Hand #4: The Money Bubble Bursts as a Royal Flush Draw Misses Against Quad Aces; Elissa Halbreich Eliminated by Bundina Coombs

Photo:  Elissa Halbreich

In Hand #4 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Elissa Halbreich is all in from UTG+1 for about 180,000 with , and she needs to improve to stay alive against the of Bundina Coombs in the small blind.

The flop comes , and Coombs flops a set of aces to Halbreich’s Royal Flush Draw.

The turn card is the , giving Coombs quad aces. Normally, that would clinch the pot right there, but with the Royal Flush Draw, Halbreich still has one out heading to the river. The ten of spades would give her the best hand in poker to stay alive on the money bubble.

But alas, the river card is the , and a regular flush isn’t good enough. Coombs wins the pot with her quad aces to eliminate Halbreich and burst the Money Bubble.

Bundina Coombs  –  405,000  (51 bb)
Elissa Halbreich  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

The remaining 53 players are in the money and guaranteed at least $2,450 each.

Photo:  Bundina Coombs