Over the course of four days of action -- including two Day 1 flights -- the field of 296 runners has been slimmed down to the final 32. Of those, 24 are destined for the walk of shame today as this Day 4 run will see us play all the way down to the final table of eight.
Max Lykov is once again atop the leader board to start the day, the second consecutive day that starts with him in front. His 31 fellow competitors will be gunning hard for him today, and we expect to see a lot of action at the outset from the short stacks as they look for an early double up to bolster their shot at the final table.
Play is set to resume at noon, just about 15 minutes from now. We'll be back shortly with the shuffle up and deal.
, and Boydachenko checked. Fitzgerald instantly announced that he was all in for 141,000, and his opponent would let his hand go.
, in good shape versus the 
of Limongi. The board ran out 
to hold his overpair, doubling him up and leaving Limongi with just over 20,000 left to play with.
. Neither player had a pair as Malott showed 
to Meyburg's 
. The 
on the turn secured the double up for Malott with the nut flush, drawing a big fist pump from the gregarious Malott.
. Voelklein was drawing to the flush as he showed 
. A blank 
on the turn and 
and turn 
, giving the big stack Lebedeov the heart flush and knocking out two players at once.
