As has become the trend with these smaller events, there are a handful of British players who have made it to the money today, the most dangerous of which perhaps being Stephen Chidwick.
An online pro who goes under the moniker Stevie444, Chidwick is somewhat of an STT specialist and once won 101 seats into the Main Event through the Steps process. He currently has 72,000 and is looking to improve on his 26th place finish from Event #45.
Also still flying the flag are the likes of Jon Spinks (105,000), Stuart Rutter (41,000) and triple crowner Roland De Wolfe (72,000).
Brad Helm is up to 75,000 after eliminating a short stack, his coin buttered the right side with versus on an ensuing board.
Meanwhile, PokerNews reporter Rich Ryan just took down a small pot, raising it up preflop and receiving two callers, before taking it down with a bet of 6,500 on a flop. He now has 74,000.
The action folded round to a player in middle position who made it 5,600 to go. Eric Assadourian called from the button, but the big blind saw this as his opportunity to squeeze and duly moved all in for 21,000 more with . The original raiser side-stepped out of the way, but Assadourian made the call with .
The flop was safe, as was the turn, but the killer card hit the river as the dealer lay an onto the felt. As a result, Assadourian is now back down to 32,000.
Cory Albertson is out. His cards were in the muck by the time I skipped over, but the hand that dealt the final blow was still beaming from the felt, dealing the right hook on an ace high board.
Alexander Luber raised to 4,500 from the cut-off, only for the big blind to move all in for a total of 25,000. Luber made the call with , but was chagrined to see his foe flip onto the felt.
However, after an board, the river came a cheeky to deliver the shorter of the two stacks a rather besmirching blow and enable Luber to embrace a now 160,000 stack.
There's a rather subdued atmosphere floating around the Amazon Room at the moment and you can't help but feel that it's affecting the buzz of the tournament. For the first time in a while, the room is only partially full with all remaining tournaments down to the nitty gritty. There's also no Tournament of Champions, and no final tables being played, meaning that the rail is about as empty as the Nevada Desert.
"The Dude," as our field reporter described him despite being one of the few people to have never seen The Big Labowski, pushed all in from middle position for a gargantuan 57,000 only to be looked up by Ferosh Tailor in the big blind. Although The Dude could only muster , he will have been elated to find his cards alive and kicking as Tailor tabled a . But his joy was short-lived, however, as the board came to send him, and his suited connectors, home.
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on an ensuing 
board.
flop. He now has 74,000.
. The original raiser side-stepped out of the way, but Assadourian made the call with 
.
turn, but the killer card hit the river as the dealer lay an 
onto the felt. As a result, Assadourian is now back down to 32,000.
dealing the right hook on an ace high board.
, but was chagrined to see his foe flip 
onto the felt.
to deliver the shorter of the two stacks a rather besmirching blow and enable Luber to embrace a now 160,000 stack.
fell on the river.
to see both Assadourian and the other all in opponent eliminated as Roy climbs to 150,000 in chips.
, he will have been elated to find his cards alive and kicking as Tailor tabled a 
to send him, and his suited connectors, home.