Amanda Musumeci Bursts the Bubble
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Holding a comfortable stack right around the average - and 
in the hole - Amanda Musumeci found herself playing a pot with a lot on the line: lose it trying to burst the bubble, and she very well might be the one who fails to cash.
Nonetheless, when the pot was limped to her in the blinds, Musumeci raised the action with her big slick, making it 10,000 to play and receiving a lone caller. The flop of 
with two spades was right up her alley, and she led out for 15,000, with her opponent flatting to see the board pair on the turn.
Musumeci then check-called a 20,000 turn bet, and when the board bricked off on the river, failing to complete the spade flush her opponent was apparently trying to represent, his all-in shove after a check looked suspicious to Musumeci. She asked for a count of the man's stack (he held about 60,000) before making the call with top-top, and when her opponent could only muster the 
for a second-best second-pair, his tournament was over.
The final 36 players left with chips have all earned at least $1,809 - but with many firing multiple bullets in the re-entry format, a min-cash might just be a slight loss - and while that alone is cause for celebration, the field is focused on one thing: the $88,643 payday waiting for the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
279,000
114,500
|
114,500 |