Ross Smith
After an intriguing flop Nicholas Sliwinski checked and Ross Smith moved in for his last 255,000. One imagines that Sliwinski called as fast as is humanly possible because he held for quad fives and Smith was drawing completely dead. Sliwinski is now up to 1.37 million.
Mark Vos and his chip tower
Not too many players can say that they've had a tournament rule named after them, but Mark Vos has. The WSOP's tournament officials have implemented the "Mark Vos Rule" over the last two days which, in essence, states that players are not permitted to stack their chips in an unstable manner, as a whole lot of confusion could ensue should the stacks be knocked over. Yesterday, we reported that during one of the breaks, tournament officials were breaking down players' stacks that were deemed too unstable as to avoid this scenario.
The ginger-haired Aussie, known for stacking his chips in sky-high towers and often creating elaborate edifices from them, has gone back to his old tricks once again, his one million-plus in chips now stacked so high that he can barely see over them. The floor is keeping a close eye on his table as we speak, as his stack continues to grow in height.
Brandon Cantu told us that the last two hands on his table have taken a combined 30 minutes. We don't know whether or not that's accurate, but play at Blue #41 has definitely slowed down considerably.
All the money went in before the flop with Nguyen's holding the slight lead against Cozen's . And that slight lead held up as the board ran out and time ran out on Cozen's Main Event run. Nguyen is now up to 1.58 million.
Alexander Borteh
The flop of was just the action flop needed for Alexander Borteh and Toni Judet to get all of their chips in the middle.
Borteh showed for top two pair but was in trouble, as Judet held for a set of fives. The turn was the and river the to send Borteh crashing to the exit.
Preflop, Darren Grant was all in holding pocket fives against David Olson, who held . Olson flopped an ace, but the turn brought the and Grant managed to stay alive. After the hand, Grant is up to 440,000 while Olson dropped to 14,000.
Mark Vos - Building Up, Not Out
For the last few days, the tournament officials have been informing players not to leave for break with their chips stacked unreasonably high. The reason for this rule is quite obvious - if a stack(s) were to be inadvertantly knocked over during the break, chips could be mixed up and/or lost.
Players are informed that any stacks that are left unattended and are determined to be "too high" will be "deconstructed" by tournament officials.
This rule has been dubbed the "Mark Vos Rule" by the media and tournament officials alike as Vos is notorious for stacking his chips unnecessarily high at times.
With that being said, it's notable that Mr. Vos is at it again. He's over at table #31 in the blue section laughing it up with what is easily the rowdiest table in this event. His stack, while not numerically the biggest, is comprised mainly of yellow (T1000) chips the pinnacle of which is almost taller than his head when he is fully seated.
The tower, shown at right, currently sits at about the 1,150,000 mark.
flop Nicholas Sliwinski checked and Ross Smith moved in for his last 255,000. One imagines that Sliwinski called as fast as is humanly possible because he held 
for quad fives and Smith was drawing completely dead. Sliwinski is now up to 1.37 million.
holding the slight lead against Cozen's 
. And that slight lead held up as the board ran out 
and Tatum's queens held up to eliminate Georato. He's now up to 1,090,000.
was just the action flop needed for Alexander Borteh and Toni Judet to get all of their chips in the middle.
for top two pair but was in trouble, as Judet held 
and river the 
to send Borteh crashing to the exit.
, only to find himself up against Brent Sheirbon's 
, and Beddingfield is out. Sheirbon is now up to 825,000.
. Olson flopped an ace, but the turn brought the 
