Singin' the Song of the Bubble Boy
Just as WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel announced that there was 55 players left and instructed all dealers to stop after the hand they were on has been completed, three separate tables hand all-in situations. Song Lee saw his tournament come to an end on the outermost table in the room over by the pot while the other two tables ran out their hands. Lee had to wait because if one of these other at-risk players lost, Lee would actually get to chop the 54th-place prize money.
The first player ended up doubling, but November Niner Matthew Jarvis was still at risk with the against the for Karim Jomeen.
The board ran out and Lee watched as Jarvis came from a dominated position to double up and stay alive. He now has about 22,000 chips.
Effel turned to Lee and said, much like a doctor going out to tell some bad news to family and friends of a patient, "I'm sorry, but you're actually 55th. If any of these players would have lost, you would've chopped the money, I'm sorry."
That said, Song Lee is the official bubble boy here for Event #3 and everyone else is all in the money.