May 12, 2023
Photo: Michal Havavka
In Hand #28 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Michal Havavka is all in under the gun for 109,000 with , and he needs his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Sandor Mate in the cutoff.
This is the first all-in-and-call situation of the Money Bubble.
The board comes , and Mate pairs his jack on the flop and turns a diamond flush draw, but he improves no further. Havavka wins the pot with his pocket jacks to double up in chips.
Michal Havavka – 238,000 (30 bb)
Sandor Mate – 190,000 (24 bb)