We arrived at the table to find the aftermath of a hand where Eric Crain eliminated one of his opponent's from play. Crain's opponent was all in before the flop holding and was racing with Crain's .
The board ran out and Crain was able to make his heart flush, sending his opponent packing soon after the bubble hurst. Crain was all smiles as he dragged in the pot and as well he should be as he is currently sitting on about 120,000 in chips.
In a span of two hands just after the bubble Matt Waxman was sent to the rail.
On the first hand, Erik Seidel raised to 3,500. In the next seat over, Waxman moved all in for roughly 24,000. Action folded to Jonathan Aguiar in the small blind who moved all in for less than Waxman. Action folded back around to Seidel who folded.
Waxman:
Aguiar:
The flop left Waxman drawing thin when it came and on the turn, he needed to hit a queen and only a queen to eliminate Aguiar. But the river was the giving Waxman a boat too, but a worse boat. Aguiar doubled up and Waxman was left crippled.
On the next hand Waxman raised to 3,200 from the hijack seat, leaving himself just about 1,000 chips behind. Action folded to the big blind who put Waxman all in.
"Hmmmm," he said toying with his opponent, pretending to think before calling. He put the chips in and was happy to see his was ahead of his opponents . Waxman was not happy though that the board ran out to give his opponent a winning pair of sevens.
Waxman was still able to outlast the bubble and picked up a mincash for his efforts.
With only 3,900 chips left after the ante, recent bracelet winner Michael Malm moved all in from the cutoff. Action folded to David "The Dragon" Pham in the big blind who called without looking at his cards.
Malm:
Pham:
The flop of was safe for Malm, but Pham did pick up a pair of sixes. The turn was the giving Pham even more outs the straight. The river gave Pham that straight and it eliminated Malm from the tournament with no prize for his time.
Fortunately for Malm he just won a bracelet in Event #8: $2,500 8-Game Mix for $225,104 and thinking about that will certainly soften the blow of bubbling from this tournament.
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and Crain was able to make his heart flush, sending his opponent packing soon after the bubble hurst. Crain was all smiles as he dragged in the pot and as well he should be as he is currently sitting on about 120,000 in chips.
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turn, he needed to hit a queen and only a queen to eliminate Aguiar. But the river was the 
giving Waxman a boat too, but a worse boat. Aguiar doubled up and Waxman was left crippled.
. Waxman was not happy though that the board ran out 
to give his opponent a winning pair of sevens.
was safe for Malm, but Pham did pick up a pair of sixes. The turn was the 
giving Pham even more outs the straight. The river 
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