Cheery Norwegian Thor Hansen is not so cheery any more, having just busted out in circumstances unknown, last seen donning his coat and heading for the door.
Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck has been crippled down to just 10,000. All in preflop on that classic coin flip, Mayrinck's didn't hold up against Andrew Gordon's on a board to double up Gordon and leave Mayrinck desperately trying to dodge the dreaded bubble.
Andrew Jeffreys raises, Matthew Ehrlich calls and Joshua Moskow pushes all in for the umpteenth time for what appears to be around the 20-25,000 mark. As on previous occasions, his timing is impeccable, both Jeffreys and Ehrlich making reluctant folds.
Jeffreys remains your current chip leader with a whopping 210,000.
Ken Krouner has been located, and it wasn't hard, as he is one of the more sociable players in the room, chatting away to his fellow table mates and generally having a good time.
Whilst Krouner sits on 36,000, just a couple of seats down is Patrick Stemper, his stack bisected in half and now sitting at just 41,000.
Another player desperately trying to stay in until the dreaded bubble has passed is Nadim Shabou. He open-shoved his last 12,000 from middle position and was called by Barry Greenstein behind him. Luckily for Shabou, his was way ahead of Greenstein's -- and he stayed ahead on the board to double up to 25,000 or so. Greenstein remains out of the danger zone, though, on 95,000.
One of those who will not be making it into the happy place that is the money today is Terry Stewart. Dylan Bircheff raised to 10,000 from mid position holding and Stewart called all in from the small blind with . The queens held up on the board, and poor Stewart is no longer in the running.