Armed with a big stack at the EPT Dublin Main Event money bubble, Nick Petrangelo explains his strategy on the bubble. He also shares his insight on bubble strategy in bigger buy-in tournaments.
On an 
board, Liperis had bet 12,500 and got one caller before Portaleoni moved all-in for his remaining 140,000 chips. Portaleoni called and Liperis folded.
Liperis: 
Portaleoni: 
Portaleoni had picked an inopportune moment to shove, as he was crushed by Liperis. The board ran out 
and Portaleoni was eliminated
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
172,500
|
172,500 |
|
Eliminado |
From early position, Michal Rudnik made it 10,000 to go. Action folded around to Bart Lybaert in the small blind and he moved in for 60,500. The big blind folded, Rudnik called just about instantly.
Bart Lybaert: 
Michal Rudnik: 
The board came 
and despite picking up some new outs along the way, Lybaert made his exit as the board bricked out.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
295,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Fabrice Soulier was all in for a tiny stack before the flop while Or Hadad and one further player still to act played a decent side pot. On the 
river, Hadad showed 
and the other player mucked while Soulier was surprised. "Oh, I win?" he said and then flipped over 
for a straight.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
540,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
60,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
Another all-in and call on the feature table and this time it was David Vamplew who was all-in and behind holding 
to Jakub Michalak's 
And it wasn't good news on the flop as it came 
. There were still ways for Vamplew to stay in the tournament, but the on the turn meant that he was drawing dead, while the 
on the river was nought but a formality.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
305,000
86,500
|
86,500 |
|
Eliminado | |
|
||
Iliodoros Kamatakis raised to 10,000 and was called one way before Andrew Abernethy shoved for 105,500. Kamatakis eventually folded, as did the other player. "Show a queen!" the Greek demanded and Abernethy flashed the .
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
From first position, Christoph Vogelsang shoved his last 35,500 in. Action folded around to Bernardo Dias on the button and he shoved over the top for about 115,000.
In the small blind, Bart Lybaert folded his short stack, and action was on Fabrice Halleux in the big blind. He had just 7,000 behind and committed his 12,000 total as well, to make it a three-way showdown:
Christoph Vogelsang:
Fabrice Halleux: 
Bernardo Dias: 
The board came and both Vogelsang and Dias made their exit.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
168,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
Eliminado | |
|
Eliminado |
Amidst a flurry of all-ins, Koray Aldemir was all-in and behind holding against the of day 1a chip leader Francisco Oliveira.
The flop wasn't kind to him as it came 
. The on the turn meant that the German was drawing dead and he made a swift exit from the feature table before the 
was dealt on the river. He collects €9,100 as a min cash in the EPT Dublin main Event
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
Eliminado | |
|
||
One time chip leader Tudor Purice's stack melted significantly over the last hour and he then shoved the 
turn into a 30,000-bet by Richard Dubini.
The Argentinian called with and Purice was caught with the fingers in the cookie jar, holding only .
Neither a jack or king but the appeared on the river and that sent Purice to the rail as first player in the money.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
335,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Sven Magirius shoved under the gun for 21,000, and when it folded to Alexandre Rivero in the cutoff, he pushed in over the top for 110,000.
The rest of the players folded and once action finished up at all the other tables, the hands were revealed.
Magirius: 
Rivero:
It was a classic race with Magirius' tournament life hanging in the balance and the board rolled out 
, missing Magirius and making him the EPT12 Dublin Main Event bubble boy. His elimination in 88th place means the rest of the field is in now the money and hand-for-hand play is over and done with.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
Eliminado |
