Bubble round: Short stacks forced all in on the big blind


Two short stacks were forced all in on the big blind and both survived to keep the bubble round going. The short stacked Nguyen Trong Nghia only had 2k and could not pay the blinds or antes. He was all in with J 10, Akshay Nasa hoped to take him out with A K, the board ran 9 Q 2 4 10 for a pair and the ante of 2k.

At the other table, Mr Vuong was all in, two players called then checked down a board 3 8 7 6 10. Vuong won it with 10 3 two pair beating Francis Garson’s A K and Mark Remnant’s A 5. Vuong up to 62k.