The money bubble burst at the WSOP Main Event on Day 4. After all was said and done, 574 players remain to compete for the 8.94 million dollar first place prize. Tony "Bond18" Dunst is the chip leader at this point with 1,546k in chips. Several notables are still in the field, with Phil Galfond wielding another monster stack in the top 10.


The unfortunate bubble boy this year was Tim McDonald, who didn't play like scared money and called his opponent's shove with QQ on a flop of AA2. He made a full house with a third queen on the river but unfortunately it was no good vs his opponent's A2. Like always, the bubble boy was rewarded with a nice consolation prize, a buy-in to next year's Main Event.

Top 10 (blinds stand at 3k/6k/ante 1k):

1. Tony Dunst 1,546k
2. Duy Le 1,460k
3. Garrett Adelstein 1,440k
4. Matt Affleck 1,395k
5. Phil Galfond 1,392k
6. Matt Jarvis 1,373k
7. Theo Jörgensen 1,343k
8. Benjamin Statz 1,283k
9. Bryan Pellegrino 1,240k
10. Matthew Brown 1,203k

Players over the 1 million mark include Johnny Chan, Bryn Kenney and Adam Levy, while Jesper Hougaard, Scott Clements, Johnny Lodden, Alexander Kostritsyn, Christian Harder, Juha Helppi, Praz Bansi, and Scotty Nguyen will all return with more than 100bb in their stacks.

One of the big stories of the day were the four Mizrachi brothers Robert, twins Eric and Michael and the youngest one Danny who all made the money. "No family can top that baby!" Scotty Nguyen congratulated Michael when the news was announced. Eric busted after the bubble while the other three remain.

Some players who busted in the money:

580. Allen Cunningham $24.079
591. Chris Björin $24.079
596. William Thorson $24.079
601. Patrik Antonius $24.079
642. David Chiu $21.327
653. Petter Northug $21.327 (the Norwegian cross-country skier and olympic champion)
674. Frank Kassela $21.327 (very probable WSOP Player of the Year)
683. Paul "Quack-Quack" Magriel $19.263 (inventor of the famous 'M' concept in tournament play)
684. Jay "pr1nnyraid" Rosenkrantz $19.263
718. Eric Mizrachi $19.263
730. Gavin Smith $19.263
736. Humberto Brenes $19.263
740. Amit Makhija $19.263

So far the remaining players are sure of cashing $24,079. Play continues at noon local time (9pm CET) and we will know this year's November Nine on Saturday the 17th.

(In the picture: the Finnish WPT winner and WSOP runner-up at the event where Phil Hellmuth won his 10th bracelet, Juha Helppi in the Amazon room during Day 4.)

Source: WSOP.com.