There was a shove from early position for 87,000, Tim Kelliher called in the cutoff, and Robin Cantone moved all in for an additional 40,000 from the big blind. Kelliher was unhappy, but was priced in to call.
Shover:
Kelliher:
Cantone:
Cantone was in great shape to double as both of her opponents held the same hand, and she held up as the board rolled out . Cantone now has 350,000 chips, while Kelliher slipped to 275,000.
The last of Izzet Temel's chips were just claimed after he open-shipped for his last 135,000 or so.
Temel was called in one spot by Karl Held, and he asked his opponent "do you have an ace?" while tabling his own .
Unfortunately for Temel, the answer was in the affirmative, as Held silently rolled over his to put a hammerlock on the hand.
The flop rained down to provide a bit of hope for Temel, and he called for a queen to arrive for the tournament-saving chop. Twas not to be though, as the turn () and river () bricked off to leave him with no pair, and no more chips.
Held surged above the 550,000-chip plateau as the money bubble approaches, putting himself in comfortable position to earn a coveted cash.
There are two monster stacks at Table 2 over in the Poker Room; Brett Richey is over a million with 1,300,000 chips, and his next door neighbor Chris Nugent has over 900,000.
There's a potential for real fireworks between these two players during the bubble, so we'll keep an eye out for any big hands.
For now, as we approach the bubble, enjoy this video:
We're now on the bubble, which means hand-for-hand play has been initiated. One more player will leave empty handed, while the others while secure themselves a payday. Stay tuned to find out who the unluckiest man or woman in the room is.
Making the money will take a bit longer after the tournament staff verified 202 players - rather than 201 - remain
In an unusual sight within the world of poker reporting, we just saw the tournament clock showing total players remaining tick upwards instead of signalling the loss of another player.
With hand-for-hand play having been underway for the last hour or so, this development understandably caused confusion among the remaining field, as everybody in the room believed that the next elimination would burst the bubble.
Apparently a dealer handed in a seating card to the staff by mistake, and that led to the count being revised downward to 201, but after a room-wide head count it turns out 202 players remain.
Instead, we will need two more stacks to be absorbed before the last 200 players with chips to play with earn a min-cash.
Demetrios Georgous pondering the all-in wager made by Jane Stanton Hitchcock
Demetrios Georgous brought the field closer to the bubble, as he eliminated a women in 203rd place a few minutes ago.
The action began when Georgous opened for 33,000 from the cutoff, and Jane Stanton Hitchcock three-bet jammed for her last 180,000 or so. With about 400,000 behind, Georgous could afford to make the call, but he tanked for at least 10 minutes while pondering his options.
With every table in the room waiting patiently (and not so patiently in many cases), Georgous sat still as a stone, staring ahead and asking repeatedly for an "accurate" count of the bet.
Eventually, after diving deeper into the tank than any player in recent memory, Georgous looked the Hitchcock up with his , finding himself in a great spot against her .
The final board rolled out to give him the win, while sending Hitch home with an extremely disappointing close call.
Dan Dizenzo at the moment he realized his tournament ended one spot short of the money
After the clock was pushed back from 201 to 202 the short-stacked players were a bit dejected - their road to the money got a bit tougher - but not long after there were two elimination, and we are now in the money.
The first came on Table 17, when a player moved all in with . Hieu Tran looked him up with , and held on a board of . Tran now has around 1.2 million chips.
On the other side of the room, the bubble finally burst with the elimination of Dan Dizenzo. Dizenzo three-bet shoved for around 100,000 or so with , and Adam Foster, the original raiser, called with . Dizenzo needed some help to survive, but found none when the board came .
The room erupted with applause when the staff announced that the bubble was finally over, and the remaining 200 players are all guaranteed a minimum of $1,264.
Nearly an hour bled off of the clock during the bubble, but there will be no time added. There is 20:38 remaining in Level 21.
After the prolonged agony of the bubble was finally broken with Dan Dizenzo's elimination in 201st place, the expected flurry of short-stack shoves has begun in earnest.
Art Peters is glad for that fact after his recent triple-up, finding in the hole with a shove for 120,000 already made in front. Peters liked the look of his fishhooks and he shoved as well, risking about the same amount, and a third player came along with his own shove for about 50,000.
Peters' pocket pair was crushing the larger of the all-in stacks, who held an underpair in , while he was racing against the shorty who held .
The final board ran out clean for Peters and he doubled through one opponent, while stacking another for good measure.
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. Cantone now has 350,000 chips, while Kelliher slipped to 275,000.
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