Winter Open

EVENT 7: Bubble Breaks, 27 ITM

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$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 2k/4k/500 ante
27 players remaining, 121k avg (30 bb)

Rob Gill
Gill Breaks Bubble Adds to Chip Lead

It doesn’t take long to lose seven players as the bubble breaks during the second level of Day 2 play.

Wally Maddah (Tampa, FL) goes out on the double-bubble (29th) with 99 against the set of 2s by John Pappas (Tampa, FL).

One table over Wade Whidden (Valrico, FL) puts the last of chips in with {ah]7h against the ThTdof Rob Gill (Tampa, FL). The board of K-K-9-6-5 is no help and Whidden is the bubble boy.

The remaining 27 players are in the money for a min cash of $435 as they play for the top prize of $13,535, the custom guitar trophy and the $1,650 entry into the Championship Event (Dec 18-21).

Wally Maddah, Marc Lowe, John Pappas & John Holley
(l-r) Maddah, Marc Lowe, Pappas & John Holley away Wally’s Fate

Recent Eliminations

Wade Whidden
Wally Maddah
Jeff Buffenbarger
Leonard Ferguson
Greg McNealy