On the Bubble
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We are now playing hand for hand on the bubble of the ISPT and emotions are running high. One false move and you are out.
It’s not all pre-flop all in and a call, although there have been a couple of those that saw short stacks survive.
On table twenty three having called a pre-flop bet and seen a flop of 
the player in the big blind bet 20,000.
His opponent thought for a long time before pushing all his chips over the line. This seemed to confuse the player in the big blind who asked, “Why you think a lot before doing this?”
Getting no answer he thought a bit longer and folded. His opponent showed him a single card, the 
which seemed to rile him even more.
“You make a mistake with that play. You think you make me lay down a big hand, but you’re wrong.”
One player who was all in pre-flop however was Carlo Citrone. His shove with 
was called by 
The board ran out 
and Carlo survived the bubble.
Only a few hands later Carlo had another critical decision. Playing from the small blind he faced a bet from his opponent that would put him all in.
The board read 
The fact that he had just survived minutes earlier was clearly paying a part in his decision.
He agonised and folded showing his hand Kh 8h to David Benyamine.
The tension remains. Shouldn’t be long now.
Stay tuned.