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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Adam Junglen was all in on the flop of with against David Baker's . Invoking the natural spirit of the Outdraw God, Junglen began to get up on the turn only to return to his seat on the river when he made the full house.
We didn't catch all the action, but rolled up on the table to see World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational winner Davidi Kitai holding on a board of . Unfortunately for him, James Vanneman held to make Kitai one of the early post-money eliminations.
to give him a set. The 
turn and 
river both blanked, and Rinaldi lived to fight another hand.
as Du Plessis' aces stayed good to win a huge pot.
. Chidwick hit a set to take the lead, which he held as both the 
and 
blanked on the turn and river.
on the river gave Williams a pair of queens and the knockout blow to Lee.
with 
river when he made the full house.
