Kia Hamadani has everyone's least favorite poker distinction: Bubble Boy. All the worse on the game's biggest stage: the World Series of Poker Main Event.
Here's a quick write up from Poker Listings:
It took nearly two hours of hand-for-hand play but we have our 649th finisher. The dubious honor goes to Kia Hamadani.
Hamadani became extremely short-stacked and was actually all-in on his 500 ante after Reed Hensel bet 17,000. Two other players called and the flop came QhQd6h. Hensel fired again, this time for 20,000, and that got a fold out of both of his live opponents. Hamadani flipped over a very modest 4c3h, which was behind Hensel’s 9d2c.
The board finished with an emphatic 9d and then the 9s to earn Hensel the checkmark and Hamadani a trip to the rail.
It wasn’t all bad for Hamadani, however, as Jeffrey Pollack announced the WSOP and sponsor Jack Link’s Beef Jerky have agreed to buy Hamadani into next year’s WSOP. Hopefully he doesn’t bubble that one as well!
As soon as the elimination was announced, cheers rang out from across the Amazon Room with players high-fiving each other and celebrating their good fortune to have made it into the money.
Some players are quieter than others, however, as for pros like Phil Ivey, Bertrand Grospellier and Kevin Saul the real game is just beginning.
Expect the eliminations to be fast and furious as short-stacks finally have a good reason to get their chips in the middle and try and double up.
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