button in SafariSitbon Bubbles the $4K NLH Big Bounty
Julien Sitbon raised to 80,000 from under the gun holding K♣Q♠ and Xiaosheng Zheng defended in the big blind with 8♥6♣. The flop came 6♥K♠8♦ and Zheng check-raised to 220,000 over Sitbon's continuation-bet of 70,000. Sitbon called and the turn fell the 2♦.
Zheng bet enough to put Sitbon all in, who had 525,000 back. Sitbon made the call and saw the bad news when the cards were tabled. The 3♣ river offered him no help, and he was eliminated on the stone bubble.
Sitbon didn't go home empty-handed, however, as he collected four bounties worth $8,000 before his untimely departure.
Updated Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xiaosheng Zheng | China | 2,935,000 | 59 |
| 2 | Kalle Parkkinen | Finland | 2,250,000 | 45 |
| 3 | Terrance Reid | United States | 1,760,000 | 35 |
| 4 | Siegfried Friedl | Austria | 1,690,000 | 34 |
| 5 | Jingyao Yan | China | 1,600,000 | 32 |
| 6 | Parahat Nurmuhammedov | Turkmenistan | 1,355,000 | 27 |
| 7 | Roman Stoika | Russian Federation | 1,190,000 | 24 |
| 8 | Mario Diaz Quilez | Spain | 1,125,000 | 23 |
| 9 | Lei Yu | China | 1,095,000 | 22 |
| 10 | Aleksei Savenkov | Russian Federation | 1,055,000 | 21 |
| 11 | Ren Lin | China | 885,000 | 18 |
| 12 | Hengtao Zhu | Finland | 775,000 | 16 |
| 13 | Toni Kauka | Finland | 755,000 | 15 |
| 14 | Renji Mao | China | 745,000 | 15 |