The Slackening

We've been waiting all day for a slowdown that we felt was inevitable. With players busting as quickly as they have been, the size of the average stack is surprisingly big for this point in the tournament at 63 big blinds. That means the players are deeper than they might otherwise be, allowing more room for post-flop poker and creative play.

That also means that the pace of eliminations should taper. We're playing until 24 remain. Now that the slowdown is here, it may take a while to get the last ten eliminations that we need.