Nicholas Wang Doubles Thru Rolands Norietis; Norietis Eliminated in 45th Place by Win Meng Tan

Photo:  Rolands Norietis

Nicholas Wang raises from the button to 33,000, Rolands Norietis reraises from the big blind to 105,000, and Wang moves all in for about 1,200,000.

Norietis calls with a similar stack and shows . Wang turns over , and whoever loses this pot will be eliminated or very, very short.

The board comes , and Wang spikes a jack on the turn to win the pot with a set of jacks. The chip stacks are counted down, and Norietis covers Wang by just 20,000. He is still alive, but down to barely more than a single big blind.

Nicholas Wang  –  2,425,000
Rolands Norietis  –  20,000  (1 bb)

The next hand, Wang raises from the cutoff to 33,000, Norietis calls all in from the small blind for 20,000, and Win Meng Tan calls from the big blind.

Both players check all the way down on a board of , and Norietis shows for ace high. But Tan turns over to win the pot with a pair of jacks, eliminating Norietis in 45th place. Wang mucks.

Win Meng Tan  –  485,000  (32 bb)
Nicholas Wang  –  2,390,000  (159 bb)
Rolands Norietis  –  Eliminated in 45th Place  ($9,943)