Hand #9: Money Bubble Bursts! Jie Liu Eliminated in a Kings-vs.-Queens Cooler Against Andrew Neeme

Photo:  Jie Liu (center, standing) sees that his pocket queens are an underdog to Andrew Neeme’s pocket kings.

In Hand #9 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Joseph Carden raises under the gun to 20,000, and Jie Liu moves all in from the button for 73,000. Andrew Neeme moves all in over the top from the big blind for about 158,000, and Carden folds.

Liu turns over , but he needs to improve to stay alive against Neeme’s .

The board comes , and the pocket kings hold up for Neeme to win the pot and eliminate Liu on the Money Bubble.

Andrew Neeme  –  266,000  (27 bb)
Jie Liu  –  Eliminated

Photo:  WPT Ambassador Andrew Neeme