$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 58 of 462
In the first hand of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, the flop came 
. Mario De La Puente checked from under the gun, and the player in the cutoff bet 18,000. Dave Alfa called from the button, and De La Puente moved all in for about 200,000.
The cutoff tanked for a long time before he folded, and then Alfa quickly called with 
for a flopped seven-high straight. De La Puente turned over 
for a spade flush draw, and he needed to improve to stay alive.
The turn card was the 
, the river card was the 
, and Alfa won the pot with a nine-high straight to eliminate De La Puente and burst the Money Bubble for Flight A.
Dave Alfa – 561,000 (140 bb)
Mario De La Puente – Eliminated
The remaining 58 players are now bagging up their chips for Day 2, where everyone will be in the money. Stay tuned for official chip counts from this flight.
Money Bubble hand in the opening flight of the $1 Million Guarantee between @DaveAlfa4 and Mario De La Puente.
Alfa flops a straight against De La Puente’s flush draw, but will it hold? pic.twitter.com/oUfERjQku6
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