David Lappin's seat was recently discovered to be empty, and his tournament executioner Ion Tabacaru relayed the gory details of Lappin's elimination to PokerNews.
According to Tabacaru, Lappin shoved his final 50,000 chips into the middle with , and smashed into Tabacaru's .
The flop instantly finished Lappin, as Tabacaru flopped quad aces to send Lappin out the door just shy of the money and a trip to Day 2.
Meanwhile at a nearby table, Lappin's Chip Race co-host Dara O'Kearney is nursing a stack of 84,000 as he tries to avoid his partner's fate in the tournament.
Andreas Putz opened the action with a raise to 14,000 in middle position. Michel Leibgorin asked Putz how much he had behind.
Putz had Leibgorin well covered, but the Frenchman declared he was all in for approximately 100,000. Play folded back around to Putz, who quickly called.
Michel Leibgorin:
Andreas Putz:
The board ran out , eliminating Leibgorin, and moving Putz near the 500,000 chip mark.
Action was halted and a crowd gathered with two players, Steve Houghland, and Petr Segl facing elimination.
Preflop, Petr Segl raised to 20,000 in early position and was called by Dany De Barros in the small blind. Houghland was all-in on the big blind for his remaining chips.
The flop came , and after De Barros checked, Segl moved in for his last 49,000, putting himself at risk of missing the money as well.
De Barros called, setting up the possible double elimination.
Steven Houghland:
Petr Segl:
Dany De Barros:
De Barros was in great shape to provide the double knockout and send everyone home after almost two full extra levels of play.
After the dealer put down the and , a roar went through the tournament area as the bubble burst, with Houghland and Segl both eliminated and sent home without any money.
Meanwhile, the surviving 214 players all earn a min-cash and will return Tuesday for Day 2.