Steven Warburton Eliminated by Tim West on the Bubble
Tensions have been high around the room with everyone sweating the CA$10,000 money bubble.
Steven Warburton had just folded his small blind, leaving himself with just 20,000 in chips, good for less than the 25,000 ante. On the button, Warburton was forced all in. "I got the all in button before I even got my cards!" he laughed.
Action folded around to Tim West in the cutoff, and he raised to 700,000. Sam Trickett was in the big blind and thought for about a minute, then opted to fold. "I was thinking if you raised I would just pile it in", laughed West. Trickett laughed and said, "You wouldn't have piled it in there."
There were two players all in at other tables, so everyone was waiting for the tournament director to give the go-ahead.
Warburton hadn't looked at his cards yet, and when it was time, he first flashed the 
and then slowly peeled the 
for his second card. West held 
, and took a commanding lead when the flop came 
. The turn was the 
and Warburton was drawing dead to the 
on the river.
Warburton is the official bubble boy, and all remaining 119 players are guaranteed a payout of CA$10,000.