After a lengthy delay to sort through extremely close chip stacks, the unfortunate bubble boy was determined to be Bob Romanowski.

His tournament life came to an end after Romanowski got his last 95,000 or so into the middle holding against two other opponents.

One of those players held , but Romanowski's tormentor proved to be a young man named Dylan G., who came to the party armed with .

With dozens of players crowding around the table hoping to see somebody eliminated in 451st place, the dealer fanned a flop of across the felt. Dylan G.'s pocket rockets were well out in front on the clean flop, but a on the turn provided Romanowksi with a glimmer of hope.

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With that, Dylan G. just barely nipped Romanowski, having him covered by just 10,000 chips, or a single big blind. The player with queens had both opponents covered, and thus he remained alive, making Romanowski the first bubble boy of the 2014 Winter Poker Open.

For his part, Romanowski took the beat in stride, smiling all the while as hundreds of players applauded his elimination.

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