Hey, Hey, Slow Down!
As expected, the pace of play has slowed down considerably here in the last half hour or so, and the big slowdown continues here in this final level of the night. The clock has been stuck displaying 173 players remaining for quite some time now, and we haven't heard those magical, "Seat open!" calls very often at all lately.
There have been a good number of short-stack double ups in the first ten minutes of this level, though, and we'd expect to see the shorties continue to push for double or nothing to end their night. When it's all said and done, we should be right around 150 players left when the bags come out. Any less than that will be a bonus.