The Four Bubble Boys

Mickey Doft

Level 20 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Richard Lee, Jimmie Caldwell, Terry Sierakowski and a fourth, unknown player all busted during round-for-round play and will split 81st and 80th place money.

We didn't catch Lee's hand, but Caldwell was all in for his entire stack holding {A-} {A-} and was up against an opponent's {Q-} {Q-} . Unfortunately for Caldwell, a river {Q-} brought his tournament to an end.

Sierakowski was down to less than 4,000 and was in the big blind. Three players limped in and everyone checked down as the board ran {q-Hearts} {3-Spades} {9-Hearts} {a-Spades} {9-Spades} . One player opened {a-Hearts} {4-Hearts} for a pair of aces, which was good, and Sierakowski was busto.

The fourth player shoved for 112,500 and Jeff Gibralter called with {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} , having his opponent's {K-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} crushed. The board ran out {J-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} , upping Gibralter's stack to 715,000.