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.
Nível: 13
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
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.
A selection of photographs by Joe Giron
Players have returned from break and are now returning to hand for hand play.
The players are now on a 20-minute break and will continue with hand for hand play at the same level when they return.
We walked up to a hand on the flop where Jonathan Roy was in a pot with Tod Holley.
Flop: 
Roy checked and Holley bet 4,300. Roy then snap-raised all-in and Holley made the immediate call.
Roy showed 
, and Holley showed 
. The turn and river came and , which doubled up Holley to around 27,600.
We are currently two out of the money. With that, tournament staff has commanded all tables to play hand for hand until the bubble bursts.
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