That Didn't Take Long; Duane Goodison Eliminated in 16th Place
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Level 18
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
It took just one hand of hand-for-hand play to burst the bubble.
In middle position, Duane Goodison shoved his ~100,000-chip stack into the middle. It nearly got through, but big blind Nick Mitchell liked what he squeezed, and he called with the covering stack. The way this day has been running, it had to be pair-verus-pair or a big flip.
Showdown
Goodison: 
Mitchell: 
Goodison was in a bad way, and things would not improve. The dealer ran a board of 
, and Mitchell has earned the knockout to move to 260,000.
More importantly, however, is the fact that Goodison is out on the direct bubble, the last player to go home empty-handed today. Everyone left is now guaranteed at least $21,600.