After what can only be called an absurdly long period of hand for hand play on the bubble, play in Day 1b has finally ended with 24 players bagging up chips to return for Day 2 on Monday. Hand for hand play continued for 2.5 levels…
Each flight ends with hand for hand play because they each finish when 10% of the field is left, and everyone who returns for Day 2 is in the money. So essentially, the end of a flight is also the money bubble in the tourney. This most recent flight ending saw things like pocket Queens folded by a late-position player with 6bb and the timing was *almost* there for a single-ante on single-ante showdown – though each of these players were on different tables. One player did end the flight with just 3 antes, however…