Dario Minieri is another early casualty here. He got crippled after raising with and then got it in on a low board containing two spades. He found an opponent willing to go all the way with pocket jacks that held up.
He got his last 700 in with , but ran in to Rob Hollink's that stayed ahead on a board.
Peter Eastgate has just casually strolled into the room to take a seat to the immediate left of Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson.
Even having position on the 2000 Main Event champion doesn't mean an easy ride for the current champion, as just two seats to his left is 2007 final tablist Hevad Khan.
In a battle of the 'S' names, Sam Simon has lost most of his chips to Scott Seiver. The board was out and read and Seiver's was good for the pot as Sam Simon had .
JC Alvarado has just been eliminated in slightly strange circumstances. There was a raise to 800, and a call, before he moved in for 6,775 with . The original raiser called with and the board ran .