All the chips went in on a flop, David Rowan holding versus Alex Mellby's . He may have been in front on the flop, but by the turn, Rowan was drawing dead, making the river academic. As a result, Rowan drops to 20,000.
James Burke and his 8,400 micro-stack seem to have busted. His former uncomfortable seat, right next to Chris Ferguson, is now being occupied by Ray Rahme.
Richard Kellet raised to 3,800, only for Anthony Roux to push from the small blind for a total of 28,300. Kellett huffed and puffed for a while before folding, flashing the .
"I was this close," he warned a very innocent-looking Roux, holding his fingers apart a distance that was really not very much at all...
Toni Huynh is a lean mean doubling up machine, and he's just increased his stack two-fold yet again. Facing an all in three-bet, Stefane Hansen made a reluctant call with , only to find himself struggling against .
"Who has the Ace-Jack?" inquired Ganesh Bathmanathan. "The baddest player at the table," replied Hansen.
In the last hand before the break, Stephane Hansen got his chips back, doubling through Richard Allen. He didn't even bother to stack them before he headed off on break.