Mathieu Di Meglio sent his short stack in with the and was called by Andrea Cortellazzi with the . The board ran out and that sent the Frenchman to the payout desk.
He was joined there by David Montoya, who called all-in with the when facing the shove by Roi Pereira with the . The board brought and the pocket pair prevailed.
Valentino Konakchiev raised to 10,000 from early position. It folded to the big blind, Henrique Gois who had only 4,000 left behind after posting the big blind and the big blind ante. He thought and waited for a long time as onlookers started to gather around the table. Eventually, he tossed in the four chips for the call.
The players waited until the cameras and the floor came over until they revealed their cards to the surrounding crowd.
Henrique Gois:
Valentino Konakchiev:
Gois had the lead and would need to dodge a ten to avoid being the bubble boy. But the flop came the to fulfil that nightmarish vision. The turn was the and the river came the to end his tournament on the stone bubble as he became the only player in the room to not join in the shared joy of everyone making the money.
Level 15 has come to a close and the remaining 176 players are on a break for 20-minutes. Play will continue hand-for-hand when the players return as the bubble has yet to burst.
In the last hand before the break, Alexios Zervos raised to 8,000 and Georgi Sandev called from one seat over. Leonardo Romeo then three-bet to 30,000 and Zervos called before Sandev jammed for 182,000. Romeo tank-folded and Zervos also let go, exposing the .
Martin Kabrhel opened to 8,000 from under the gun and only Masato Yokosawa called from the big blind to see the flop.
Yokosawa check-raised to 48,000 after Kabrhel bet 10,000. Kabrhel called which brought in the river. Yokosawa slowed down with a check and Kabrhel took the lead with a bet of 46,000.
Action checked through on the river with Yokosawa tabling the for a full house which was the winner.