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We have just reached the last 15 minute break of the day and at the same dipped under the 200 player mark with 199 left. The doors are open and mad men and women everywhere dive out into the night. I say mad because it is bloody freezing - shut that door!
Thor Drexel doesn't seem the type to sit on his hands when there are pots to be played, and he just dug a triple-barrel hole and threw 20k+ in it. He was check-called on the 
flop, check-called (5,600) on the 
turn and check-called [10,200] the 
river too. There was a bit of a freeze moment as Drexel plainly wasn't keen on showing, and eventually when the table allowed it he just mucked. His opponent's 
for bottom pair (plus the Queens) was good and he drops to 70k.
Things are looking up for the latecoming Tom Dwan.
It looked as though his opponent had checked the 
flop when Dwan bet 3,600. A call, followed by a 
turn which both players checked.
The river was the 
and Dwan's opponent checked again. Dwan now tanked up for a little while, before asking, "How much you got?" (answer - around 34,000). Dwan bet 18,200, and now it was his opponent's turn to disappear into the tank. When he emerged, he made the call, but whatever he had it couldn't beat Dwan's 
full house and he mucked.
Young Mr. Dwan is up to 60,000.
Daniel Drescher called an 1,800 preflop raise from Peter Kamaras, and then called another 2,600 on the 
flop and another 6,100 on the turn. When Kamaras bet out another 8,500 on the 
river, Drescher, undeterred by Kamaras' failure to tone down the aggression, raised to cover him. Kamaras duly called all in, and his 
for a flopped two pair which had runner-runnered itself into a flush was good enough to double him up.
Drescher mucked, and the former big chip leader was reduced to 29,000, less than he started the day with.
Just a brief update on some of the big stacks in the room.
Brian Green the Costa Rican who recently finished 6th at the APPT in Macau has got his stack back up to 137,000. Daniel Drescher's former large stack has been reduced somewhat after his nut flush was crushed by quad jacks earlier. He now sits on a stack of 73,000. Peter Betson continues to be one of the bigger stacks with a haul of 104,000 and Team Pokerstars Pro Daniel Negreanu is making solid progress, despite his jet lag he now has 102,000.
Last but certainly not least Giacomo Maisto has taken the chip lead and has a stack of 200,000.
Double takedown for Adam Jerney now, and a stack of over 90k (possibly, when he finishes counting the lake, even 100k). Threeway to the turn, and already 23k in the middle, the board was - pretty unassuming, you might think. But no! Liviu-Georg Ignat made the all-in move to try to snag this chunky pot, and came up against all manner of resistance. First up Javier Garcia in the cutoff had a long dwell and finally called the <15k. Then button Adam Jerney moved all in over the top. This was clearly not part of Garcia's plan, and he looked ruefully at his remaining 20k before committing it too.
Ignat - 
Garcia - 
Jerney - 
The set was about as ahead as could be, and stayed that way on the river. Double elimination and a new big stack for him.
Don't stop believing.
It's kind of a shame that our friends at Dutch PokerNews aren't here, because their reporting lives would have been fantastically easy this evening.
Over in the far corner of the main ballroom, no fewer than three members of Team PokerStars Pro: Netherlands are seated together - Noah Boeken (34,000), Marcel Luske (32,000) and Pieter de Korver (55,000) can all now be checked up on in one convenient swoop. Also of particular note at that table is fellow Team PokerStars Pro (but not Dutchie) Salvatore Bonavena, and also young Norwegian Thor Drexel.
A somewhat short-stacked Tobias Reinkemeier opened to around 1,600 in the hijack and got one caller in the shape of the gentleman in the big blind, who then proceeded to check the 
flop. Reinekemeier bet 1,750, and the big blind gentleman gave it some thought before check-raising to 6,000.
It was now Reinkemeier's turn to tank, before he eventually moved in for 11,750 total. A call, and a showdown.
Big Blind Gentleman: 
for top pair and a dodgy flush draw
Reinkemeier: 
for top pair, better kicker, and the nut flush draw
Turn: here comes the flush 
River:
Reinkemeier duly doubled to around 27,000.
Table 17 is taking shape with two rather large stacks dominating the rest. One of them stomping up the leaderboard is in the shape of Stjepan Jokic. Jokic is a very tall gentlemen and he now has a stack to suit his own personal stature - in part helped by this particular hand where he flopped a set of Jacks.
Jokic opened the action by making a 1,300 raise from under the gun and the action folded around to the big blind who made the call. The flop was 
. The Big Blind checked and Jokic made a continuation bet of 1,500 and the Big Blind called. The turn was the 
and again the Big Blind checked and again Jokic bet - this time 3,000. The Big Blind again made the call. The river was the and for the third time in succession the Big Blind checked and Jokic fired his third barrell - 5,050 and the Big Blind again called. Jokic revealed his two black jacks and the big blind disgustingly mucked.
Jokic now has a stack of 150,000
Khiem Nguyen made a play for a pot which Alexia Portal was unwilling to concede just now. She alone called his standard preflop raise in the big blind and saw a flop of 
. Check to the raiser, who bet 1,800, again called. The turn was checked by both players and Portal bet out 3,400 on the river. He now raised to 11,700 and sat staring fixedly into the middle distance. She, meanwhile, stared at him and considered this unexpected development. Finally she found the call with and he announced, "Good. Ace high," before throwing his hand away.
