Huge Call From Kempson on the Bubble

Corey Kempson has just made an excellent hero call on the stone-cold bubble to double through chip leader Vincent Chua, much to the dismay of the other 63 players in the room.

Apparently the hand had began 10 minutes earlier, before Liam O'Rourke had been eliminated. By the time we arrived to see a board of and the all-in plaque in front of Chua. With about 150,000 in the middle, Kempson had about that much still behind – certainly not a small stack that needed to take a risk, but as the minutes ticked by, Kempson appeared to be inching closer and closer to calling.

“I’m pretty light,” sighed Kempson as the crowd started to build around the table with the action paused on all other tables entering hand-for-hand play.

“Is it the dry bubble?” asked Kempson, and indeed it was confirmed if Kempson called and was wrong, he would go home empty-handed while everyone else would be $3,100 wealthier.

Another five minutes ticked by and finally Kempson reached for two red 500-denomination chips.

He held them out in front of him, hovered and paused for dramatic affect.

Then he dropped the chips in the middle.

Chua cringed and showed for a busted straight draw as Kempson slammed his down on to the felt triumphantly and celebrated with his rail.