Stephan Revelly opened the action with a raise to 20,000 from the hijack. Federico Butteroni moved all in from the big blind for 154,000 and after a short tank, Revelly called.
Federico Butteroni: A♣8♣
Stephan Revelly: A♠10♣
Needing to find an eight or clubs, Butteroni was unable to after the dealer put out Q♦7♠10♥6♥2♣ and he was eliminated.
Marcelo Tadeu Aziz Junior opened the hijack and was three-bet by Lucas Reeves in the small blind to 80,000. Junior then four-bet to 195,000 before Reeves five-bet to 380,000. The action wasn't over yet as a six-bet came in from Junior to 565,000, then Reeves seven-bet shoved for around 950,000 total. Junior quickly called.
Lucas Reeves: K♥K♦
Marcelo Tadeu Aziz Junior: A♠A♣
As the camera crews and media team arrived to the table, the dealer was given permission to run the board.
Reeves was looking for a king to survive but the runout of 6♥7♣J♣Q♦4♦ meant he was eliminated on the bubble.
Lucas Reeves
There were five more all-in-and-calls throughout the Horseshoe but one stood out as another player was eliminated.
Terrance Reid opened to 16,000 from middle position and Christian Stratmeyer shoved for 57,000 out of the small blind. Once the big blind folded, Reid made the call which put Stratmeyer at risk.
Christian Stratmeyer: A♣K♦
Terence Reid: 8♣3♣
Reid certainly had the stack to make the call and it paid off as he flopped trips on the 8♥6♣8♠ board which left Stratmeyer needing a miracle to survive.
The 2♣ on the turn sealed the pot for Reid, with a meaningless 9♣ river confirming the elimination of Stratmeyer.
As both Reeves and Stratmeyer were eliminated during the same hand, they split a min-cash and will receive $7,500 each for their efforts.
Christian Stratmeyer - 2024 WSOP Main Event Bubble
Kaushal Vasa raised to 16,000 from middle position and Mauro Ferreira three-bet to 45,000 from late position. The action folded to Daniel Negreanu in the big blind, who only had 46,000 left in front of him. He glanced at his cards, contemplated it for a bit but then got out of their way. Vasa four-bet shoved for his last 105,000 for Ferreira to call with the bigger stack.
Play was paused until all action was completed on all other tables and the whole media circus flocked to their table. Jack Effel announced the situation and asked the players to reveal their cards.
Kaushal Vasa: K♣K♦
Mauro Ferreira: A♥A♦
The field gasped and cheered at the same time.
The dealer dealt the 3♠J♦2♠ on the flop to keep Ferreira ahead.
The turn was the Q♠, which didn't change things, and neither did the 2♣ as the aces of Ferreira held to get the field down to 1,518, just one spot from the money.
Max Sharpe raised to 16,000 from late position and then called the shove by Yuze Ding in the hijack for what appeared to be 131,000 total. The other all-in showdown had gathered all the attention of the room and nobody was around yet, but all cameras then followed over to Table 541 to witness the below showdown.
Yuze Ding: K♣K♠
Max Sharpe: A♣K♥
Kings stayed ahead on the Q♠10♥2♠ flop but the J♥ turn gave Sharpe broadway. Ding now needed an ace to chop but the 10♠ river was no help, reducing the field to 1,519 players.
As the tournament prepared for hand-for-hand play, a player in middle position opened to 16,000 as John Ciccarelli called on the button before Collin Calloway bet 55,000 in the big blind with just 1,000 behind. The initial raiser folded and Ciccarelli called.
Calloway checked on the flop of K♠5♠8♣ and Ciccarelli bet 1,000 to put his opponent all in. Calloway went deep into the tank and eyed the tournament room before someone eventually called the clock. He let his 30 seconds run down and then slammed in his final chip.
Collin Calloway: A♥A♣
John Ciccarelli: 10♣8♦
Calloway's aces were ahead of his opponent's middle pair, but things quickly changed as the 10♦ turn gave Ciccarelli two pair and the 10♠ added insult to injury as he improved to a full house to put a cruel beat on Calloway, who was visibly frustrated after being eliminated just a few spots off the money.
In a blind versus blind battle, John Templeton got his last 260,000 in the middle as Alex Keating put him at risk.
John Templeton: A♦J♥
Alex Keating: A♥2♣
Templeton had Keating dominated and was poised for a bubble double-up as the flop came 10♣3♦A♠, giving both players top pair. Templeton was still ahead with his jack-kicker, but Keating spiked the 2♥ on the turn to take the lead. The river was the 2♦ and Keating improved to a full house as the unfortunate Templeton stopped to snap a photo of the board before heading for the rail.
"I think we all learned not to f**k with me on the bubble," Keating said.
