Bedell Busts as the Deck Won't Listen

Frank Visser

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Tom-Aksel Bedell made a raise to 23,000 from under the gun and Day 1 chip leader Marius Kudzmanas made a three-bet to 65,000 from the hijack. His fellow countryman, and current chip leader, Dominykas Mikolaitis was in the next seat over and put out a cold four-bet to 135,000.

The action folded back to Bedell, who went deep into the tank. After spending some time bank chips, he ultimately decided that it was time to go all in and five-bet jammed 438,000 chips in the middle. Kudzmanas quickly folded and Mikolaitis called just as quickly.

Tom-Aksel Bedell: Q?Q?
Dominykas Mikolaitis: A?K?

''I'll take some queens!'' Bedell requested as the 4?A?J? flop was dealt. ''I'll take no diamonds!'' Bedell requested as the 9? turn was dealt. The requests ceased as the J? river put the final nail in the coffin of Bedell's tournament.

Full of smiles, Bedell left the tournament area. He received the mincash of �43,550, as did Sam Grafton, who busted simultaneously on another table.