Event 13: Money Bubble Bursts in a 3-Way Pot

$1,100 Eight-Handed Turbo NLH (Freeze-Out)
Prizepool
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 97

Jake Bazeley moved all in button for 45,000, and the player in the small blind moved all in over the top for nearly 70,000 with Ac6d. Bazeley turned over Kd7d, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came Jd10s2c10d5d, and Bazeley caught running diamonds to win the pot with a king-high straight to double up in chips.

Jake Bazeley  –  102,000  (17 bb)

A short while later, Manny Tarich raised from the cutoff to 14,000, Tomas Soderstrom moved all in from the button for 30,000, and Tarich called with Ac5s. Soderstrom turned over AsAd, and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came Qc4s3h8d7c — Tarich flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Soderstrom won the pot with his pocket aces to double up in chips.

Tomas Soderstrom  –  75,000  (13 bb)
Manny Tarich  –  169,000  (28 bb)

Then, in the sixth hand of hand-for-hand play after the break, the player in the hijack moved all in for 23,000, Stephen Song moved all in over the top from the button for 52,000, and Raman Afanasenka called from the small blind, covering both of them.

Raman Afanasenka:  AhQd
Stephen Song:  AcJh
Hijack:  QhJs

The board came Kc7h3h6s2c, and Afanasenka won the pot with ace-queen high to eliminate both players from the tournament.

If the two eliminations had come at different tables, they would have chopped 16th place, but since they were at the same table, the player with the lower chip stack (the hijack) bubbles while the higher chip stack (Song) claims 16th place.

Raman Afanasenka  –  280,000  (47 bb)
Stephen Song  –  Eliminated in 16th Place  ($2,003)

The remaining 15 players are all guaranteed at least $2,003 each.