After a lengthy bubble that included several hands in hand-for-hand play, the bubble boy ended up being Kenneth Po as he retold the story to PokerNews afterwards.
Po was down to just 3,000 with the big blind at 4,000. He went all in blind and three other players played out the hand.
The board ran out , and eventually, one player bet the other two out of the pot. It was then Po's turn to finally check his cards to see if he survived on the bubble.
He sweated the cards one at a time "as any true mixed game player," he said. The first one was the , giving him three chances for a flush. The next card was the for a pair, the third card the for two-pair. The fourth card was a letdown as it was the .
His opponent showed the in his hand to make the flush and Po was eliminated on the bubble.
The board read . There was a big pot in the middle and Ari Engel was in the midst of a tank, deliberating on what to do about the 100,000 river bet from big stack Fred Goldberg. Engel eventually called.
Goldberg announced a full house and tabled the while Engel mucked to send a large chunk over to Goldberg. The latter is now among the chip leaders, while Engel dropped down from his previously large stack.
Action was picked up on the river as the boar read . Gabriel Andrade bet 54,000 over to Anatolii Zyrin who mulled it over for about 20 seconds before calling.
Andrade tabled the for the straight and Zyrin shook his head and mucked as he was left with a short stack after the call.