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One Robert Workman bet 6,000 from mid position, only for Johnny Carlton to make it 20,000 from the small blind. Workman then made it all in for 22,000 total, and Carlton called.
Carlton turned over and Workman turned over the rather less premium but poker can be a funny game, like so:
Board: giving Workman the nut flush and giving Carlton nausea. Probably. "Sorry, that was bad. I got lucky," said Workman in what may be the understatement of the tournament so far.
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A non-animated Bart has departed, Bart Tichelman falling foul of big blinder Brent Bibby, as Tichelman raises the pot from middle position before calling all in the over-the-top reraise.
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With just one place left until we're in the delicious money, we are officially bubbling and the play has slowed down, not because of any unwillingness to stick those chips in the middle, but because they're now playing hand for hand.
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Bubble to the bubble was an unfortunate Steven Shanks. After limp-calling a preflop raise of 5,000 from Robert Workman with , Shanks bet out 10,000 on the flop only to be raised all in by Workman for a total of 40,000. Unsurprisingly, Shanks called quicker than a cheetah on a rocket but was chagrined to find he was up against the near unbeatable holding of . A raggy turn and river later and Shanks was biting dust.
The ominous bubble looms and I can almost hear the spine-tingling "Jaws" music as the players look to creep into the money.
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The bubble has recently burst, but before we reveal the name of that unfortunate victim, there was a crucial hand involving Al Barbieri, Bobby Wisiak and Vadim Trincher.
With Ali making it 3,500 preflop, Bobby and Vadim called leading to a three-way flop of . A check from initial raiser Al was followed by a bet of 5,500 from Bobby and a subsequent call from Vadim. Al reluctantly ducked out of the way.
A on the turn triggered a check from Bobby, allowing Vadim to push all in and force Bobby into the fold. Bobby showed {A?}{Q?} to prove that he was making a big laydown, but Vadim never returned the favor, his hand remaining a mystery to us all.
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Our unfortunate bubbler who will be going home with absolutely nothing was Karl Westheimer. He shoved with K-5 and was called by Michael Katz holding K-9, which held up on the A-3-6-K-J board. It was a move which proved Karl-amitous.
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The first in-the-money exit is Ted Leva who, although relieved to have cashed in this event, will simultaneously have been disappointed not to have ventured further. Pushing in his remaining 4,200 prelfop with , Ted was looked up by , the on the flop sealing his fate and sending him packing.
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Another unknown makes his just-in-the-money exit -- raise and call a reraise all in with from the button, against big blind Jacobo Fernandez' .
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After the bubble burst, it turned into chaos, several players eliminated in very quick succession. One of those men was Andy Philachack. All in with on a flop, Andy found himself called by Dave Singer and his , an and turn and river providing no further help.
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and Workman turned over the rather less premium 
but poker can be a funny game, like so:
giving Workman the nut flush and giving Carlton nausea. Probably. "Sorry, that was bad. I got lucky," said Workman in what may be the understatement of the tournament so far.
, Shanks bet out 10,000 on the 
flop only to be raised all in by Workman for a total of 40,000. Unsurprisingly, Shanks called quicker than a cheetah on a rocket but was chagrined to find he was up against the near unbeatable holding of 
. A raggy 
turn and 
river later and Shanks was biting dust.
. A check from initial raiser Al was followed by a bet of 5,500 from Bobby and a subsequent call from Vadim. Al reluctantly ducked out of the way.
, the 
on the button and the unknown gent holding 
from the button, against big blind Jacobo Fernandez' 
.
on a 
