Fischer Up to 1.25 Million and Seven Bounties, Wins Kings vs. Queens
With just four players before the bubble bursts, Manuel Fischer opened to 30,000 from the cutoff and Gheorghe Butuc three-bet to 75,000 from the small blind. Fischer, the tournament chip leader, moved all in. Butuc had around 200,000 behind and took his time before the clock was called. Eventually, as the floor counted down from ten, the Moldovan made the call.
Gheorghe Butuc: 
Manuel Fischer: 
Butuc was floored when he realized he was miles behind as Fischer tabled pocket kings against his pocket queens.
The flop came 
, giving Fischer a set of queens and Butuc was drawing nearly dead.
The bounty was clinched when the 
arrived on the turn. The 
completed the board and Butuc was eliminated near the stone bubble.
The win made Fischer the first player in the room to go over one million while he also collected his seventh bounty of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,250,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
Busted |