Hand #4: Money Bubble Bursts as Maryline Valente Cracks Aces to Knock Out Tyler Hirschfeld

Dec 16, 2023

Maryline Valente and Tyler Hirschfeld
Photo:  Tyler Hirschfeld (right) turns over his pocket aces, already knowing that Maryline Valente (left) flopped a full house with her pocket jacks.

In Hand #4 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, there were four all-in-and-call situations.

At Table 145, Tyler Hirschfeld (button) got most of his stack in preflop against Maryline Valente (cutoff), leaving himself just a single 5K chip.

The flop comes Heart JHeart 4Spade 4, Valente moves all in, and Hirschfeld calls all in for 5,000.

As they wait for the TD to give the go-ahead to turn their hands over, they tell each other what they have, and Hirschfeld’s expression drops as he says, “Really? You have jacks?”

When it’s their turn to run the hand, they flip over their cards, and Valente shows her Spade JClub J for a flopped full house.

Hirschfeld turns over Heart ADiamond A, and he needs an ace or runner-runner fours to stay alive.

The turn card is the Diamond 7, the river card is the Heart 10, and Valente gives a fist pump as she wins the pot with her full house, jacks full of fours, eliminating Hirschfeld on the Money Bubble in 481st place.

Maryline Valente  –  820,000  (55 bb)
Tyler Hirschfeld  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble in 481st Place  ($0)

Maryline Valente and Tyler Hirschfeld
Photo:  Maryline Valente (left) gives a fist pump after the ten of hearts falls on the river to secure her victory, eliminating Tyler Hirschfeld (right) to burst the Money Bubble.

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