Nobody Wants Tenth

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.