Event 1 Flight F: Massive Four-Way All-In on the Money Bubble

$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight F Players Remaining: 134 of 1,081

Four-Way All-In Situation on the Money Bubble — There’s nothing like a four-way all-in situation to attract a lot of attention on the Money Bubble. Collins Delpercio is in seat 1 on the other side of the dealer, Joe Alcala is standing in seat 2, Grant Missonis is standing on the far right, and Anthony Goodwyn is in seat 6, sitting down near the bottom center of the photo.

As the Money Bubble was about to begin, there was a hand already in progress where three players were all in and a fourth was tanking about whether or not to call.

Joe Alcala moved all in under the gun for about 60,000, and Grant Missonis moved all in over the top from middle position for about 150,000. Anthony Goodwyn called from the hijack and prematurely revealed his cards — — before quickly flipping them back over.

Collins Delpercio moved all in from the big blind for about 230,000, and a couple of players say they are pretty sure he didn’t see the cards that were revealed.

So three players were all in, and action was back on Goodwyn, who had about 153,000 behind, and needed to call an additional 80,000 or so to stay in the pot.

At this point, there were 137 players remaining in the field, and the tournament clock was paused as the other tables played their in-progress hands to conclusion. Understandably, a crowd started to build around this table.

Eventually, Goodwyn called, and all four players turned over their cards. Here they are in descending order of chip counts:

Anthony Goodwyn:
Collins Delpercio:
Grant Missonis:
Joe Alcala:

The board came 10c — Missonis paired his queen on the flop for additional outs, but nobody improved any further. The pocket kings held up for Delpercio to scoop the entire pot, doubling thru Goodwyn and eliminating Missonis and Alcala.

As it turned out, there had been two eliminations almost simultaneously as they were reaching the Money Bubble, so the field was already down to the 136 players who would finish in the money. The tournament staff double-checked by counting the field, and everyone was in the money, including the two players (Missonis and Alcala) who were eliminated on this hand.

Collins Delpercio – 671,500 (134 bb)
Anthony Goodwyn – 75,000 (15 bb)
Grant Missonis – Eliminated in 135th Place ($800)
Joe Alcala – Eliminated in 136th Place ($800)

With 134 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 161,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are in the money, guaranteed at least $800 each, and the final 76 (7%) will advance to Day 2, which begins tomorrow at 2:00 pm.