After taking a large hit earlier, Kyle Cartwright was down in chips. When we last found him, however, he was scooping up the chips of a double up. His beat his opponent's when the board fell .
Ken Silverstein opened the action for 15,000 and his opponent three-bet all in for 105,000. Action folded back around to Silverstein and he made the call.
Silverstein:
Opponent:
Silverstein was behind and found no help on the flop. The turn brought the and Silverstein needed one of the three remaining kings to send his opponent home. Fortunately for Silverstein, the rolled off on the river and he was able to significantly increase the size of his stack.
Hand-for-hand lasted for nearly the entire level and action slowed down to a mind-numbing pace. We're hoping to see things pick up from here and have some short stacks busting.
Normally this is the time where we give all sorts of details about the bubble boy, but not this time. We caught the hand but the player that busted was in no mood to talk to us, or even slow his speed walk out of the room. For simplicity's sake we'll refer to him as Mr. Bubble.
From under the gun Mr. Bubble opened to 10,500 and action folded around to Ed Stannish in the small blind. Stannish shoved for 69,500 and Mr. Bubble called.
Mr. Bubble:
Stannish:
The board ran Stannish's flush ended Mr. Bubble's tournament and he was the last person to leave without collecting any money.
There is a whole lot of nothing happening during hand for hand play thus far. We've had a few semi-dramatic moments where the entire room rushes over to the table, but no climactic event yet. There are no severely short stacked players so we may be at this stage for a while.
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beat his opponent's 
when the board fell 
.
flop. The turn brought the 
and Silverstein needed one of the three remaining kings to send his opponent home. Fortunately for Silverstein, the 
rolled off on the river and he was able to significantly increase the size of his stack.
