The bubble has burst and that means one player had to go home empty handed after getting ever-so close to making the money.
The player was Luis Arrilucea. That name may sound familiar to some as Arrilucea finished 2nd for $124,581 in this very event last year. It obviously wasn't the same story this year thought as it all started when a player in middle position opened it up to 12,500. It was then on Arrilucea on the button and he shipped his stack all in. The action flew back around to the opener and he went deep into the tank. Eventually he decided to make the call, turning over . Arrilucea then tabled his and it was off to the races.
The flop housed a , but it also housed a . The turn fell with an to give Arrilucea another little piece, but when the river bricked out, it was all over for Arrilucea has he officially exits in 55th place. The remaining players are now guaranteed $3,688.
It's all over for Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen. The player from Mexico never managed to gain any momentum here on Day 2 and unfortunately will go home empty handed just a few places shy of the bubble.
Guillen had 26,000 in his stack when he open-shipped his . It was Todor Kondevski who would re-ship behind him holding .
The board changed nothing, with no jack for Guillen as he heads out the door.
Oliver Speidel can't seem to put a foot wrong of late. A few posts ago we told you that he had taken a large portion of Tam Truong's chips. Well, just 20 minutes later and he has now taken Truong's tournament life.
It was all in preflop for Truong, who held . Speidel held and stayed in front until five cards had been spread across the felt.
Jim 'MrBigQueso' Collopy is sitting behind one of the biggest stacks in the room, with most of those chips coming courtesy of hitting a jack on the flop when he held against .
Collopy sits at the same table as Mishel Anunu who also has one of the biggest stacks in the tournament.
With only a handful of eliminations needed until the money bubble bursts, we thought we would remind you that 54 players are guaranteed at least $3,688. Of course, the bubble isn't a huge deal when everyone should be hunting for the $226,812 first place prize.
Mishel Anunu and Theodor Lothman have been rumbling for much of the day. It seemed like eventually one of them was going to eliminate the other, and that's just what happened. It all started with a recent hand that saw Anunu make a massive call on a flop. In that hand, Lothman shipped 100,000 in the middle holding and got picked off by Annunu who held just .
A few hands later, Anunu held and Lothman was all in holding . No help came for the Swede and he made his way out of the tournament.
Early chip leader Tam Truong has recently been moved to the Oasis Room and we are thinking that he'll wish that was never the case. A quick look at his table suggests that he has lost a lot of chips. As we looked at his stack he said, "just shipped him 300,000," as he pointed toward Oliver Speidel.
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. Arrilucea then tabled his 
and it was off to the races.
, but it also housed a 
. The turn fell with an 
to give Arrilucea another little piece, but when the river bricked out, it was all over for Arrilucea has he officially exits in 55th place. The remaining players are now guaranteed $3,688.
. Speidel held 
and stayed in front until five cards had been spread across the felt.
flop. In that hand, Lothman shipped 100,000 in the middle holding 
and got picked off by Annunu who held just 