Championship: Bubble Bursts Following Consecutive Eliminations

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 18: 3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante

John Duhig (Lithia, FL)
Event 3 champion John Duhig (Lithia, FL) put the field one away from the money

Event 3 winner John Duhig got things started when he busted a player 47th. That player had jammed from middle position and it folded all the way around to Duhig in the big blind. He asked for a count before he called.

At-risk player: 9c9h
Duhig: As2s

The runout came KhQh7dAdKd improving Duhig to a pair of aces and busting the at-risk player 47th.

Simultaneously, Corey Thompson was in the process of eliminating an unknown player 46th and bursting the money bubble. Thompson held KhKd against the KcQc of the unknown bubble boy. The board was JdTh8c5c7h and Thompson burst the bubble following a total of zero minutes of hand-for-hand play.

With that, each of the remaining 45 players are assured a payday. Notables still alive include Cory Waaland, Jonathan Lagace-Bastien, Wally Maddah and Sheddy Siddiqui.

Corey Thompson (Winter Park, FL)
Corey Thompson (Winter Park, FL) puts the Championship field in the money

Here’s a look at what they’ve locked up and what’s up top:

1st – $173,607
2nd – $100,226
3rd – $61,155
4th – $49,264
5th – $38,732
6th – $32,276
7th – $25,821
8th – $19,706
9th – $13,590
10th-12th – $8,834
13th-15th – $6,795
16th-18th – $5,368
19th-27th – $4,213
28th-36th – $3,737
37th-45th – $3,398