Double Bubble... They're in the Money!
The bubble has burst, and to add further drama two players have busted simultaneously on separate tables.
One one table, Lana O'Brien raised to 13,000, Joe Steur reraised to 30,500, O'Brien four-bet to 70,000, Steur moved all in, and O'Brien made the call.
O'Brien had 
, but Steur had 
. The board ran out 
, and O'Brien was eliminated. That huge pot of around 400,000 nudges Steur up to challenge Gregory Burns for the current chip lead.
It looked as though O'Brien would be missing the money by a single spot, but on another table an all-in situation had arisen between Patrick Chan and Greg Masters. There the chips went in following a 
flop. Masters had 
for trip fives while Chan was well behind with 
.
The 
fell on the turn, giving Chan a gutshot draw, but the river was the and Chan �� whom Masters had only barely covered �� was eliminated.
As both players were knocked out on the same hand, they'll be splitting 54th-place money, thereby earning $1,555 apiece (not quite the buy-in). That means the remaining 53 players get to go to the break all knowing they'll be cashing as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
540,000
525,200
|
525,200 |
|
480,000
149,000
|
149,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |