Saxby Survives
Kelly Ann Saxby was down to the last 70,000 chips and doubled up with against after a board of .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kelly Ann Saxby |
160,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
Kelly Ann Saxby was down to the last 70,000 chips and doubled up with against after a board of .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kelly Ann Saxby |
160,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
Several players have less than 10 big blinds and it will become quite interesting in the next few minutes. Below are some of them with updated chip counts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexandra O'Brien |
90,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
Xuan Nguyen |
70,000
-230,000
|
-230,000 |
Stuart Hulston
|
52,000
-148,000
|
-148,000 |
Attila Havacs was all in and at risk preflop with , almost causing Paul Gomez to fold. But Gomez did make the call with and the board ran out .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paul Siliceo |
300,000
189,800
|
189,800 |
Attila Havacs | Busted |
With 80,000 chips in the pot on a turn of , Matas Cimbolas moved all in for 140,000. His opponent tanked for a long time and the usual Cimbolas talk show started. "If you show, I show also" the Lithuanian said, referring to the fold of his opponent. Ultimately he did get the fold but no cards shown and Cimbolas was at it again.
"Okay. I have a flush draw. Two blacks here and there," flipping over for ace-high.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matas Cimbolas |
220,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
Down to his last four big blinds, Stuart Hulston moved all in from the small blind with . The player in the big blind called with and immediately found two kings on the flop to shut down all hopes.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Stuart Hulston
|
Busted |
Just prior to the bubble, Peteris Berzins lost a massive pot against Laurence Essa after flopping top two pair in a three-way pot and Essa got his stack in with for the open ended straight and flush draw. Essa would find a spade to double up and Berzins was left very short stacked.
He called a shove with out of the big blind and survived against on a board of .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Laurence Essa |
610,000
480,000
|
480,000 |
Peteris Berzins |
80,000
-180,000
|
-180,000 |
Zagon Calin was all in and at risk with to see Jeraint Hazan look him up with . The board ran out safely in and the field was reduced to 46 players. Hand for hand mode started shortly after.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeraint Hazan |
290,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Zagon Calin
|
Busted |
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Francisco Manuel Salvador Flores raised and called the three-bet shove of Jeraint "JJ" Hazan for around 300,000 in chips while the stone cold bubble was in play. All other tables were about to be finished and the WPT photographer did his duty, taking shots of both the Spaniard and Hazan.
"God damn, don't take the pictures now when I am all in against kings. He showed them already! You have enough pictures from before when I was happy," a grumpy Hazan said. When it was time for the showdown, he flipped over the and Slvador Flores held .
With the board running out , Hazan jumped up, ecstatic and then erupted in celebration. "TAKE THE #### PICTURE NOW" he said, impossible to calm down and shortly after started laughing.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeraint Hazan |
600,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
Francisco Manuel Salvador Flores |
100,000
10,400
|
10,400 |
Christopher Yong raised from the cutoff and called the all in of short stack Jacques Arama in the big blind. Once all other hands were completed, the cards were turned over.
Arama held the and had two over cards to the of Yong. The board provided the blow on the final community card and Arama was the last player to leave empty-handed.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christopher Yong |
550,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Jacques Arama | Busted |