Pop Goes the Bubble...
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The Italian opened the pot with a 13,000 raise from under the gun and the action folded around the table to Kenny in the small blind, who re-popped it to 40,000. Blanco flat called, leaving himself approximately 50,000 behind.
The dealer spread a jack-high flop and Kenny open-shoved, putting Cristiano to a decision for all of his chips. Holding pocket queens, Blanco made the inevitable call and Kenny tabled big slick. Cristiano's queens didn't even reign long enough to hold court, as the dealer quickly burned and turned an ace, tipping the scales heavily in Kenny's favor with one card to come.
The last card to fall off the deck was an inconsequential six and the young American took down the pot on the strength of a single pair of aces, eliminating Blanco from the tournament in 33rd place.