Andrew Bassat Eliminated in 25th Place (AU$40,000)

Kitty Kuo raised to 35,000, Andrew Bassat reraised to 76,000, and then Kuo came back over the top with an all-in shove.

"All right, I'll call you," said an innocent Bassat, turning up the to put himself at risk.

Kuo had the .

What's interesting about this all-in situation was the railbirds that swarmed to the table. The group of them seemed much more interested in rooting for Kuo to win, but not because they favored Kuo as a player. It was because they were the railbirds of Mikel Habb at the other table who was short, had just doubled up, and was looking to hit a pay jump.

"Queen! Queen!" they yelled, as an anxious Bassat stood behind his chair waiting for the flop to come out.

The flop came , and Bassat's kings were still best. Even so, the railbirds held out hope that Kuo would win the hand.

"A queen is coming on the river, don't worry," one of them said. "There's always the river."

"Queen! Queen!" another pleaded.

Another man, who didn't seem to be associated with any particular party, also chimed in. "The river is going to be an ace or whatever," he said.

The turn was the , and Bassat only needed to dodge one more card to double up, but when the smacked on fifth street you could see his heart drop to the floor. Kuo had made a winning set of queens, and Bassat looked dejected.

The railbirds jumped up and down as they yelled over to Habb what happened. Habb was excited with the bustout and gave another one of his patented yells of "C'mon!" before he clapped his hands together again.

As for Bassat, he shook the hands of some players at his table, grabbed his backpack, and made his way to the payout desk.