Hand #33: Stephen Song Doubles Thru Albert Nguyen

Photo:  Albert Nguyen (left) and Stephen Song (right) stood up to watch the board for their classic race between ace-king and pocket queens.

HAND #33  –  Albert Nguyen raises from middle position to 1,200,000, Stephen Song reraises from the hijack to 3,100,000, and Nguyen moves all in.

Song calls all in for 12,925,000 with , and Nguyen turns over . It’s the classic race, and Song needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and the pocket queens hold up for Song to win the pot and double up in chips.

Stephen Song  –  27,100,000  (54 bb)
Albert Nguyen  –  26,600,000  (53 bb)