Bigot and Putz Double and Avoid Bubble Exit

The tournament had gone hand-for-hand. Action folded around to Moritz Dietrich, who shoved all in from the small blind. Fabrice Bigot called in the big blind with 91,000, slightly less than his opponent. The cards were turned.

Fabrice Bigot: A♥J♣
Moritz Dietrich: A♣3♠

The board ran out 4♠6♥A♠9♠8♣. Both players paired their ace and Bigot held with his jack kicker to win the pot and double his stack. Dietrich was close to being eliminated, but was left with just 4,000 chips behind and so avoided an exit on the bubble.

Over on another table, two other players were also all-in. Andreas Putz raised and Luis Dono three-bet. Putz then shoved all in for 83,000 and Dono called with a much bigger stack. Players flipped their cards. Dono had A♦K♦ and Putz had A♣A♠. Putz held with his pocket aces to double his stack.

The bubble continued...