Beylin Gets Big Before the Bubble
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The cards were all but rushed away and the nine seat on table 446 was vacated while Konstantin Beylin was busy stacking a lot of orange T-5,000 chips. In a battle button versus small blind, Beylin had flopped bottom set with the 
and his table neighbor got it in with pocket aces. No ace showed up on turn and river, and Beylin scored the knockout with his set to jump above one million in chips.
Other players that built their stack on the looming bubble period in the Amazon Tan section were Brian Yoon, Paul Michaelis, Mantas Bagicuis and James Obst, while Russell Holt dropped below the average.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,150,000 | 430,000 |
|
900,000 | 170,000 |
|
840,000 | 758,200 |
|
825,000 | 687,900 |
|
750,000 | 110,000 |
|
500,000 | 70,000 |
|
210,000 | -490,000 |