The official tournament clock is ticking down to the dinner break and currently says we have 640 players remaining of the original 1,931 who started the day. The plan is to play through ten levels or down to 15% of the field, whatever comes first.
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No, not Australia, South America.
After his recent victory at the LAPT: Lima, PokerStars Team Pro Argentina Jose Ignacio Barbero is vying for WSOP bracelet.
While he's a formidable opponent, he's not the only PokerStars Pro from Argentina to pose a threat. Near the chip lead is his countryman, or should I say woman, Team PokerStars Pro Argentina Veronica Dabul with 20,000.
Also present is team PokerStars Pro France, Arnaud Mattern. He also has a sizable stack of 15,100.
As the blinds continue to go up, the field continues to dwindle. David Singer, Gavin Smith and Nick Frangos are among the recent casualties.
Veronica Dabul raised to 400 and was called by the small blind. The player in the big blind then raised to 1,500 and both Dabul and the small blind made the call.
The three players saw a flop of 
and the small blind led out for 1,800. The big blind folded and Dabul raised all in. The small blind folded and Dabul increased her stack to 21,500.
Level: 6
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Jim McManus was left with only 750 after he ran into his opponent's 
on a 
board.
The very next hand a player in Seat 6 raised to 475 and McManus went all in for his 750. Seat 1 then went all in for 775 and Seat 6 made the call.
McManus:
Seat 1: 
Seat 6: 
The board ran out 
and McManus tripled to 2,550.
David Singer was under the gun and raised to 500. Seat 7 then rereaised to 1,500. When action folded back around to Singer, he moved all in. Seat 7 called for his remaining 6,900 and the two flipped over their cards:
Singer: 
Seat 7: 
Singer was in trouble and needed help. The flop came 
, which didn't change a thing. The turn was the 
and Singer was down to two outs. The on the river ensured Seat 7's double up and left Singer with around 1,850.
Men "The Master" Nguyen, was just eliminated.
Nguyen got it all in preflop with 
and his opponent showed . The flop came 
, a brutal board for Nguyen. Only running aces could save Nguyen, but the turn and river brought running 9's instead.
The full house was enough to leave Nguyen's seat empty.
With England and the United States tying, Matt Affleck can now focus on poker.
Affleck raises to 525 from under the gun and gets two callers. The flop comes 
and it's checked down. The turn is a and Affleck fires out 700. One caller re-raises to 1,650 and the other folds. Affleck calls and the river gets dealt, it's a 
. Affleck checks and his opponent moves all in for 3,275.
Affleck calls showing 
for a pair of tens, and his opponent flips over for a set of 2's and the winning hand. "That's alright, you're still my hero," a player at Affleck's table said to him after the hand.
Affleck is now left with 500 chips and one admirer.
Shannon Elizabeth just went broke when she ran into her opponent's set of threes. We missed the details, but she made a quick exit from the Pavilion.
Kathy Liebert was eliminated when her 
was outdrawn by her opponent's 
.
