We were still waiting to begin the hand-for-hand dealing process while the final table finished up their pre-bubble hand. It ended up with another all-in-and-a-call though as Minh Nguyen got his last 177,000 into the middle with
. Alexander Roumeliotis put him to the test, but his
was dominated and poised to grant Nguyen a big double.
The
flop was a big sweat for the at-risk player. Roumeliotis picked up the diamond draw there, but he could not find an out. The turn
and river
filled out the board, much to the delight of Nguyen. He's doubled on the bubble, and we're now going hand-for-hand until we award someone the wooden spoon.