Sick River as Uskovs Busts Melsom on the Bubble
Maksims Uskovs opened 16,000 from the hijack and Erlend Melsom jammed for about 120,000 in the big blind. Uskovs snap-called. The players were not allowed to open their hands as they waited for all hands to finish on the other table, however, Uskovs showed how confident he was by pulling out a bag and starting to write his name for the end of the day.
Once the floor gave permission, both hands were tabled.
Erlend Melsom: A♣A♦ 
Maksims Uskovs: Q♣Q♥
The 9♦9♠7♦ flop was looking promising for Melsom to survive, and the 5♦ fell on the turn, giving Melsom a flush draw, however with the board paired, Uskovs still had both queens to hit. The Q♦ fell on the river as the table and crowed around reacted with 'ooows', sending Melsom home on the stone bubble as the remaining 130 players bagged their chips for Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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848,000 | |
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Busted | |