After a short hand-for-hand session, Patrick Didier Gastaldi was eliminated in 49th place, earning the unwanted title of bubble boy.

The hand saw three-way pre-flop action with Gastaldi all in and called by both Daniele Mazzia and Guillaume Bayt, who would ultimately check down the board.

At the showdown, Gastaldi turned over a pocket pair of eights only to find them crushed every which way under the sun by Bayt's -- the nuts. Mazzia mucked his hand, but told us that he had the .

All 48 remaining players in the tournament are now guaranteed a minimum payday of $15,700.