Adrian Mateos has just doubled up on the bubble to keep his High Roller dream alive.
Steven Silverman had opened to 23,000 and Mateos was to his direct left and he three-bet all in for 47,000. The action folded back to Silverman and he made the rather easy call.
Mateos:
Silverman:
"King-queen suited is such a great hand there," said Kevin MacPhee as the dealer placed the flop on the felt. The turn was the and the river was the , Mateos' ace-high held and he doubled up.
Martin Jacobson, as one would expect from the clear chip leader, is dominating the bubble period on his table. The only position he hasn't been raising or three-betting from is the small blind. Vojtech Ruzicka is the only player to play back so far.
Jacobson opened to 20,000 from under the gun and Ruzicka defended his big blind to see a flop fall. He check-called a 20,000 bet before both players checked the turn.
The river came and Jacobson folded to a 31,000 bet.
Kevin MacPhee has been on many tournament bubbles during his career and is vastly experienced in this crazy game. He just used some of that experience to extract some chips from Alexandre Reard.
MacPhee opened to 20,000 in the hijack and Reard defended his big blind with a call. The flop saw Reard check-call a 25,000 continuation bet from MacPhee. The on the turn slowed the players down and they both checked, but when the fell on the river Reard opted to lead for 40,000 and MacPhee instantly called.
MacPhee had made top pair on the turn with his and set up Reard to take a stab at the pot.
Some players clam up on the bubble and stop playing any hands. Adrien Mateos is not some player, he is not afraid to bubble as shown by his recent antics.
Mateos has been all-in no fewer than three times during the past couple of orbits, the chips he picked up have kept him slightly ahead of the blinds and antes. On two occasions Kevin MacPhee has almost called Mateos' shoves — it is only a matter of time before that MacPhee, or one of the other players, makes Mateos show a hand down.
This bubble was like London buses: you wait for ages for a player to bust and then two go at once.
The action folded around to Tibor Nagygyorgy in the cut-off and he moved all for a little less than 100,000 chips. Alexandre Reard was on the button and moved his big stack in as well. If that wasn't enough Adrian Mateos called all in from the big blind for around 130,000.
Nagygyorgy:
Reard:
Mateos:
The board ran to hand the whole pot to Reard.
Nagygyorgy was the shortest stack so he was the bubble boy; Mateos was the 12th place finisher.
No decision has yet been made as to whether play will continue after the final table of eight has been reached. Martin Jacobson joked that he'd suggest an equity chop once they reach that point.
Alain Goldberg has just been handed a lifeline here in Deauville, his lowly ten-nine triumphing against the ace-king of Alexandre Reard.
Goldberg moved all-in for around 11 big blinds on the button and Reard, in the big blind, had one of the easier calls he'll ever have to make. Goldberg showed and Reard .
The first three community cards came down , with the turn being the . Reard could have hit a jack, queen, king or ace to bust Goldberg, but the river was the full house completing and Goldberg survived.
Davidi Kitai shoved from the button for 88,000 and took the blinds and antes. The very next hand he was all in again and this time Bryn Kenney moved all in behind.
Kitai:
Kenney:
The board ran to send the EPT Berlin champion to the rail
Timothy Reilly had to make some ICM related folds whilst play was hand-for-hand on the bubble, but now the bubble has burst he has been given the freedom to get his stack into the middle.
Reilly did exactly that when the action folded to him on the button. He moved all-in for 140,000 with and Martin Jacobson called in the big blind with . Reilly made trips on a board and doubled up.