Action folded to Josh Brikis in the hijack and he put in a raise to 17,000, which was called by the cutoff and big blind, with the latter checking the flop. Brikis took the opportunity to continuation-bet 21,000, only to have the cutoff instantly move all in for about 110,000.
The big blind got out of the way, and Brikis did the same. The cutoff then tabled , confirming that Brikis had in fact made a good lay down.
We stumbled by Chad Brown's table just in time to see him put out a bet of 85,000 into a pot of over 300,000 with a board reading . His opponent, who barely had more than the bet, thought long and hard, bemoaning his luck, before folding. "Two aces in the muck, sir," said the downtrodden player to the poker pro.
The tournament staff has just initiated hand-for-hand play, which means we are on the money bubble. Only one more player need be eliminated for the rest to received a payday. For those interested, here are the payouts for the event:
Paul Bianchi started the day as the chip leader but has had a tough time getting anything going today. In a recent hand, action folded to a short-stacked player in the small blind and he shipped for 34,000. Bianchi was in the big blind and snap-called after looking down at his cards.
Showdown
Bianchi:
Small Blind:
The flop kept Bianchi firmly in the lead, but the spiked on the turn to give his opponent the lead. The river changed nothing, and Bianchi was knocked down to 390,000. He's still primed to coast into the money, even if he couldn't bring us to the money bubble.
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flop. Brikis took the opportunity to continuation-bet 21,000, only to have the cutoff instantly move all in for about 110,000.
, confirming that Brikis had in fact made a good lay down.
. His opponent, who barely had more than the bet, thought long and hard, bemoaning his luck, before folding. "Two aces in the muck, sir," said the downtrodden player to the poker pro.
flop kept Bianchi firmly in the lead, but the 
spiked on the turn to give his opponent the lead. The 
and the field is player closer to the money.
