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No sooner had Robert Scott catapulted into the lead than he himself was shot down from the top spot.
Sam Paolini made it 40,000 in early position only for Scott to make it 240,000. Paolini responded by going all in, Scott called, and they turned the cards over.
Scott: 
Paolini: dominating with 
Board: 
Scott hit his eight, but by that time it was too late as Paolini had already flopped the higher pair.
Current standings - Paolini 780,000, Scott 555,000.
Back to the felt, and it seems that these marathon tournaments are more of a young man's game.
Spotted stretching at the rail during the break was Mr. Irving Rice, 82.
"I just can't handle these 14 hour days," he said. "I just got over pneumonia too, I was in the hospital. I mean I feel OK now, but you know..."
We know, Mr. Rice. We know all too well.
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Aadam Daya has exploded out of the blocks like a jet propelled whippet today, and is your near chip leader with 930,000. On the final hand before the break, he raised to 30,000, only for start-of-day chip daddy Drew Crawford to bump it up to 75,000. A brief pause, and Daya made the call.
The flop was 
, and after Daya had checked, Crawford led for 90,000. With little hesitation, Daya announced all-in, and just as quickly, Crawford made the fold, before heading out of the Amazon Room with a gentle huff.
It's been a frustrating day for Crawford who's stack has now sunk to 390,000, made up of predominantly yellow 1,000 chips after passing the greens over to Horst Eilers and now the oranges to Daya. But the day is young, and maybe the break came at precisely the right time for Crawford as he will have time to regain his composure and set his sights on rebuilding his stack.
Brian Green would like to take this opportunity to say hello to his mom, and let her know that he's currently on 220,000. I'd also like to say yoohoo to my mother and assure her that I am behaving myself, despite the rumours.
Phew, all this card playing is hard work.
TIme for a 20 minute break.
Robert "E-Dolo" Scott has moved into the lead on 955,000 after knocking out another player - this time the extremely unfortunate Derek Taylor.
The chips went in preflop.
Taylor: 
Scott: 
Board: 
The more perceptive reader will have noticed the two queens on the board and the third one in Scott's hand, making him trips.
Said Scott, as Taylor took his leave, "It takes five cards to win this game. Good playing, man."
Nancy Tyner has departed in rather cruel circumstances, Isaac Settle the assassin with 
versus 
. It wasn't done the easy way, oh no, the board coming 
for a turned straight to ensure that Tyner exited in the post painful way possible.
Robert "E-Dolo" Scott moved in preflop, and found himself up against an even shorter-stacked Tony Gargano in a classic coinflip, Scott's 
up against Gargano's . Scott duly spiked, and Gargano duly exited the tournament.
If there was one table you wouldn't want to be on, it's Table 319 where most of the chip leaders seem to be lying in wait, concealed by mountains of chips yet blood-thirsty for more.
Seat 1: Dash Dudley -- 665,000
Seat 2: Dmitry Gromov -- 600,000
Seat 3: Michael Michnik -- 750,000
Seat 4: Bart Davis -- 700,000
Seat 5: Tai Tan Nguyen -- 330,000
Seat 6: Richard Rice -- 240,000
Seat 7: Gabe Costner -- 120,000
Seat 8: Champie Douglas -- 330,000
Seat 9: Cory Brown -- 780,000
