The money bubble has officially been broken and our bubble boy was indeed the short-stacked Greg Lee.
PokerStars Team Pro David Williams raised from the cutoff to 3,700 and Lee shoved all in for a total of 4,200 from the big blind. Williams called but the players had to wait until play had finished at the other tables before they could reveal their cards. During the ensuing wait there was quite a bit of friendly banter going on. Williams told the table, "Don't worry, he's probably doubling up... I got my hand caught in the cookie jar."
A player at another table was relaying the pending action to his tablemates and said "Yeah he [Lee] is all in, but David Williams called and he runs really good!"
Lee said with a smile on his face, "I've been folding for nine years!" and finally action on the other tables ceased and the cards were revealed.
Lee:
Williams:
Lee's pair of fives was in the lead preflop. The flop came giving Williams a straight draw. The on the turn changed nothing, but the on the river gave Williams a pair of queens and the knockout blow to Lee.
A good sport, Lee shook Williams hand before leaving the table. All the other players breathed a sigh of relief as they are all now guaranteed to take home a minimum of $4,480.
We're almost a whole level down post-dinner break and we're still hand for hand; however, there are a couple of all-in players at the moment, so we'll have to see how it pans out.
Hand for hand play is continuing. We currently have two players who are very short stacked. Greg Lee has around 4,000 and Scott Gledhill has only 9,000.
Just for clarification, because we started hand for hand play during level 12, the limits from that level are still in effect even though the clock has already ticked more than halfway through level 13. When hand for hand play finally ends, they will start playing at the current blind level; consequently, that could end up being level 14 meaning the players would essentially skip level 13 altogether.
We're keeping our eyes peeled and will let you know as soon as the bubble bursts!
In that last hand we saw two short stacks both double, much to the frustration of the other 62 players.
In one of the hands, Eugene Du Plessis raised to 2,700 on the button only to have Stephen Chidwick three-bet to 10,600 from the big blind. Eventually the money got all in with Chidwick at risk.
Chidwick:
Du Plessis:
Chidwick was behind, that is until the flop came down . Chidwick hit a set to take the lead, which he held as both the and blanked on the turn and river.
Claudio Rinaldi raised from middle position only to have Scott Gledhill three-bet from the cutoff. After the blinds got out of the way, Rinaldi got his stack of 13,500 in the middle and Gledhill had him covered.
Rinaldi:
Gledhill:
Rinaldi was at risk and in trouble. All signs pointed to the bubble being burst; however, things don't always go according to plan. Much to the delight of Rinaldi and his supporter on the rail, the flop fell to give him a set. The turn and river both blanked, and Rinaldi lived to fight another hand.
Level 12 has come to an end during hand-for-hand play, which means it is time for the 60-minute dinner break. The players have been sent off to grab some grub, and the bubble will have to wait to be burst. Check back then!
On a flop of , Eugene Du Plessis checked from the small blind and Ashkan Razavi bet 3,800. Du Plessis proceeded to check-raise to 11,100, Razavi tank-called (leaving himself just 23,200 behind), and the was put out on the turn.
Du Plessis slide out a bet of 24,000 and Razavi thought a moment before pushing his stack forward.
Du Plessis:
Razavi:
Both players had flopped trips but Razavi was ahead with his kicker. Du Plessis had some outs, both to a win and a chop, but the on the river was not one of them. The result was another double on the bubble.
giving Williams a straight draw. The 
on the turn changed nothing, but the 
on the river gave Williams a pair of queens and the knockout blow to Lee.
. Chidwick hit a set to take the lead, which he held as both the 
and 
blanked on the turn and river.
as Du Plessis' aces stayed good to win a huge pot.
river both blanked, and Rinaldi lived to fight another hand.
on the river was not one of them. The result was another double on the bubble.
