Hazardous Hazan on the Bubble
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
600,000 | 310,000 |
|
100,000 | 10,400 |
. The board ran out safely in 
and the field was reduced to 46 players. Hand for hand mode started shortly after.
for the open ended straight and flush draw. Essa would find a spade to double up and Berzins was left very short stacked.
and immediately found two kings on the flop to shut down all hopes.
, 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.
, almost causing Paul Gomez to fold. But Gomez did make the call with 
and the board ran out 
