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On a flop of 
and facing a 5,400-chip bet, Ryan Allen moved all in for 25,800 and was called by the preflop aggressor.
Allen: 
Opponent: 
With Allen needing to spike a heart, ace or running cards for a straight, the 
on the turn changed little.
Fortunately for Allen the 
peeled on the river to see him double through to 61,000 in chips.
Following a limp under the gun and from the button, as well as a complete from the small blind, Alex Bolotin pushed out a stack of chips amounting to a raise of 8,600.
The under the gun limper took his time before folding as the remaining two players quickly passed to see Bolotin pushed the pot to move to over 14,000 in chips.
After a preflop raising war, Dave Sands found himself having an opponent all in for their tournament life.
Sands: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
to see the all in player make a flush.
Unfortunately however he didn't realise this and began to exit the tournament only to have John Phan point out to the exiting player and the dealer that he had made a flush to stay alive.
Sands - who was a little unhappy with what had unfolded - slipped down to 19,000 in chips.
Zach Clark is back in the game.
We caught the action on the river of a 
board. All the chips were in, and Clark tabled 
. His opponent showed 
and Clark took the pot.
He moved up to 17,000.
Jennifer Tilly went head's-up to the 
flop after calling a 1,750-chip raise on the button.
After the check from the initial raiser, Tilly fired a 3,000-chip bet. Her opponent went all in for an additional 5,700 chips, and Tilly eventually folded.
Tilly slipped to 31,000 chips.
Facing a raise from the cutoff to 2,400, and then an all in from the button for 8,400, John Phan moved all in for his last 800 in chips.
The original raiser made the call and we were off to a showdown.
Phan: 
Cutoff: 
Button:
The board ran ut 
to see Phan more then triple to 3,300 in chips.
Neil Channing's table has just broken.
Not only did we manage to locate the quirky Brit, but also find that he was seated to the direct right of Matt Stout.
Why is this blog worthy you may ask?
Well apart from giving you something else to read, it is also to inform you that there is potential chip leader to chip leader clash.
Currently Channing is sitting atop of the leaderboard with an amassed 72,800 while Stout sits two places below with 43,500, and if things fall in a particular way, there could be a two-hundred big blind stack any hand now!
Carlos Oliveira opened the pot with a 1,400-chip raise in middle position and Matt Zoorob called on the button.
The flop come out 
and both players checked. The turn was a 
and the Portuguese player fired a 1,950-chip bet, Zoorob called. The river brought a to the table and once more, Oliveira bet out 3,550 chips. Zoorob popped it to an additional 6,300 chips and was called.
Zoorob said "Nice call!" and showed 
. Oliveira tabled deuces and took the pot.
Oliveira move up to 36,000 and Zoorob slipped to 5,000 chips.
On a flop of 
Dave Sand fired out 2,250 and was raised to 6,000.
Sands then moved all in and his opponent made the call for his tournament life.
Sands:
Opponent:
The turn and river fell safely with the and 
being spread by the dealer to see Sands eliminate his opponent and climb to 56,000 in chips.
The remaining 480 players are heading on a 20-minute break.
