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Congratulations to Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler. Despite being short stacked, he did indeed cash for a quite remarkable eighth time, thus surpassing Shawn Buchanan who has seven. Kessler, however, is still short stacked with 14,000 and in desperate need of a double through if he's going to make his second final table of the Series.
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Thomas Sipes has just eliminated the bubble boy Scott Smith!
Smith committed all but 400 of his 25,400-chip stack preflop over Sipes' opening raise to see a 
flop fall.
The last 400 went in with Smith tabling his 
to be behind Sipes' 
.
The turn and river landed the 
and 
to see Smith become the Event #49 bubble boy as Sipes climbs to over 100,000 in chips.
As the bubble was bursting, there was one hand on one of the far tables that was preventing us from escaping hand-for-hand play. The flop read 
, and after leading out for 10,000, one player was faced with a raise to around 25,000 courtesy of Michael Vidal.
After a count was requested, it was revealed that Vidal had 81,000 behind and was out-chipped by just a few chips, so if he lost this hand, he'd be splitting the bubble prize. His opponent, however, thought better of it, and folded 
face-up. Vidal kindly relieved his anguish by revealing 
for the flopped straight.
Catching the action with the board reading 
, Israel Elias fired out 30,000 and Woo Shin made the call to see the land on the river.
Elias moved all and Shin called for his remaining 23,300.
Elias tabled his 
for a flopped full house as Shin tapped the table to acknowledge a good hand before slamming his hand face-down in anger.
Shin's 
was sitting for the table to see as the majority of the players looked at him in confusion.
It was then that Shin realised he had improved to the best hand on the river and was suddenly pushed the pot to see him soar to 135,000 as Elias slips to 20,000 in chips.
Grant Woods opened with a raise from late position and Joseph Potts made the call.
Potts insta-jammed on the 
flop and was called by Woods.
Potts: 
Woods:
The turn landed the to give Potts additional outs to a straight, and when the 
landed on the river to fill both his straight and flush draw, he stayed alive in the tournament.
Forget a knife, you could cut the tension with a toothpick in here as the bubble continues to overshadow proceedings. The last encounter to finish on the last round saw Stephen Chidwick reach the river of a 
board. His opponent, one of a handful of Brazilian players proudly donning their nation's colors, casually checked before sitting back in his chair and sipping on a Red Bull. At first I thought his lax attitude was a double bluff, and he'd snap a bet, but when Chidwick prudently trickled 8,000 into the middle, he quickly threw his cards into the muck.
After yet another quick elimination, we are now in hand-for-hand play.
The player out receives nothing more than a heart-sinking story to share with friends and family, while simultaneously making 270 people very, very happy!
Catching the action on the river with the board reading 
, Anthony Spinella moved all in for roughly 50,000 to put Liv Boeree to a decision for her last 26,000.
With the ESPN cameras rolling throughout the hand, Boeree spent a long time in the tank while actually apologizing to the table for the length of time it took her to make a decision.
After a few more minutes went by, Boeree eventually make the call tabling her 
, only to be shown the 
of Spinella.
As Spinella raked in the pot to climb to 120,000, Boeree exited in the tournament just shy of the money.
We have had a flurry of eliminations so far to see sixteen eliminations in roughly the first thirty minutes of play.
The field is currently sweating just four more eliminations so that they are guaranteed a $2,780 payday.
