Alex Todd gets his one time, flopping a set with his against Andrew Pantling's . He didn't have a big stack, but most of it went in on the flop, and even though the on the turn brought a flush draw for the sixes, the finished off his double through. He stood up and muttered, "One time, dealer!" before repeating it on loudspeaker for the immediate area, relief visible.
Hachem: giving nothing away
Everywhere I looked in the last half hour, hands have been heating up until the turn, when they've abruptly stopped, all the curiosity about the players' hands coming to naught.
For example, Dag Palovic had his 25k bet on a flop of called, but his opponent wasn't a fan of the pairing on the turn or the next 25k bet.
Joe Hachem, meanwhile, had his stack sized up intently by Gustavo Kein, who faced a bet out from Hachem of 17k on a board. Hachem counted out his stack for his opponent, then sat there stone-faced as he made his decision, which turned out to be 'pass.'
Naujoks: not joking
If the gent on Table 31, Seat 6 is still the marvellously-named Martial Blangenwitsch, he just lost a pot to Sandra Naujoks which, while not huge, represented a good proportion of his remaining short stack.
Observed from the turn, the board stood . Blangenwitsch bet out 8,200 and found Naujoks raising to 23k. With just over 30k total behind, this was a big question for Blangenwitsch. He dwelled up for a very long time, a ring of spectators now closing in on the table. Finally, with a table tap, he let it go. Now short as level 11 closes, he's got his work cut out as the blinds rise to 1k/2k.
Another break, the last before the dinner break, which we understand will be 90 minutes and probably staggered as there are still such a large number of players in the tournament.
Disaster for yesterday's end of day chip leader Ami Barer. With the board reading by the river, Barer put in a 19,000 bet only to be met with a raise to around 50,000 from Jean Paul "El Korsico" Pasqualini. Barer thought about it and made the call, turning over for the flopped full house -- but Pasqualini turned over for the bigger house on the river and is now up to 220,000. "Fantastic," said Barer, now knocked down to 96,500. He seems to have made a bit of a recovery since, though -- he's right now back up to around 150,000.
At the conclusion of this level, all players on Tables 1-15 will be sent on a 90-minute dinner break. The remaining players on Tables 16 and higher will get a 15-minute break, then will return to play Level 13. At the end of that level, they will be sent to dinner while the first group returns and plays their own Level 13.
Chris Ferguson just walked by the media desk and headed for the exit of the tournament area. Given that the level just started nine minutes ago, that can't be a good sign.