Ghubrial Fails To Pop Arnold's Bubble
Daniel Ghubrial and Travis Arnold got it all in blind vs blind on the hard bubble.
Action folded around to Ghubrial in the small, and he raised to 40,000, covering Arnold's remaining 15,000 chips. Arnold called off and the cards were flipped.
Travis Arnold: 
Daniel Ghubrial: 
Despite being ahead, Arnold was desperate not to be the bubble boy, and Ghubrial was reluctant to knock him out.
The flop came 
, giving Arnold another 4 cards to try and dodge.
An unfortunate 
on the turn had him holding his head in his hands and Ghubrial started to apologize, however a rivered 
brought cheers all around the table and both players embraced as the board nullified their hands.
Arnold took his chips back and they chopped the blinds.
The reason for the camaraderie became clear as Ghubrial explained that in the hand previously, they had both gotten it in with 
vs 
and Ghubrial had doubled through Arnold, leaving him with only his 30,000 chips left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |