John Morgan Knocks Out a Player to Get Everyone Else in the Money

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In Hand #4 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, the big blind at Table 32 is forced all in from the big blind for his last 5,000. John Morgan (yes, the same John Morgan who induced a player to fold quad eights in the 2012 WSOP $1 Million Big One for One Drop) raises from the cutoff to 11,000, and Ryan Jones calls from the small blind.

There is 20,000 in the main pot, and 12,000 in the side pot between Morgan and Jones.

The flop comes , Jones checks, Morgan bets 20,000, and Jones calls. The turn card is the , and both players check.

The river card is the , Jones checks, Morgan bets 25,000, and Jones folds face up — a pair of tens. Morgan wins the side pot worth 60,000.

For the main pot, the player in the big blind shows for a lucky two pair, tens and threes. But Morgan turns over to win the pot with a set of nines, eliminating the big blind to burst the Money Bubble.

John Morgan  –  350,000  (70 bb)
Ryan Jones  –  255,000  (51 bb)