Event 15 Flight A: Two Eliminations on the Money Bubble

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  72 of 580

Stuart Young
Stuart Young

About half an hour into the hand-for-hand process, there were three tables with all-in-and-call situations — and two of them resulted in eliminations.

In the first hand, Stuart Young moved all in from the small blind, and the big blind called all in for 20,000 with 5h5d. Young showed Qc8c.

The board came down Jh3h3d8sQd, giving Young queens and eights to eliminate his opponent.

Stuart Young – 85,000 (14 bb)

Aaron Massey
Aaron Massey

In the other elimination hand, Aaron Massey raised under the gun to 18,000, the player in the small blind moved all in for about 43,000, and Massey called with AhKd.

The small blind turned over Qs3h, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came Js10c6dQcQh — the small blind paired his queen on the turn, but the same card clinched the pot for Massey with an ace-high straight to help burst the end-of-day Money Bubble.

Aaron Massey  –  303,000  (51 bb)

The surviving 72 players have made the money as they advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm. The full list of official chip counts will be posted later tonight.