Horrible horrible horrible. A heartbreaking end to the tournament for Speedzebre, who's been sent to the rail just 3 places short of the money. Reminiscent of nammer4life's exit in last year's bubble, the Frenchman lost out in the most agonising way possible. With one limper and positioned on the small blind, Speedzebre elected to call the extra 1200, holding Qd8d. The big blind checked and the flop came Ad5d9d. The limper bet out 4,000 and our man immediately moved all in. There was then some controversy when the limper called the all-in before the big blind had acted. The tournament director was called over to sort things out. Big blind said he was about to call anyway, and play was allowed to continue. The turn brought an Ad and a shove from Mr Big Blind. Limper folds and then the moment of agony. Speedzebre flipped over his Qd8d thinking he was surely in front. Cruelly though, his opponent turned over Kd3d. Our French hero slumped back into his seat, head in hands and unable to believe was what was happening. It was a horrible end to what has been a superb tournament for Speedzebre. He's pitted his wits against some of the biggest names in the game and come out on top. He sent Scotty Nyguen to the rail. We all truly believed he'd done enough to make the money, but it wasn't to be. As he said himself a moment ago, poker is a cruel, cruel game sometimes.

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