This is around a $30,000 bubble for Australian David Lim right now.
The top 24 players make the money (pocketing NZ$4,400) but if Lim makes the money, he will win the 2014 ANZ Player of the Year award which gives him an APPT sponsorship worth around $25,000.
That's why he was so tense recently when all in preflop with against Michael Guzzardi's .
Lim had three-bet all in for 23,500 after Guzzardi had opened under the gun to 10,000. Guzzardi called and then the dealer rolled out a board to see Lim survive. There was huge relief on his face as he sat down.
The person who was hurt most by this hand would have been Edison Nguyen. He's not in the tournament, but if Lim was eliminated then the ANZ Player of the Year award would have been locked up depending on where Dean Blatt ends up finishing. For now, the race goes on.
David Lim (the Kiwi, not the Australian reigning Auckland champion) has just doubled up on the bubble! Which interestingly had more implications for the Aussie David Lim as he needs to cash to win the ANZ Player of the Year.
Lim was all in for 39,000 with and was up against Terangi Matenga’s .
The board ran out and it was a double on the bubble for Lim.
The Australian Lim, meanwhile, is one of the short stacks and will need to find some luck to secure himself the ANZ Player of the Year prize.
The hand started with Terangi Matenga raising to 8,000 from late position. Darren Lukas made the call from the hijack before Michael Guzzardi moved all in for 97,500 from the cut off. Matenga took a look down at his cards before opting to fold. Lukas snap called when the decision was on him and the cards were tabled.
Lukas:
Guzzardi:
The board ran out to see Guzzardi flop trip queens and take down the pot.
Lukas is now in the danger zone with only 21,000 in chips.
With just over 50,000 in the pot and the board reading Terangi Matenga led out for 27,500 from the small blind. Rodney Smith was also in the hand and raised it up to 55,000 from middle position. Matenga then moved all in covering Smith who snap called with just short of 100,000 in chips.
Smith confidently tabled his for two pair but was shocked when Matenga then rolled over his for the top set.
The meaningless completed the board and Smith was sent to the rail. Matenga moves up to 400,000 in chips.
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against Michael Guzzardi's 
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board to see Lim survive. There was huge relief on his face as he sat down.
and was up against Terangi Matenga’s 
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and it was a double on the bubble for Lim.
to see Guzzardi flop trip queens and take down the pot.
for the top set.
completed the board and Smith was sent to the rail. Matenga moves up to 400,000 in chips.