Muhlocker Doubles; Yong Eliminated

Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Action folded to Thomas Muhlocker, who you may recall as the winner of the EPT10 Barcelona High Roller, and he opened for 16,000 from the hijack. When action reached Wai Kin Yong in the small blind, he moved all in for roughly 270,000. The big folded and Muhlocker snap-called off for 226,000.
Muhlocker:
Yong:
Muhlocker was looking to dodge an ace, and that's exactly what he did as the board ran out . Muhlocker doubled on the hand while Yong was left with just 40,000.
In the very next hand, Yong got those chips in preflop holding the and was up against the
of [Removed:17]. The board ran out a clean
and Yong was sent to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
|
1,100,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
475,000
395,000
|
395,000 |
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Busted |