Tales from the Bubble


flop. The turn was the
. Hagen fired out 30,000 and got a call. The river was the
. Hagen bet another 60,000 and Boukai immediately moved all in, sending Hagen into the tank for over 10 minutes. "Will you show me after? That I made a good laydown? I played this hand great. It's gonna be embarrassing" he said, talking through his decision aloud as the media swarmed the table. Finally, Hagen flashed A-A and mucked and the 250,000 pot was shipped to Boukai.
Hagen was left with only 45,000 after the hand.