Joe Clarkin checked the flop of and Erkut Yilmaz fired out a bet of 7,500. Clarkin flatted and the turn came .
Clarkin check-called another bet, this time for 14,500, and on the river both players slowed down by knuckling the felt.
Clarkin snap-showed his knowing he was good, and sure enough Yilmaz took a peek at his own holding before tossing the hand away.
Small skirmishes like this have defined the bubble play portion of this tournament, as nobody in the room wants to be the unfortunate player on the outside looking in when the celebration begins.
Professional players are known for showing resiliency when the deck goes cold, finding ways to grind their way through the lack of playable hands.
The following tweet issued by Luke Edwards showed that he was trying his best to keep afloat, despite being faced with a long run of bad hands and inopportune spots:
Unfortunately for Edwards, he got the last of his stack in the middle holding against Armando Then's , and although he made two pair, the board read something like (we missed the exact combination as the dealer scrambled the deck, but Then made a straight for the winner] to give his opponent the best hand.
Edwards hit Twitter up once more to inform his followers of the bad news:
Armando Then just sent Joe Kuether home a few spots short of his second cash in 24 hours.
Kuether held and made top pair on the flop, but after the money went Then tabled to put the pro at risk. The turn and river bricked off and Kuether headed for the exits, while Then moved up to an average chip stack with just two eliminations remaining until the bubble bursts.
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before the flop.
to bear hoping to notch the knock out, and that he did when the final board rolled out 
.
and Erkut Yilmaz fired out a bet of 7,500. Clarkin flatted and the turn came 
.
river both players slowed down by knuckling the felt.
against Armando Then's 
(we missed the exact combination as the dealer scrambled the deck, but Then made a straight for the winner] to give his opponent the best hand.
and made top pair on the 
flop, but after the money went Then tabled 
to put the pro at risk. The turn and river bricked off and Kuether headed for the exits, while Then moved up to an average chip stack with just two eliminations remaining until the bubble bursts.
