Kelly Busts; Hand-For-Hand Mode
Level 18
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
JP Kelly open-shoved for 315,000 from early position and Randy Lew tank-called out of the big blind for his last 265,000 with the 
. Kelly held 
and failed to improve on a board of 
to fall back to 50,000 as a result. Two hands later he was forced all in out of the big blind and faced two opponents, who checked down the 
board.
Hao Tian showed the 
for quad fives out of the small blind and scooped the pot.
At the same time, Liang Yu was all in for 205,000 and Marcus Lau reshoved for more than 600,000 to isolate successfully.
Yu: 
Lau: 
The board ran out 
and Yu doubled on the stone-cold bubble. Hand for hand mode has been activated but first the two tables had to be balanced.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
580,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
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|
480,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
425,000
-225,000
|
-225,000 |
|
Busted | |
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