Shooting Star Todd Brunson Eliminated by Eddy Sabat

Photo:  Eddy Sabat (left) asked for Brunson to write expletives on his bounty t-shirt, and Brunson gave him an early preview with his middle finger.

After a flop of , Shooting Star Todd Brunson is all in from UTG+1 with , and he needs to improve to stay alive against the (king-high straight) of Eddy Sabat in the big blind.

The turn card is the , the river card is the , and Brunson makes a meaningless set of queens on the river, but it’s not enough. Sabat wins the pot with his straight to eliminate Brunson.

Sabat says, “I’ve been working so hard on this all day,” and there are updates to back this up. For knocking out a Shooting Star, Sabat receives $2,500, a Shooting Star Bounty Medallion, and an autographed “I Busted Todd Brunson” t-shirt.

Eddy Sabat  –  160,000  (133 bb)
Todd Brunson  –  Eliminated

As Brunson gets ready to autograph the t-shirt, Sabat says, “I want expletives.” (Brunson has a history of signing his bounty t-shirts with flavorful language.)

Brunson says he is going to simply sign his name in block letters, and nothing else, but he takes the shirt off to a secluded area where he spent a surprisingly long time signing the shirt. No word yet on what Brunson has written, but we’ll try to get a photo of it and post it here in the updates.