Our latest casualty is Mickey Appleman, who couldn't beat either the eight-low of John Racener or the aces of Scott Clements, and is now heading out of the Amazon Room.
Whilst there is a momentary lull in the action, I feel I must share with you some of the colorful attire on display today. Whilst Steve Zolotow dons a shirt with a roaring tiger and the slogan 'Play Tough' on the back, just one table down a talkative, but seemingly amicable Alan Boston is wearing a resplendent hoody which has a repeated pattern of what appears to be headache tablets. Finally, we have Bill Gazes, towering over his table with a striking pale blue shirt and cap combo, his shirt boasting a splendid picture of a leaping unicorn.
As always, the World Series remains a blank canvas for participants to showcase their exuberant and colorful personalties and prove that poker really is brimming with a wide range of characters.
Michael Mizrachi has dropped a few chips in recent minutes, and "Miami" John Cernuto has picked up a few, meaning that Cernuto is our new chip leader on 91,000.
The question was posed in the shout box as to his current existence in this event, and I can report that Allen Cunningham is indeed still in, having just eliminated an all-in opponent and three-quartered Ethan Werner in one fell swoop.
With the board reading , Werner bet 3,000, Cunningham called, and a third player called all in.
A river led to another bet of 3,000 from Werner, which was re-raised to 6,000 by Cunningham.
Werner made the call, albeit reluctantly and with a sigh, and revealed for the nut low. However, Cunningham flipped to share the low, but scoop the high with a turned straight.
It required all my experience in poker journalism, but I have finally managed to locate one Mr Gary Benson. Seated with 22,000 in chips, and looking very focused indeed, Benson currently shares a table with Full Tilt's Bill Gazes.
Claude Cohen, one of the few Frenchmen to win a bracelet (in the 1997 $1,500 Omaha Limit event), has been a fairly small stack all day, but has just virtually doubled up to 18,000 through Farzad Rouhani.
Rouhani, who has been up and down all day, called Cohen on every street with up. Cohen was showing and on seventh street, when he threw his last 1,800 in, Rouhani finally folded, showing a pair of Queens.
During the last level, Michael Mizrachi took a number of hits that saw his stack drop to the 60-65,000 mark. As a result, we have a new chip leader, who, at first glance, appears to be Greg Pappas with just over 95,000.
Meanwhile, just two seats to the left of Pappas is Italian pro and WSOPE bracelet winner Dario Alioto, currently struggling with a paltry 10,000 in chips.