Rudy Blondeau the Unlucky Bubble Boy

Finishing in 37th spot, and therefore missing out on the not-inconsiderable mincash of ��21,106 is Rudy Blondeau. With a stack just shy of 200k it was a pretty chunky pot too, which headed over to join the party in Brian Powell's stack. Blondeau raised to 9,500, Powell repopped him preflop and it was all-in-call in a heartbeat.
Blondeau:
Powell:
The flop brought a low draw-appreciative, "Oooooh" from the other players who'd bunched round to watch like hyenas around the body of a zebra as it came
. The turn was the
, however, and the river the
which meant a straight-faced Blondeau did the dignified thing, handshaking round and heading for the exit with no fuss.