One-Hand Bubble

On the very first bubble hand, a player shoves with A8 into the table's big stack who turns over AJ and the AJ holds.

While all 27 players benefit from the bustout and are in the money, none are happier than Christyna Thomas of White City, OR.

Thomas, playing in her first-ever tournament, was two hands away from being all in from the big blind for less than the blind.

Christyna, congrats, you have a better in-the-money percentage than anyone else in the event.

She is wliminated on the next hand, taking home $345.