Ryan Hughes opened to 3,500 and both Jordan Morgan and Klinghammer Thibaut called.
The flop fell and the action checked to Hughes who continued for 6,500. Morgan called and Thibaut released.
The turn was the and Morgan led for 10,500. Hughes called. Morgan led again when the rivered - this time for 10,000.
Hughes went into the tank, sweating his cards over and over again. With just 15,000 chips in front of him he decided to commit two thirds of his stack and make the call.
Morgan tabled for queens full of aces and Hughes mucked.
Hughes is left with just 5,000 chips and Morgan is all the way up to 151,000.
We are now officially on the bubble after the elimination of Chance Kornuth. Scott Mongomery was the assassin, the 2008 Main Event finalist kick-starting the action with a preflop raise to 5,000 from the hijack.
Chance, in the big blind, announced "pot", and slid in 15,000, but it was later determined that the raise needed to be 17,400. Moments later, another player claimed it was 16,800, at which point Montgomery declared that it really didn't matter as the money was going in either way... which indeed it did.
"Let me guess, you've got two red aces, right?" inquired Montgomery as he tabled .
"Ha, no, I have a worse hand than you think, just the one red ace!" replied Kornuth triumphantly and revealing . (OK, he didn't say that, he just turned over his hand, but I wish he had).
Despite Montgomery's misread, his pocket kings held, a board enough to send a disappointed Kornuth home.
Well, it's certainly good news for Eric Kurtzman at least, as although he appeared to have felt the full splash of the bubble, he will in fact be sharing it with Ryan Hughes who was eliminated on another table during the very same hand.
With Hughes limping preflop with , the action halted on Oliver Gill who sighed, "I have to pot him, he's got like 10,000" before indeed potting to 5,400 with . Hughes moved all in for around 11 to 12,000 and Gill made the call.
Board:
Hughes departs in 81st, but shares his prize with Kurtzman.... reluctantly. Take the money and run, I say!
Michael Keiner has doubled through, his out-gunning the of Klinghammer Thibaut (I warn you now, I will be writing the title 'Dropping the Hammer' for his exit hand) on an ensuing board. As a result, Keiner climbs to 31,500, whilst Thibaut slips a rung or two to 52,000.
In what was like a machine-gun effect of exits (it's amazing how the play changes when the bubble bursts), Eddylee Martin, Andrey Danilyuk, Sampsa Leskinen, Andreas Eiler, Zachary Davis and Nicholas Katovsky all hit the deck in quick succession. 71 remain.
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and the action checked to Hughes who continued for 6,500. Morgan called and Thibaut released.
and Morgan led for 10,500. Hughes called. Morgan led again when the 
rivered - this time for 10,000.
for queens full of aces and Hughes mucked.
.
. (OK, he didn't say that, he just turned over his hand, but I wish he had).
board enough to send a disappointed Kornuth home.
and Oshima checked to Kurtzman who bet pot. Oshima raised all in and Kurtzman called.
turned. The 
bricked on the river and Kurtzman hit the rail as our lone bubble boy.
. Hughes moved all in for around 11 to 12,000 and Gill made the call.
out-gunning the 
board. As a result, Keiner climbs to 31,500, whilst Thibaut slips a rung or two to 52,000.
against Pfister's 
.
