Just before the second break of the evening we came across a table where three players were all in preflop. The hand started with a bet of 2,500 that received a few callers. That was when Jean Demers shoved in the big blind for approximately 40,000 chips. Han Chen was game to play, short-stacked as he was. So was George Wolf, also short.

When Han flipped over his he found himself facing off against Jean’s ace-king and George’s ace-queen. Because the aces were split between his other two rivals in the hand, Han found himself in an enviable position – especially after seeing the board come down !

Han triples up and goes into the break feeling confident, and with a little extra breathing room.