Bubble Doubles
While hand-for-hand play goes on, a few players have gotten their money in, but doubled to stay alive.
From the cutoff seat, Jeff Keena raised to 3,600 and was all in. He was called by Andrew Spears in the big blind with the . Keena held the . The flop came down and Keena was excited about his chances, but Spears did have a gutshot straight draw.
The turn was the and Keena, who was standing and leaning anxiously over the table, popped upright and slapped his hands together in celebration. Still, Spears wasn't dead yet and could hit a nine to bust Keena.
The river completed the board with the and Keena officially doubled. Some of the table commented about how he prematurely celebrated and it could have come back to bite him.
"So what, I had one card to come and was happy?" said Keena. "I can't celebrate, heck," he joked. The table laughed and then Keena exaggerated his celebration by yelling "Yeah!" and slamming his fists on the table in a joking manner.
On another table, Kevin Funderburk was all in with the against Jason Lee's . Funderburk was all in from the big blind for 3,000 total and fell behind after the flop fell. The turn paired the board and gave Funderburk a couple more outs before the landed on the river and doubled him up with a straight.