On table 45 just now we witnessed a classic showdown, as Aris-Sero Sevahirciyan faced off against Paul Mohorea (pictured below) with only a dozen or so eliminations to go before the bubble. In the end, Paul ended up taking down the hand, and he took virtually all of Aris’s chips in the process, fatally crippling him.

The hand began with a raise to 12,000 from Paul under the gun. It was called by Jay Srinivasan at the cut-off as well as by Caley Michaud on the button. But Aris, sitting in the small blind, shoved for his tournament life with, as we found out later, a pocket pair of jacks. Paul insta-shoved right after (holding aces), and Jay and Caley wisely got out of the way. It was classic versus showdown, and the result was predictable.

The board came down and Paul doubled up. His stack was just a little bit smaller than Aris’s, so there was no elimination during this play, but he was ultimately eliminated a few hands later. Sometimes jacks can pull it off, but not this time.