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It looked as though we might see a Jeff Lisandro all-in showdown as the four time WSOP bracelet winner bet a pot-sized 26,400 on a 
flop, leaving himself just 8,000 behind. Javed Abrahams thought about it long and hard but ultimately decided not to bother and folded.
Lisandro: 61,000
Abrahams: 30,000 and looking rather sad
Jeff Madsen has the signs of a stack in the top three now, after a big boost in the form of Toby Lewis' entire collection of chips. The hand which did the damage started fairly slowly, but showed signs of picking up when Lewis check-called Madsen's 8,600 bet on their heads up 
flop. Now on the 
river, Lewis checked again, and Madsen bet again: 16,300. Back to Lewis, who took his time, staring at the chips or the middle distance or Madsen while considering, blinking slowly. He finally made a decision - to push all-in - but the fact he was instacalled probably didn't give him great satisfaction as he tabled 
vs. Madsen's 
.
Yes, this was not the timing he was looking for, as Madsen with the dominating flush draw and made straight watched the harmless 
hit the river and his opponent hit the road. Madsen up over 150k.
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 0
Jeff Kimber has just received a much needed double-up to 45,000 through Paul Gardener. Gardener opened with a raise and then called Kimber's 21,600 shove with . Kimber tabled 
and the board ran 
to make to make him a flush.
Rory Mathews just now tried it on with the chip leader, betting 11,000 from the hijack on the turn of an 
board. Chris Bjorin made the call from the big blind, though, and they saw the river.
The river came down the 
(that's a lot of hearts, isn't it?) and Bjorin paused only very briefly before betting out what looked like 22,000. The exact amount of the bet turned out to be irrelevant, though, as Mathews had folded before the chips were even across the line.
Mathews - now struggling a little with 35,000
Bjorin - still in charge on around 200,000
Erik Friberg has taken care of Chad Brown. He flat called a Brown raise before all the chips went in on a 
flop. Showdown:
Brown: 
Friberg: 
The turn came and river 
to make a straight for the Swede who's now up to 75,000.
Supremely short-stacked for most of the day, Tim Flanders has manoeuvred his way thus far but will be ducking and dodging no more after being eliminated by Toby Lewis. It wasn't as if he got his final grain of rice (3,700 total) in in bad shape, even after the flop - he held and the flop (threeway with Lewis and Justin Smith) was 
. Out bet Lewis - 7,500 - and Smith made the call. The turn was the 
and was greeted with an instant statement of, "Pot," by the recent young EPT winner. This amounted to 27,300 and got rid of Smith, leaving Lewis' flopped nuts 
to dodge the pairing of the board and send Flanders to the rail.
A curious battle of various short stacks on the Table Of Six-Max Death as it checked around to Phil Laak in the cutoff on the turn of an 
board. Barry Greenstein called from the small blind position, but when the action moved back to Brian Powell the Kentuckian raised to 11,600. Both his opponents folded, and Powell increasedhis stack to 40,000 - still well below average.
Laak is sitting on 32,000, Greenstein is perched on 27,000.
Michel Abecassis is out. We saw him heading off and Danny Wong stacking some new chips so we're assuming he was the assassin.
Full Tilt Poker Red Pro Paul Zimbler's long short-stack battle has finally ended but it was in defeat rather than a comeback. John Kabbaj opened with a raise from mid-position and then called his fellow Brit's shove. Showdown:
Zimbler:
Kabbaj: 
The board ran 
. Kabbaj filled up by the turn and that was that.
