Tournament Reaches the Bubble
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Steven Tanner opened the action with a raise to 16,000 in the hijack and was called by Vincent Moscati on the button. Action went heads up to a flop of 
and Tanner continuation-bet 22,000. Moscati called.
Tanner fired another 32,000 on the turn 
and Moscati called again, bringing the river 
. Tanner slid out two full stacks of 1,000-chips for a bet of 40,000 and Moscati went into the tank for over a minute before folding 
face-up.
As Moscati folded, an announcement was made for dealers to hold up after finishing their current hand due to the recent eliminations of Francesco Campanile and Igor Gavrilov. Hand-for-hand play is now in effect with 73 players remaining and 72 set to make it into the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
347,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
112,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
, but the turn 
and river 
.
wound up best over the other players' 
and 
and Martinez check-called a continuation-bet of 18,000 from Ajayi.
and Ajayi fired a second barrel, with Martinez check-jamming for 147,000 and Ajayi called. The two flashed their hands to one another briefly before leaving them face-down while play continued on all remaining tables.
on a board of 
, betting the whole way against Peter Nigh and showing the best hand at showdown.
upon seeing Ajayi's 
and Godbey's 
under the gun, with Jay Teel calling in cutoff. David Blankenship also announced a call on the button and all three players checked the turn 
where Potts bet another 35,000 and received a fold from Teel and a call from Blankenship.
completed the runout to score both pots and send both players to the payout desk.
