No Hand-For-Hand Required
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
There were three all-in and call at the same time and another two pending showdowns that ended up in a tank-fold, and the field was reduced from 97 to 95 players to let the bubble burst before hand-for-hand mode went into effect.
Shay Aldorf was the first to fall with his 
for a set ran into the 
of Stefan Mital for the higher set.
Eli Molina then departed on a different table and last but not least, Georges Chehade avoided another bubble drama when he doubled through Walter Pflueger.
Pflueger had raised to 12,000 in the cutoff and was called by Dominique Potenza in the small blind. Chehade pushed for 89,000 in the big blind and Pflueger reshoved to isolate.
Georges Chehade: 
Walter Pflueger: 
The board came 
and Chehade doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
280,000
208,000
|
208,000 |
|
280,000
87,500
|
87,500 |
|
195,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |