Tardif Eliminates One as Bubble Looms

Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Patrick Tardif raised to 13,000 from middle position and the player in the big blind made the call. On the K?8?8? flop, Tardif continued for 8,000 and received another call.

The turn came the J? and Tardif upped the ante to a massive overbet of 45,000. Once again, the big blind check-called.

The river 4? completed the board and the big blind checked for the third time. This time, Tardif threw enough T-25,000 chips in the middle to put the big blind's stack of 105,000 all in.

The big blind thought for a while and eventually tossed in the call for his tournament life. Tardif tabled A?K? for two pair, and that was the winner when the big blind showed K?7? for the same two pair but with a worse kicker.

The big blind was eliminated and Tardif won a big pot around the bubble.