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We haven't had a flop in over ten minutes and the rail is becoming somewhat restless.
"Just flop it!" somebody yelled at the dealer moments ago.
There was a three-bet from David Randall though, our first at the final table.
Marvin Rettenmaier opened the pot to 80,000 from middle position and Randall re-popped to 225,000 from the small blind. Rettenmaier relased and Randall was shipped the pot.
Simon Watt raised to 75,000 from the hijack seat and Marvin Rettenmaier moved all in for 462,000 from the small blind. Watt tank-called and the hands were tabled:
Showdown
Marvin: 
Watt: 
The crowd boo'd as the dealer wrapped the table and flopped 
. The chop was official with the 
on the turn and the 
on the river was but a formality.
All that excitement for nothing.
David Randall opened to 75,000 under the gun, and he found one call from Austin McCormick on the button.
Heads up, the two men took a flop of 
. Continuing his preflop aggression, Randall fired out 110,000, and McCormick made the call to see another card.
The dealer put the innocent-looking 
down on fourth street, and Randall wasn't slowing down now. He fired a second bullet 250,000 chips strong, and that was good enough to earn him the pot as McCormick fired his cards into the muck.
Michael Smith opened to 83,000 from early position and Tom "durrrr" Dwan three-bet to 228,000 in middle position. The action folded back Smith who tanked under Dwan's stare. He eventually made the call, and the flop fell 
.
Smith quickly checked to Dwan who thought for a second before betting 94,000. Smith promptly moved all in and Dwan snap-folded.
Smith chipped up to 1,085,000 chips and Dwan dropped down to 2,415,000.
That's the end of the level, and the final nine are headed off for a one-hour dinner break. We're going to go get you some hard counts from the table after they color up the yellow T1,000 chips, and then we're going to go stuff our faces too.
Play will resume just a few minutes after 9:00 p.m.
Here's how the players stack up heading off to chow:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,415,000
-260,000
|
-260,000 |
|
2,085,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
1,800,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
1,345,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
||
|
1,140,000
-145,000
|
-145,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,085,000
530,000
|
530,000 |
|
745,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
540,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
|
420,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Tom "Durrrr" Dwan isn't spending his one-hour dinner break eating and refueling. Instead, he's moved over to Event No. 15: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship and is trying to build up a stack over there. If you'd like to follow coverage of his multi-tabling, head over to that live reporting page here while you wait for the final table to recommence.
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Hand #24:
David Randall has the button in Seat 8.
Action folds to Eric "AvrilSharapova" Ladny in the cutoff who opens to 95,000. Randall folds his button and Simon Watt shoves from the small blind. The big blind folds and Landy makes the call:
Showdown
Ladny: 
Simon: 
"ACE!!!!! QUEEN!!!!!" Ladny's rail yells.
The dealer wraps the table and fans out 
.
The rail grows louder, but is silenced as the 
spikes on the turn.
The hand is over, and Ladny is standing to leave as the 
falls on the river.
He shakes some hands before leaving the tournament area to collect $45,603 for his 9th place finish.
Watt is now sitting with 2,090,000 chips.
