Graupner Is the Stone Bubble, Fisher Saves the Room from Hand-for-Hand Play
The pot stood at approximately 90,000 with two players looking at a board of 2♦9♦9♣3♠.
Mark Fisher, in the big blind, checked the action to Thomas Graupner, in early position. Graupner bet out 30,000. In response, Fisher applied maximum pressure, moving all in for Graupner's effective stack of approximately 100,000. As the stone bubble loomed, Graupner went deep into the tank, thinking for several minutes.
"It's just money," Graupner said as he flicked in one yellow chip for the call.
Thomas Graupner: J♦J♥ 
Mark Fisher: A♠9♠
Graupner was behind Fisher's flopped trips and the 2♣ river couldn't save him, bursting the stone bubble. The remaining 102 players were now all in the money, without having to navigate the slow process of hand-for-hand play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
Busted |