room so fast he left dust trails in his wake and did not seem keen on talking anyone, not that we can blame him.
However, it was back-slaps and chuckles all around for the rest of the field and that concluded the action for the day. Play will resume tomorrow at 1pm and play down until the final table is reached, so it could well be a lengthy day. There will be a full write up and chips counts to follow so watch this space.