Event 1: Double Knockout on the Bubble

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 300 of 3,030

Chris Nomikos finds a bubble monster

With the clock paused, tournament staff were set to run two minutes off for each hand played on the bubble. On the first, Chris Nomikos opened to 16,000 from under the gun and the cutoff player moved all in for 41,000.

The button and blinds released and Nomikos quickly called. Then they had to wait until the other 30+ tables to complete their action. There turned out to be three all-ins called on the first hand for a lot of action.

Nomikos tabled his monster AsAc and was dominating 9c9h. The board ran 7d4h4c5d6h and his aces held to send one out in 302nd.

We had one small double up on the second with three-way action on the third. Lou Stadler was all in against Herbert Baker and another opponent. His AdKc flopped top/top but it was no good against Baker’s turned set 4s4c on the Ah9s7d4dJh board.

That sent the SHRP favorite out on the bubble and the rest of the field was set to make some money.

Herbert Baker (left) versus Lou Stadler (right)