Hand #16: Jonathan Trip Eliminated by Richard Lee; More Eliminations to Come

Photo:  Jonathan Trip

In Hand #16 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, there were two all-in-and-call situations at different tables.

At Table #4, Yuto Suzuki raises under the gun to 17,000, Ori Ohana calls UTG+1, Richard Lee calls from the small blind, and Jonathan Trip tanks for a while before he calls from the big blind.

All four players check to the turn on a board of , and Lee bets 20,000. Trip uses his last Time Chip to tank for nearly a minute before he moves all in for 45,000. Suzuki and Ohana both fold, and Lee quickly calls.

Trip shows for two pair, kings and threes, but Lee turns over for quad threes — Trip is drawing dead.

The meaningless river card is the , and Lee wins the pot with his four of a kind to eliminate Trip on the Money Bubble.

Richard Lee  –  845,000  (106 bb)

Trip now has to wait for the outcome of the other all-in situation to see if he’ll get a piece of 75th place, and — details coming soon — there was a double elimination at Table #3. So the three players eliminated during Hand #16 chop 74th and 75th places, earning AUD $8,370 each.

Jonathan Trip  –  Eliminated in a Tie for 74th Place  (AUD $8,370)