Bubbleman
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The under the gun player started off this most recent hand by putting out an innocent 4,000 bet. Gordon Vayo was next to act and he moved all in for 12,300. The table folded around to Rene Angelil in the small blind who took a few moments to ponder his course of action. Eventually Angelil decided pushing out a giant 30,000 stack of yellows was the right thing to do. Hunter Frey in the big blind then went deep into the tank. After a minute or so drained off the clock he reemerged and announced "all in" for about 49,000 more. The under the gun player folded, and Angelil quickly made the call.
Cards were tabled and it looked as though we would have two eliminations, not just one.
Angelil: 
Frey: 
Vayo: 
Vayo was in dead last and needed to desperately grab hold of an eight or he would be today's bubbleboy. Frey possessed considerable more chips than Vayo and would walk away with 171st place's money if they were both knocked out.
The flop came 
allowing Angelil to maintain his strong lead. The 
on the turn gave Angelil top set, but it also opened Frey's outs; any 10 now could put the hand in Frey's favor.
Indeed the 
did fall on the river giving Frey the broadway straight. Vayo was eliminated when his pair of eights couldn't even come close to competing with the other two's cards. Angelil took a big hit, but still sits with over 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
100,600
|
100,600 |
|
105,000
-7,300
|
-7,300 |
|
Busted |
and Akenhead showed 
on the turn saw another check from Bhatia and a bet of 11,600 from Gagliano. After a few moments passed Bhatia made the call.
on the river saw a third check from Bhatia and a bet of 21,500 from Gagliano. Bhatia went deep into the tank and didn't emerge for a good three minutes. In the end though Bhatia threw it away and Gagliano raked in the pot.
with Gaspard in the small blind, Gruissem in position and Gaspard check-calling a very quick 22,000 bet. The turn card was the 
and this time Gaspard led for 21,500 and Gruissem made the call. Fifth street was 
and Gaspard moved all-in, an action that was snap-called by Gruissem. The German turned over 
for trips and Gaspard showed 
