During the hand-for-hand action, two players were eliminated on the bubble.

Everything was decided pre-flop in early position on the bubble of this Flight A. Michael Concepcion, under the gun, opened to 100,000 before being 3-bet to 250,000 by Hajime Watanabe sitting to his left. Concepcion shoved his stack with pocket 5 5 . Better armed with pocket rockets A A , Watanabe called instantly.

The board offered Concepcion no chance, and he stood up before all the cards were fully revealed as the A K 6 6 4 runout sent him home empty-handed.