Childs Play
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After Lee Childs opened for the standard raise from the cutoff, Mark Castaldo three-bet holding the button, making it 25,000 to play.
Childs paused a beat before using both hands to heap four-bet forward, and the wager equated to 41,000 total. After asking for a count of the reraise, Castaldo elected to take a flop, and he flatted to see the 
fanned across the felt.
Without much hesitation, Childs announced himself all in for approximately 90,000 effective, and after tanking long and hard while talking himself through the hand, Castaldo asked a question we don't hear very often on the tournament floor:
"Will you fold if I show?," he asked Childs, obviously preparing to lay his holding down. "I think I'm losing here... I fold. Nice hand Lee."
With his father Bill standing by to sweat the action, Childs calmly dragged the pot his way without revealing his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
231,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
90,000
-41,000
|
-41,000 |
to the table, confirming that he was not messing around by trying to play the bubble bully.
, coming over the top of Mike Summers' 6,500 opening wager.
, finding himself well behind Sarner's overpair.
.
, but when Michaelann Moser woke up with 
flop, he was unable to improve on the turn or river, sending him home just short of the final table with a 12th place finish.
and found himself up against the 
.
in the hole and players already all in and at risk.
for a solid pocket pair, while Peters could only muster the 
for a short-stack plunge. Little was well ahead with his pocket rockets, and if the board came clean he would notch a huge triple up.
