Stalemate breaks in time for dinner

With less than five minutes to spare before the dinner break, the final table is set - and Johan "Dusty_Rat" Jakobsson will be pulling up his chips and a chair.

The WSOP Event #45 had stalled at ten players, as the short stacks took it turns to double through or squirm out of trouble.

Dusty had been at risk at one stage, as having limped from utg+1, he saw an opponent shove from late.

The big blind, who had not long multiplied his chips with AK vs AJ, went into the tank, but when he eventually folded, our man's decision was far quicker.

The swell of excitement in the crowd was soon dampened however, as both players rolled AQo and split the pot.

After some time it was Edward Yoo, whose tower had dwindled to around 500,000, who left as the final table bubble boy.

Yoo made the move pre-flop with pocket 8s, only to run into Steven Brown's 10-10, and when the flop brought the 10♥, the game was up for the American.

Dusty will return from dinner with 740,000 to put to work at the final table, but he has some ground to make up as the table short stack.