After just 4 hands of deal-one-hand-and-stop play, the bubble has burst in the Playground 500 and the top 71 players left are all in the money.
There were two called all-in hands at the same time and each dealer paused after the call was made, and after the other tables finished their hands uneventfully, the two hands were played out. On Table 68 the short-stacked player managed to double, but on Table 70, the showdown between Sean Edelenbos and the short-stacked Yannick Boudreau ended up with Yannick on the rail in 72nd. Sean had improved to a Broadway straight with the on the river, beating Yannick’s flopped two pairs.
Play continues in level 18 and there’s certain to be a flurry of eliminations as short-stacked players do a little profit-taking.