Doubles For Chen and Blondel

The players in the blinds got the all-in triangle out when Aymon Hata raised and Feng Wen Chen shipped it in from the big blind. Hata called to put his opponent's tournament life on the line.

Chen:
Hata:

The board ran out and Hata paid out the double-up.

"Thank you," Chen said to Hata, nodding and pressing his palms together in front of his face. "I needed a double."

Xuan Tan and Thibaut Blondel also got a heap of chips in the middle preflop. Blondel held to Tan's .

The flop came and Blondel held the lead. Tan spiked the on the turn, getting a whoop from the player. But the river was the , giving Blondel the better hand again and collecting a massive double-up.