The last time one of my colleagues, Short-Stacked Shamus, found himself in this type of a situation -- covering a never-ending poker tournament -- he started writing heroic couplets and putting them on Twitter. I'm not nearly that witty or talented, so I've resorted to dirty limericks in the PokerNews group IM chat.

It's probably the only lick of conversation going on in the tournament room right now. But the timer bell just sounded, which in theory means the blinds should be moving up again to 10,000-20,000, and the game should be switching to pot-limit omaha. We think.

For what it's worth (at this point, we're not sure exactly what), Team China is relatively short-stacked again. David Chiu has substituted onto the table in place of Johnny Chan, who couldn't stifle a yawn after he got up from the table.