In the hand that burst the money bubble, Leonard Maue opened before Artur Martirosian, who had been one of the most aggressive players on the bubble, put in a three-bet from the next seat. Maue responded with a four-bet jam with his stack of around 250,000 and Martirosian beat him into the pot with a call.
"Do you have a pair?" Maue asked as Martirosian nodded.
"You have ace-king?" Martirosian asked Maue, who shook his head.
Leonard Maue:
Artur Martirosian:
Maue was on the wrong end of the cooler and the flop of didn't help him other than creating some chop possibilities. The on the turn increased those possibilities but the on the river marked Maue's elimination on the stone money bubble.
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On a turn board of , Kyriakos Papadopoulos check-called a bet of 16,000 in the big blind from Lander Lijo in the hijack.
On the river , Papadopoulos checked again, and this time Lijo bombed it for 200,000.
Papadopoulos snap-called, but got bad news as Lijo showed for a turned full house, taking over half of Papadopoulos' chips in the pot, while crossing a million himself.
Manuel Fischer was on the verge of becoming the bubble player, as he was moved into the big blind with just 13,000 and was all-in after paying his ante.
He would have to fade four opponents who all limped to try to take him out. Action was checked through on a board of .
Tobias Schwecht showed for top pair, the rest of the table folded except for Ben Diebold who showed in the small blind for a straight.
Fischer then first squeezed the , which did nothing for him. He would have to find four pips on his other card to survive.
Sure enough, he peeled the and lept into the air in celebration, surviving the all-in in the most incredible way to chop the hand.