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Alvaro Velasco is the latest to be eliminated by Kristoffer Thorsson, the Spaniard had 3-bet out of the blinds against Thorsson's open and then called all in with 
, Thorsson turned over 
and off we went to the races.
The board came 
and it was all looking good for Velasco but the 
on the river arrived to sighs and gasps.
Benjamin Stosser open-shoved for around 50,000 in early position and it folded right around to Domantas Klimciauskas in the big blind who calmly announced, "I call."
Stosser: 
Klimciauskas: 
Board: 
"Nice hand," said Stosser as he stood to leave.
"Thank you," said the polite Lithuanian. Klimciauskas is up to 760,000.
Jose De La Guardia has been eliminated by Team PokerStars Pro Victor Ramdin, 
for the short stack proving no use against Ramdin's 
on a board of 
.
Players continue to drop thick and fast, at this rate we will be done within three levels!
Ex tennis pro and Dutch superstar Raemon Sluiter has busted two players at once in a bit of a button-onwards setup. First button Javier Martinez (with under 90,000) moved in when it passed to him, then small blind Sluiter and big blind Carlos Mora followed them in.
Martinez: 
Sluiter:
Mora:
The board: 
giving Sluiter a 450,000 stack.
Sarah Grant sat down with Arnaud Mattern to chat about all things Vegas.
Ted Forrest opened on the button and Tyler Cornell reraised all in from the blinds, snap-call from his opponent.
Cornell: 
Forrest: 
Board: 
- Forrest's remarkable comeback from around six big blinds continues, he's back over the 200,000 mark.
In the space of a quarter of a level Simon Higgins has personally demolished the stack of Liviu Toderita, finally busting him with a straight preflop race, 
vs. Toderita's 
, spiking a king on the river.
More interesting, however, is the previous pot they played, where Higgins raised preflop to 14,000 and Toderita pushed forward first one stack, then the rest of his stacks. This was ruled as a string-bet (one forward motion or verbal declare otherwise you just bet the first lot) and he was made to call.
On the 
flop, Higgins set him in. Toderita shook his head and folded, admitting he'd had ace-jack. This was actually a lucky escape for him, as Higgins showed 
.
We arrived just at the end of this one; thanks to our Swedish friends for filling us in on the details.
McLean Karr shoved under the gun for less than 200,000; on the button Kristoffer Thorsson reshoved for over 700,000. Over to Torsten Brinkmann in the small blind, who called all in for around 400,000. Three-way showdown!
Karr:
Thorsson: 
Brinkmann:
Board: 
keeping it exciting right until the river.
Karr busted, while Thorsson lost more than half his stack and dropped to 325,000. Brinkmann has now moved up in the world from mere Averageville to the lofty heights of Big Stack City - he's at almost a million.
We got there in time for the showdown bit, Samir Moukawem not looking in great shape with against Ran Azor's .
Flop: 
Moukawem: "Yes!"
Turn:
Moukawem: "No no no no no."
Azor, banging the table: "SPADE!"
River:
Moukawem doubled to around 300,000, still below average. Azor is still in OK shape on 390,000.
Jason Mercier and his girlfriend are so cute, PokerNews hostess Sarah Grant threw up in her mouth a little bit. Check out their TwitCam as he dishes on love and life as a PokerStars Pro.
