With 35 tables in play, the Money Bubble wasn’t likely to last long in Event 1 ($350 No-Limit Hold’em). As it turned out, hand-for-hand play wasn’t even necessary.

When the tournament staff announced for all the dealers to stop after the current hand, it took about 5-7 minutes for all the action to complete — with only 306 players remaining.

The players were expecting to start hand-for-hand play, but instead they heard this announcement: “Congratulations, players. You are all in the money!”

Here’s another look at the prizepool:

1st:  $138,952
2nd:  $103,970
3rd:  $79,615
4th:  $56,870
5th:  $39,265
6th:  $30,240
7th:  $23,020
8th:  $16,880
9th:  $12,095
10th-12th:  $9,766
13th-15th:  $7,630
16th-18th:  $6,409
19th-27th:  $5,392
28th-36th:  $4,578
37th-45th:  $3,866
46th-54th:  $3,357
55th-63rd:  $2,950
64th-72nd:  $2,645
73rd-81st:  $2,340
82nd-90th:  $2,136
91st-99th:  $1,933
100th-108th:  $1,628
109th-117th:  $1,526
118th-126th:  $1,424
127th-135th:  $1,322
136th-144th:  $1,221
145th-162nd:  $1,119
163rd-180th:  $1,017
181st-198th:  $916
199th-216th:  $814
217th-234th:  $712
235th-252nd:  $610
253rd-279th:  $509
280th-306th:  $407

Action in Event 1 will continue tonight until the field reaches the final table (unlikely) or 3:00 am EDT, whichever happens first.