It looks as though our impressive starting field of Team PokerStars Pros has been reduced to five, and none of them are doing terribly well in the grand scheme of chip counts.
We just witnessed Andre Akkari muck with up to another player's (X) / straight. He dropped to 6,200.
Over on another table Greg Raymer called bets on every street with up and then mucked when his perma-betting opponent turned over / for two pair. Raymer dropped to 8,100.
Elsewhere, Pat Pezzin, Florian Langmann and Alex Kravchenko are at 8,000 apiece.
Jean Gaspard brought in and called a raise from Rodney Pardey to get things going on third street. On fourth street Pardey led out with another bet and called a raise from Gaspard. Pardey bet again on fifth and sixth streets with Gaspard opting just to call.
Both players checked on seventh street with Gaspard saying "Two pair," and Pardey replying, "It's good...I think," before checking his cards one last time.
Gavin Smith: /
Smith's opponent: /
Third player who didn't make it past fifth street: (XX) /
The player with the ace up was the aggressor on third and fourth streets, and both Gavin Smith and the third player just called. Mr. Ace Up bet out again on fifth street but this time Smith raised. The third player folded, Mr. Ace Up called, and they were heads up to sixth street.
Smith, now with an ace up of his own, was first to act and he bet out. His opponent called. Smith bet out again on seventh and again his opponent called, and revealed a diamond flush. Smith could only boast a straight, and was reduced to 8,500.
We caught up with the action on fifth street when Jon Turner was contemplating a raise from the player in Seat 6. He eventually made the call, check-calling a bet on sixth street. Both players checked seventh street and Turner mucked upon seeing his opponent's full house.
Turner is still sitting comfortable with about 24,000 in chips
Chris Ferguson: /
Opponent: (XXX) /
Alex Kravchenko: (XX) /
We caught up with the action on fifth street, just in time to see one player checking and Alex Kravchenko checking behind. Chris Ferguson bet, Kravchenko folded and the other player called. Heads up to sixth street.
Ferguson's opponent checked and then called Ferguson's bet, before both players checked on seventh street. Ferguson revealed a pair of kings, and his opponent just mucked.
Florian Langmann has just eliminated another player who was all in on fourth or fifth street. Jim Geary had been involved in the hand too but had folded on fourth with up.
Langmann: in no particular order
All-in player: (X)
The all in was punctuated by pauses from the dealer (it's getting late, and these guys work hard) while a perhaps ungenerous tablemate kept telling the dealer, "She's all in," and latterly, "She's still all in."
Anyway, Langmann's two pair was better than the all-in player's two pair, and he took the pot while she hit the rail. Langmann is back in the game, although actually still below average, on 8,200.
Alan Kessler was down to just 200 chips when he sold 10% of his action to Chris Amaral for $100. With a small rail watching to see if he could make his last bet count he managed to quintuple up to 1,200 after hitting trip-jacks on seventh street to stomp on his opponent's pair of queens.
The celebration wasn't to last, though. Kessler went out on the very next hand when his previous opponent and Men Nguyen both had him all in again with Nguyen and Kessler losing the pot.
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up to another player's 
(X) / 
straight. He dropped to 6,200.
up and then mucked when his perma-betting opponent turned over 
/ 
for two pair. Raymer dropped to 8,100.
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up.
in no particular order
(X)