Kent Staahle Eliminated on the Bubble

In a previous hand, Kent Staahle had defended the small blind against a raise by Ben Heath and there wasn't much action until the river. Staahle bet small and Heath called to win the pot with thanks to his kicker advantage, as Staahle only had .

One hand later, Kannapong Thanarattrakul raised to 32,000 and Staahle came along on the button as did Heath in the big blind. The three-way flop of was checked by Heath and Thanarattrakul bet 30,000. Staahle then suddenly pushed all-in and that got rid of Heath within a second.

"Can I get a count please?" Thanarattrakul inquired and the all-in was for 444,000, which the Thai had covered by a very small margin only. He counted the own stack and then made the call without using a time bank extension.

Kent Staahle:
Kannapong Thanarattrakul:

The turn and river changed nothing whatsoever and Staahle was eliminated on the bubble.

"I had to call," Thanarattrakul said and pointed to the king of diamonds.

"I didn't have to go all-in," Staahle responded and grabbed his belongings. He left the tournament area with an "good luck guys ... see you tomorrow, I guess".

Aleksejs Ponakovs was the one to benefit the most as he made the money with his severe short stack. "Now I can play," the Latvian joked.