Jared Jaffee and Joe Serock Among Five Players Eliminated to Burst the Money Bubble
With 216 players remaining and 214 spots paid, there were six all-in and calls during the same hand of hand-for-hand play, with five players total being eliminated.
Table 281
Manas Gandhi opened from under the gun and Yita Choong three-bet to 70,000 from the button, leaving one T-1,000 chip behind. Gandhi called.
The flop came K♦5♥2♠. Gandhi bet and Choong called off with his last chip.
Yita Choong: Q♣Q♦ 
Manas Gandhi: K♠J♣
Gandhi was ahead with top pair and held on the 2♥J♥ runout to eliminate Gandhi.
Table 298
Ronald Slucker shoved for 35,000 from under the gun and Todd Rosenthal called from the button with a covering stack.
Ronald Slucker: A♣5♥
Todd Rosenthal: A♦Q♣
Slucker was dominated and couldn't catch up on the 2♥Q♠J♠8♦4♣ runout, resulting in his elimination.
Table 291
There was roughly 60,000 in the pot on a board of 5♠9♥7♣6♣8♠. Pierce Mckellar led for 10,000 on the river and said "you're dead, you should save that 1 chip".
Abdul Rahim Amer only had a 1,000 chip behind ended up making the call and showed K♥Q♥. Mckellar tabled 10♣3♣ for the ten-high straight and this call eliminated Amer on the stone bubble.
Table 280
Benjamin Underwood raised to 22,000 on the hijack, and Joe Serock three-bet all in from the big blind for 37,000. Underwood made the call.
Joe Serock: A♥8♥
Benjamin Underwood: A♦10♠
The board came out with hope for Serock with 10♠8♦Q♠, but the turn 6♥ and the river J♥ gave Underwood, also known as the Deepstack King from last year's Deepstack Tournaments, the straight for the win and the knockout.
Table 294
Jared Jaffee was forced into the pot for 16,000 in the big blind on the stone bubble, Michael Mizrachi was in the small blind play was paused during hand-for-hand play. The floor resumed play and the players revealed their hands.
Jared Jaffee: Q♠Q♣
Michael Mizrachi: A♠Q♦
As the board ran A♣J♣10♦A♥4♦ giving Mizrachi trip aces, Jaffee was eliminated on the bubble.
Since there were five eliminations when players were two spots away from the money, the five eliminated players each received $3,600 for their share of the first three min-cashes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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580,000
528,000
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528,000 |
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575,000
172,000
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172,000 |
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550,000
550,000
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550,000 |
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530,000
530,000
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530,000 |
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480,000
480,000
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480,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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