Ninth Level, Eleventh Hour Bustouts
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Tournament poker can be so cruel. The shortstack grinders for hours today aren't guaranteed to win when they finally get a good hand on its back, and the most experienced players sometimes fail to manoeuvre into Day 2. James Akenhead is no more, and the numbers are dropping increasingly rapidly while the six-figure stacks start to crop up on every table.
Cruel fate can also reward a last-ditch gamble or misinterpretation of strength, but Ilan Boujenah is probably just relieved that he's going to make Day 2 with over 70k. Boujenah just wouldn't let go when Janos Toth started to put pressure on preflop. When Toth four-bet him (15,000) he moved all in for around 40,000 and was snapped by Toth with 
. The 
came on the flop along with 
and the straight possibility brought by the 
turn didn't materialise on the 
river.
With barely even a facial twitch, Toth handed over all but 2,000 of his stack and will need serious luck to remain in this competition.