Hand #2: Nguyen Le Eliminated on the Money Bubble by Aaron Gao

Photo:  Nguyen Le (center left) and Aaron Gao (center right) wait for action to finish at the other tables before showing their cards.

There were three all-in-and-call hands on the Money Bubble, and as soon as all the other tables finished their action, the all-in players turned over their cards to resolve their hands.

At Table 31, Nguyen Le has a bet of 90,000 in front of him in the small blind, and Aaron Gao moves all in from the big blind for about 1,700,000.

Le calls all in for about 285,000 with , but Gao turns over . Le needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes , and the aces hold up for Gao to win the pot and eliminate Le on the Money Bubble. Since two players were eliminated during the same hand of hand-for-hand play, they will tie for 180th place and split the prize money, receiving $3,200 each.

Aaron Gao  –  2,000,000  (200 bb)
Nguyen Le  –  Eliminated in a Tie for 180th Place ($3,200)

Photo:  Nguyen Le (second from left) watches as he is eliminated on the Money Bubble by chipleader Aaron Gao (third from left).