On a turn of , Vivian Saliba lead from the big blind into the cutoff, for pot, 46,000 chips. The cutoff only had around 50,000 behind and laughed as he folded.
After a limp in early position, Bobby Rutledge made a pot-sized raised to 20,000 and got called by two players. The flop came and Rutledge shipped the last of his 60,000 into the middle. He was called by one player and Rutledge was shown the bad news.
Rutledge turned over aces but his opponent spiked trip threes. The turn gave Rutledge the nut flush draw but the river was a brick and Rutledge hit the rail.
The prizepool and payouts have been confirmed by the tournament staff just minutes before the bubble was about to burst. With a total of 2,858 entries, there will be 429 places paid. Play will be going hand for hand shortly, as the bubble is about to be hit.
Kyle Ho raised to 15,000 in the cutoff and was called by Scotty Nguyen on the button and the big blind. The flop came and Ho continued with a bet of 15,000. Nguyen folded but the big blind still called.
The turn was the and the big blind checked to Ho who fired out another bet of 20,000. The big blind still called and the completed the board.
The big blind checked once more and Ho slid out a stack of chips. His opponent had around 60,000 chips left and went into the tank before laying his hand down.
With hand-for-hand play underway just two players off of the money, there were multiple all-in and calls scattered across the room. At one table, Michael Mizrachi flopped a set of jacks on the flop while his opponent flopped top two pair. The , runout was clean for Mizrachi who eliminated one player.
At another table, two players got all of their chips in the middle on the flop of . Jian Fei Bai turned over for a straight and flush draw. The on the turn made him the nut straight and the on the river was a brick as he also eliminated a player.
Two players were eliminated on the first hand of the money bubble and the remaining 429 players have now locked up at least a min-cash.
Thomas Taylor raised to 12,000 in middle position and was called by the player on his left. The big blind ripped all in for the last 39,000 and Taylor four-bet to 112,000 which got the other player to fold.
Big Blind:
Thomas Taylor:
The flop came to give Taylor a flush draw and he nailed it on the turn. The on the river changed nothing and Taylor eliminated his opponent.