With the bubble out of the way, players are getting their chips in left and right. Scott Bohlman was one of the players who was all in and Denis Strebkov was the one covering him.
Scott Bohlman:
Denis Strebkov:
Bohlman's queens couldn't overcome Strebkov's aces on an board, where Strebkov also made the nut low. Last year's Mixed Big Bet bracelet winner finished in 26th place and cashed $15,237.
Timothy Flanders and Joel Feldman were just eliminated in succession in a pair of all-in preflop situations.
Feldman was all in with against the of Connor Drinan. Drinan flopped aces full and Feldman was unable to hit a low on a runout of after and was eliminated from the tournament right after the bubble burst.
On an adjacent table right afterward, Flanders got all in with against Randy Ohel's . The board came and Ohel made a full house, jacks full of threes to crack Flanders' aces and send him to the payout line.
Steven Wolansky was one of the short stacks after the bubble and got it all in once Joao Vieira had busted. Both Brian Hastings and Andrey Zaichenko got involved as well and checked it down on a board.
Hastings showed for a pair of queens, Zaichenko flipped over for two pair, and while Wolansky rolled over a great looking double-suited rundown with , it wasn't worth more than a king-high on this board. Wolansky cashed for $15,237.
Joao Vieira was all in from the big blind for his last 1,000. Michael McKenna announced a pot-sized raise and the floor was called to figure out the amount. It was ultimately ruled that he was able to raise to 70,000 as if there was a full big blind in the pot. Everybody else folded.
Joao Vieira:
Michael McKenna:
The board ran out and Vieira's eights and sevens were no good to McKenna's kings up, eliminating him from the tournament in 30th place as the bubble boy after over 30 hands of hand-for-hand play.
Cards are in the air for the 31st hand of hand-for-hand. With two minutes subtracted from the clock each time, they are now a full level on the bubble.
Action folded to Steven Wolansky on the button who raised to 40,000, leaving himself 1,000 behind. Thiago Macedo, short stacked in his own right, thought about the decision before putting in a reraise. Wolansky called. On an adjacent table, there was a massive three-way pot that caused a delay for the runout. Eventually it was time to proceed with the hand.
Thiago Macedo:
Steven Wolansky:
The board ran out , giving Wolansky the nut low and Macedo a seven-high straight as the two chopped the pot and Wolansky lived to see another hand.
Joao Vieira raised to 60,000 of his 61,000 stack, Michael McKenna called two seats over and Timothy Flanders called from the blinds. The flop was and Flanders checked. Vieira, not all in yet, shrugged and checked, as did McKenna.
On the turn, Flanders let out a chuckle. "One thousand?" he asked, but logically, the minimum bet was still 20,000. Flanders then tossed in the 20,000 and Vieira went deep into the tank. He shifted himself upright in his seat, studied the board intensely and tried to figure it out if he had a chance to win it.
"My hand is really bad," he said with a wry smile.
After more than two minutes, he settled on a fold and accidentally exposed . McKenna, however, instantly jumped on the opportunity that had presented itself and snap pot-raised the bet of Flanders. The Brit open-folded and Vieira had to continue with just a single 1K chip.
In the final hand before the break, Thiago Macedo was all in for his final few big blinds and called by initial raiser Matt Vengrin, as well as Brian Hastings in the small blind.
The flop was and Hastings check-folded when Vengrin reached for chips.
Thiago Macedo:
Matt Vengrin:
Macedo was drawing all but dead against Vengrin's flopped boat but caught the and for a backdoor low hand to snatch half of the pot away to survive.