Sam Trickett was down to about 9,800 and was looking to get it all-in, the reason being was that he was meant to be going on a date tonight, up unto the point where he got it all-in with on an board against ...
"I thought I had a gutshot..." confessed Trickett.
"A gutshot? Surely that would've been worse than a pair of twos," said Ramsey Ajram from the rail.
Nevertheless, Trickett managed to backdoor a flush meaning he's made his way back up to 55,000. But tragically now that he has a stack, he's had to cancel his date and start playing properly instead now that his no-win scenario has been solved.
Matt Stout was just eliminated from the tournament, he had an and a but ran into on a board. That was bad for Stout, for some good stout, I'd recommend the pub on the way to Paddington Station.
Matthias de Meulder, reduced to around 8,000, open-shoved and got a flat call from Salvatore Bonavena to his immediate left. The two shook hands good-naturedly as they waited for the cameras to arrive, and de Meulder took his leave shortly thereafter.
De Meulder:
Bonavena: bit of a sneaky flat call with but no-one else was interested
Board:
We lose one de Meulder, but the other one is still kicking about somewhere in the sea of poker players out there. We'll find out how he's doing shortly.
It's an ominious looking sight over on one of the middle tables as Phil Ivey has been steadily accquiring chips today. Not in a spectacular "one-massive-fell-swoop-type" pot but accumulating them consistently and rapidly.