Mar 2, 2023
Photo: Mark Fester (seated, left) and Adrian Sportelli (standing in red, right) wait for action to end at the other tables before turning over their all-in hands.
In the first hand of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Adrian Sportelli moves all in from the hijack for 66,000, and WPTDeepStacks Sydney champion Mark Fester calls from the big blind with .
Sportelli turns over , and needs to improve to stay alive.
The board comes , and Fester wins the pot with two pair, aces and fives, to eliminate Sportelli on the Money Bubble and bring Day 1A to an end.
Mark Fester – 570,000 (114 bb)
Adrian Sportelli – Eliminated on the Bubble
Photo: Adrian Sportelli