Chen's Departure Brings in the Bubble

Pete Chen came agonizingly close to the money but has become the latest casualty to bring play to hand-for-hand. It was a battle of the blinds that left Chen crippled, with the Taiwanese player moving all-in from the small blind for around 85,000 with Zong-Ping Yang making the call for his tournament life from the big blind with just 2,000 less.

Pete Chen:
Zong-Ping Yang:

It proved to be the right move at the wrong time for Chen, with Yang waking up with pocket jacks, which held on the runout to leave Chen with a paltry 2,000 and shoot Yang up to 160,000.

Chen managed to stall for a couple of hands after, but eventually decided to make a stand and tossed in his last two chips three hands later, with Wei En Shih (small blind) and Zong-Ping Yang (big blind) content to check the board down the whole way.

Chen rolled over , Zong-Ping Yang showed and Wei En Shih won the hand with the mighty to bring the 37 remaining players to the bubble. The clock is now paused as hand-for-hand play commences.