So Close to the Bubble They Can See Their Reflection
We're getting down to the bubble now and every elimination looks like it's more disappointing than the last. Still, every player who's dropped between 91st and 86th has behaved with the utmost calm and there have been handshakes all round.
Alessio Di Cesare is one of those to narrowly miss out, and judging from the partial rubdown he got at the hands of eliminator Nacho Barbero it was due to some earlier advertising that he got called in his final hand. He'd moved in for 75,400 total over the top of Barbero's preflop raise with - Barbero made the call with , spiked the on the flop and held to eliminate him.
"You should never have showed [referring to a previous hand where presumably an outrageous bluff was perpetrated by Di Cesare]. I would never call you."
Di Cesare gently remonstrated that he did it on purpose: "I show...for provocation!"