Andrey Alexandrovich Lobzhanidze the Chair-Standing Bubble

Three all-in-and-call combos at once! This is the first time we've seen this in one hand-for-hand moment at an EPT. The tension was clearly great for Lobzhanidze, who had to wait while a) huge crowds grew around all three tables b) one of the camera guys fetched a spare battery and c) the TV table's hand (coming shortly) was played through because his was the largest at-risk stack.

Lobzhanidze stood on a chair, resplendent in red with {A-Clubs} {J-Clubs} at risk against Vladimir Geshkenbein's {Q-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} . Tense but patient and heckled and encouraged by the rail which seemed to have materialised out of thin air, Lobzhanidze watched sadly as the board brought {4-Clubs} {2-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {K-Hearts} {8-Clubs} and gave him no share of the prizepool.