Lau Building a Stack on the Bubble

Ryan Lashmar

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

With five players seeing a board of 10?7?6? and around 150,000 in the middle, Samuel Albeck checked from the small blind, Gergo Nagy checked from early position, Alexander Petersen checked from middle position and Ka Kwan Lau bet 55,000 from the hijack. Mark Buckley folded from the cutoff, Albeck called, Nagy folded and Petersen folded leaving Lau and Albeck heads up going to the turn.

On the 9? turn Albeck checked and Lau bet 140,000. Albeck, with a pained expression on his face, opted to fold and Lau took the pot without showdown.

Meanwhile at another table, Andriy Lyubovetskiy was eliminated leaving the remaining 16 players on the stone bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ka Kwan Lau	565,000 165,000	165,000
Alexander Petersen	412,000 -4,000	-4,000
Mark Buckley	285,000 -98,000	-98,000
Samuel Albeck	235,000 -109,000	-109,000
Gergo Nagy	165,000 -33,000	-33,000
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	Busted