It appears Konstantin Puchkov's efforts to secure a World Series of Poker record 11th cash this summer have been thwarted, as far as Event 56 is concerned. He'd battled with a short stack for much of the evening, but a recent check of his seat reveals his battle appears to have come to an end.
Speaking of those also chasing Nikolai Evdakov's record of 10 WSOP cashes that Puchkov has tied, Joe Tehan and Terrence Chan (both with nine cashes currently) were eliminated earlier today as well, although as Chan tweeted earlier, more attempts await:
tchanpoker Terrence ChanWow. Out #wsop56. Definitely used up all the run-bad today, shouldn't be any left for the 10k 6max tomorrow.July 02 2012
The big board already says we're down to 900 players, which means we've lost nearly 150 in a little over 35 minutes since the dinner break ended.
David "Doc" Sands is one of the many to fall since dinner. Earlier he had tweeted how he (like many others in the tourney) had been keenly following Event 55: $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop:
Doc_Sands David Doc Sands12k at dinner break of 1500. Not bad considering 80% of my energy has been devoted to railing OneDrop on my IPad.July 02 2012
Now it appears Sands will be focusing even more closely on the Big One:
Doc_Sands David Doc SandsBusted 1500. Hopping in the booth with @tuckonsports to commentate on the OneDrop. Tune in at http://t.co/59CYiF4pJuly 02 2012
Vanessa Rousso has also been knocked out here in Level 7, as she explains:
VanessaRousso Vanessa RoussoGot all in w AK vs KQ and lost after losing w AQ to a short stacks 8 10 all in pre. Guess it just wasn't my day. :(July 02 2012
Erm... not sure if this is true or not, but if your reporter were to try to check it out by walking all of the way to Buzio's, he may not ever find his way back.
mcmattopoker Matthew AffleckJust overheard floor Shaun Little telling customer his table was at Buzios. Assuming it was for the $1500??????July 02 2012
A quick pass through one half of the Brasilia room reveals a few familiar faces among those who have already arrived, including Shane "Shaniac" Schleger, Mickey Petersen, Adam "Roothlus" Levy, 2005 WSOP Main Event fifth-place finisher Andy Black, Tim Duckworth, and Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh.
Leigh provides us a quick update on the still-increasing field as play begins:
Jennicide Jennifer LeighAlready over 2k people in the 1500. Starting up now! Let's go! :)July 02 2012