Hand #35: Money Bubble Bursts as Michal Havavka Is Eliminated by Sandor Mate
May 12, 2023
Photo: Michal Havavka
In Hand #35 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Michal Havavka got it all in preflop from the big blind for 14,000 against Sandor Mate (UTG+1) and Jan Tomcani (button), who both put in 16,000 each to create a 4,000 side pot.
Both players check to the river on a board of 
, and all three players turn over their cards.
Jan Tomcani: 
(queen high)
Sandor Mate: 
(pair of eights)
Michal Havavka: 
(pair of fours)
Havavka flopped a spade flush draw and turned a pair of fours, but it wasn’t enough against Mate’s flopped pair of eights. Mate won the pot to eliminate Havavka in 11th place and burst the Money Bubble.
Sandor Mate – 450,000 (56 bb)
Jan Tomcani – 427,000 (53 bb)
Michal Havavka – Eliminated
@WPT