On the previous hand, Jason Wheeler had opened to 12,500 from the cutoff, and Lori Nunes reraised to 21,500 right next door. Wheeler called, and the flop came . As soon as the dealer fanned those cards, Nunes shoved all in, and Wheeler was forced to lay it down.
Fast forward one hand, and we see Steve Nixon opening to 10,000 before Wheeler three-bet to 27,500. Nunes wanted to play for more again, though, and she four-bet shoved for about 150,000 total. When it came back around to Nixon, he tanked and called all in for less than 100,000, and Wheeler ducked out of the way. With Nixon at risk, the cards were turned up:
Nixon:
Nunes:
The flop gave Nixon a little bit of hope, and the turn still left him with four outs to the double up. The river was most certainly not a ten, however, and Nixon could not catch up. He's out in 21st place, good for double his buy-in.
The beauty of round-for-round play is that a player can be eliminated on the bubble and still have a sweat to chop up part of a payout. Such was the case for Ivan Dchuna just moments ago.
At the adjacent table, Eddy Sabat moved all in just seconds after Dchuna did so. It was all 59,500 of Sabat's chips in the pot, but it soon grew larger as Andrew Moreno re-raised all in two seats over. The rest of the table ducked out of the way, and Sabat was at risk as the cards were turned up:
Sabat:
Moreno:
The board ran out in Sabat's favor as it came , doubling him up and allowing him to avoid a partial bubble.
While it's good news for Sabat, it's bad news for Dchuna, relegated to the bubble as the only elimination during that round. Also joining him in the bad mood corner is Moreno who has been crippled all the way down to just 14,000.
From under the gun plus one, Ivan Dcunha moved all in for 15,000. Action folded to Michael Simon in the big blind and he made the call with the . Dcunha held the .
The flop came down and Dcunha stayed in front. The turn was the and the river the . Simon paired his eight on the river and that was the blow that sent Dcunha out the door in the last unpaid spot of the tournament. Everyone else is now guaranteed at least $3,000.
After Michael Simon raised to 17,000 from the hijack seat, Patrick Karschamroon reraised to 50,000 from the cutoff seat. Action folded back to Simon and thought for a bit with 70,000 behind before folding the .
We did not lose any players during that first round of dealing, and we're still stuck at 22 runners. The level ticked down to zero during that orbit, and the players have been sent off for a 15-minute break.
Action moved to Steve Nixon in the small blind and he raised to 8,000. It was Eric Morton's big blind and he made the call to see the flop come down . Nixon jammed all in for 32,700 and Morton made the call after a minute.
Morton held the for an open-ended straight draw. Nixon held the for a flush draw.
The turn brought the to give Morton his straight, but the on the river gave Nixon a flush and allowed him to stay alive on the bubble.
Action folded to Eddy Sabat on the button and he raised to 8,000, the minimum he was allowed to raise. Chris Ruby folded in the small blind and then Andrew Moreno moved all in from the big blind. Sabat immediately called.
Sabat tabled the , but was behind the for Moreno. The flop came down and Moreno held top pair and a flush draw. The turn was the and the river the .
Moreno was all in for 42,100 and is back to about 90,000 now.
"Well, Choctaw's life is on the line," Justin Kruger announces as he stood from his chair. He and his short 10bb stack were all in with , flipping for double or nothing against Patrick Karschamroon's .
The flop missed Kruger, as did the turn. He would fare no better on the river, either, and he has thusly run himself right out of chips.
Kruger is out in 23rd place as the second bubble boy, and it's possible he'll be the last man to go home empty-handed. The staff here prefers the round-for-round dealing on the bubble, and that has commenced as we speak. Any players eliminated in the next seven hands will split the unenviable honors of bubble boy, with any prize money split evenly between them.
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. As soon as the dealer fanned those cards, Nunes shoved all in, and Wheeler was forced to lay it down.
flop gave Nixon a little bit of hope, and the 
turn still left him with four outs to the double up. The river 
was most certainly not a ten, however, and Nixon could not catch up. He's out in 21st place, good for double his buy-in.
and Moreno doubled up.
, doubling him up and allowing him to avoid a partial bubble.
and Dcunha stayed in front. The turn was the 
and the river the 
. Simon paired his eight on the river and that was the blow that sent Dcunha out the door in the last unpaid spot of the tournament. Everyone else is now guaranteed at least $3,000.
. Nixon jammed all in for 32,700 and Morton made the call after a minute.
and Moreno held top pair and a flush draw. The turn was the 
and the river the 
turn. He would fare no better on the 
river, either, and he has thusly run himself right out of chips.