Seat 1: David Kitai -- 125,000
Seat 2: Ben Roberts -- 105,000
Seat 3: Ayaz Mahmood -- 360,000
Seat 4: Michael Greco -- 180,000
Seat 5: Chris Bell -- 400,000
Seat 6: Jan Von Halle -- 475,000
Seat 7: Benjamin Zamani -- 185,000
Seat 8: Robert Cheung -- 330,000
Seat 9: Keith Greer -- 65,000
Seat 10: Lee Watkinson -- 100,000
Chris Bell has taken a bit of a hit while Robert Cheung has snuck into the chip lead on around 495,000.
Bell made it 25,000 to go in mid position, and Cheung called him from the button. The flop came down , and Bell check-called 45,000 from Cheung. They both checked the turn, and Bell bet out 86,000 on the river. Cheung called, and took it down with -- Bell could only muster .
Robert Cheung raised to 38,000, and Lee Watkinson made it 119,000. Cheung raised the pot, and Watkinson called all in for 141,000 total. A crowd of railers and reporters suddenly closed in around the table.
Cheung:
Watkinson:
Board:
Both players remained silent and composed, although a pro-Watkinson railer went crazy shouting "YES!!!" repeatedly, as Watkinson doubled up to 297,000.
There are a few war-weary faces out there at the moment, and most of them are waiting for the fall of Keith Greer who has dwindled down to just 45,000 in chips. However, with no running ante forcing him to make a move, Greer appears to be in no rush to get those chips in, so we may have to wait a round or two before coming across an eventual all in.
With one player so short on chips and about to hit the big blind, it would appear as though that final table spot is a valuable commodity to most players.
As such, whenever anybody receives a strong hand, you can see the pained expression on their face as they try to calculate what to do. In the last hand I witnessed, Ayaz Mahmood had made a standard preflop raise only for Chris Bell to tank for a good few minutes in late position.
He counted out his chips numerous times, grimaced slightly and even glanced over at short stack Keith Greer who was seated under-the-gun. Eventually, he did make the reraise, and to Bell's probable relief, Mahmood quickly mucked.
After eating up the big bind, Keith Greer pushed on the next hand for 30,000, but big blind Lee Watkinson decided against giving him a spin for the extra 20,000 and folded 7-6 face up.
Benjamin Zamani, sitting on a fairly comfortable 185,000, is so weary of this that he appears to be actually taking a nap at the table, his hood up and his forehead on the felt. He gets a walk.
Meanwhile Jan Von Halle is still getting a massage -- his official massage clock is running at five hours and 49 minutes currently. At this rate he's going to have to win the tournament just to pay off his masseuse.
, and Bell check-called 45,000 from Cheung. They both checked the 
turn, and Bell bet out 86,000 on the 
river. Cheung called, and took it down with 
-- Bell could only muster 
.
