Money Bubble
by Court on 12.16.08, 8:18 pm
With only 103 players left, money bubble play is in full force. Players finishing between 71st and 100th will earn $21,620 and around the room there are a lot of short stacks trying to hold on. Devin “TranquilChaos” Porter, Jon “pokertrip” Friedberg, and Andy “BKiCe” Seth are all among the shortstacks on the bubble who are either looking to get the big double up or at least avoid elimination at this late stage.
Keven “Stamdogg” Stammen (right) and Tim “Tmay420″ West were not able to stave off elimination and both were forced to make their exit within 15 players or so of making the money. Thayer “THAY3R” Rasmussen was eliminated in 105th place when he called all in on a board of J
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3. His opponent turned over pocket kings and Thayer mucked his hand and made a quiet exit from the tournament.
While getting into the cash is a goal, the main objective for the players is to position themselves to make a run at the big money at the top of the payout structure and fight for the $1.5 million top prize.
Mohsin “chicagocards1″ Charania has been up and down all day, getting as low as 30k before rebounding to over 200k. He was able to pick up a lot of chips when his pocket queens help up against the pocket eights of Burt Boutin to eliminate Burt. At the same table as Charania, Hunter “The_Hunt_D” Frey has been able to build his stack to around 350k after eliminating Liz Lieu.
