You Had Your Chance
We are now officially on the bubble after the elimination of Chance Kornuth. Scott Mongomery was the assassin, the 2008 Main Event finalist kick-starting the action with a preflop raise to 5,000 from the hijack.
Chance, in the big blind, announced "pot", and slid in 15,000, but it was later determined that the raise needed to be 17,400. Moments later, another player claimed it was 16,800, at which point Montgomery declared that it really didn't matter as the money was going in either way... which indeed it did.
"Let me guess, you've got two red aces, right?" inquired Montgomery as he tabled .
"Ha, no, I have a worse hand than you think, just the one red ace!" replied Kornuth triumphantly and revealing . (OK, he didn't say that, he just turned over his hand, but I wish he had).
Despite Montgomery's misread, his pocket kings held, a board enough to send a disappointed Kornuth home.