After what was a frantic start that echoed the bedlam of yesterday (they reached the cash in just one day, remember), the pace has finally slowed down and we are seeing little in the way of big hands, double-ups or exits. Having said that, I have been known to speak too soon.
Somehow, Tom McEvoy's ID card slipped into the box of eliminations (how that happened I'll never know), but we can confirm that he is indeed still in, although sitting with just 40,000. When our field reporter returned the card to Tom, the former World Series Champ simply replied "thanks." A genuine mystery, but I guess this is a new system that some of the players have yet to become accustomed to.
By the way, in no particular order, here are our remaining contenders:
Harry Thomas Jr
Doug Carli
Joe Tehan
Justin Young
Russell Harriman
Jacobo Fernandez
Robert Lipkin
Zachary King
Philip Yeh
Vadim Trincher
Gregory Alston
Al Barbieri
Will Durkee
Martin Green
Ryan Fair
Jeff Gibralter
Mark Muchnik
Tom McEvoy
Gerard Denham
David Singer
Gregg Merkow
Scott Seiver
Robert Fishman
Bobby Law
Brent Bibby
Brian Miller
Glen Bean
Brandon Schaefer
Anthony Keshish
Eric Shanks
David Singer, who seems to be in incredible form of late, after cashing in two events in the same day, has just eliminated Gerard Denham to add yet more chips to his ever-increasing stack.
Singer stumbled upon a slice of luck earlier when he outdrew an opponent after being caught red-handed, and the little rascal was at it again, this time raising to 9k from the small blind with , being reraised to a total of 27,500 by a short-stacked Denham in the big blind, before making what was, again, a nearly obligatory call.
However, although dominated by Denham's , a deuce on the flop of a board delivered Singer his second slice of good fortune, and left Denham heading to the rail with a face like a smacked bottom.
Will Durkee has been crippled -- taking on Gregory Alston preflop with he found himself in some hot water against Alston's .
Absolutely no aces and not nearly enough diamonds or straight possibilities for Durkee on the board, and he's down to just 19,000, while Alston enjoys a much-needed double-up.
Being the unbiased reporter that I am (cough), I am chagrined to report that my fellow countryman and, I believe, last remaining Brit, Martin Green has finally been eliminated.
Green has endured a number of so near-yet-so-far runs in tournaments, including a 15th in the Dublin EPT and an 11th in a WSOP event last year, and it would appear as though he's hit the crossbar yet again today.
With Vadim Trincher sneakily limping in middle position with , Green understandably raised the pot from the big blind with , only to be reraised by Trincher.
Green called all in, but received no further help as the dealer popped out a board to send the Liverpudlian home.