Event 5: A.J. Kelsall Survives the Bubble in a Strange One

$600 Eight-Game Mix (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  12,000/24,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  7 of 55

2-7 Triple Draw

Phil Hui raised to 24,000 in the cutoff, A.J. Kelsall was forced all in for 3,000 in the small blind, and the player in the big blind called.

Everyone drew three, the big blind checked, Hui bet 12,000, and the big blind called.

Everyone drew two, the big blind checked, Hui bet 24,000, and the big blind called all in for 12,000.

Kelsall took two, the big blind stood pat, and Hui drew two.

The big blind tabled 8x7x6x5x4x not realizing he had a straight, while Hui showed 5x4x2x and Kelsall 8x3x2x.

Hui showed first, picking up a 5x and 3x for a pair of fives. Kelsall squeezed an Ax, followed by a 9x to survive with an A-9-8-3-2 to triple up to 9,000, while the player in the big blind was eliminated on the money bubble by Hui’s pair of fives.

Phil Hui  –  710,000  (30 BB)
A.J. Kelsall  –  9,000  (< 1 BB)