Bubble Drama; Tadini Survives, Houssam Busts, Tsunamy Takes Chip Lead

Players, media and spectators gathered round as the official bubble hands were played out. Over on one table, Anas Tadini was all in for 120,000 and was called by Mehdi Lebbadi-Breteau, who had a much bigger stack.

Anas Tadini: 6♦4♠
Mehdi Lebbadi-Breteau: A♣Q♣

It looked like Tadini would be eliminated, but the board ran out J♥2♠2♥4♥5♣. That gave Lebbadi-Breteau a pair of fours on the turn, which was enough for him to double up and survive to make Day 2.

Over on the other table, Mohamed Ali Houssam was all in with a short stack and was called by Javier Tsunamy in the big blind.

Mohamed Ali Houssam: 3♣2♣
Javier Tsunamy: 9♦2♦

The board ran out Q♦2♥5♣10♣8♦ to give both players a pair of deuces. Tsunamy's nine kicker played, meaning Houssam was eliminated on the stone cold bubble.

Tsunamy, meanwhile, finishes Day 1a as the chip leader and will return with a decent opportunity to make a run of it on Day 2.