Bubbling Over

$200 + $30 NL

The bubble lasts 30 seconds as Ken Jacoby (New York, NY) isolates the all-in bet of Scott Tuchman (Mays Landing, NJ) and takes down the pot with KK vs A8. The pocket kings hold and sends the remaining 54 players into the money.

Tuchman isn't disappointed being the bubble boy, but it's two hands before that's unkind to him when his pocket queens are cracked.

Tuchman has 120k when he opens the betting and is put to the test when a 95k shove follows.
"I'm willing to fold queens in that spot if I think I'm beat" says Tuchman, a Borgata regular. "But he (opponent) had been shoving light and he got lucky."

The player in question tables JJ and is an 80-20 dog, but a jack in the window cripples Jacoby who can't overcome the set.

Level 16 (3K/6K/500 ante) continues.