Andrew Lichtenberger has a little more breathing room after doubling up moments ago. He found himself all-in with the , but in good shape against his opponent's .
A nine-friendly board reading saw Lichtenberger win the pot and his stack had a boost to 10,000.
The television screens around the room are reading "Players left - 270" and with 243 places paid that means the bubble is fast approaching. Who will be the unfortunate soul to burst the bubble? We don't have long to wait to find out.
Jeff Gross opened to 1,700 from the cutoff and the big blind opted to call, leaving himself 5,200 chips behind.
The heads-up duo watched on as the fop came into view.
"All-in," said the player in the big blind.
"Stop and go?" quizzed Gross before calling.
Gross was ahead with his although the of his opponent had a few outs. The turn wasn't one of them, but the river was and Gross handed over 5,200 chips.
With only five more eliminations needed for the bubble to burst, play has slowed to a standstill with some of the shorter stacks taking between two and three minutes to make their preflop decisions.
The tournament didn't even get to the hand-for-hand stage before it was announced that the 243 players with chips in front of them were in the money in Event #4.
There are some micro stacks out there so the most common sound we expect to hear is "Payout on Table X" as the stacks go flying into the middle.
The money bubble only burst a few minutes ago and already more than 30 players have busted out and are helping themselves to a slice of the $2m+ prize pool. It's a frantic end to a great day of poker.