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Frank Kasella looks to be the chip leader at the moment with around 15,000 having just picked up a small pot from Fabrice Soulier. The Frenchman check-called 400 on the flop of a 
but then folded when facing a bet of 1,150 on the 
turn.
With the rapid early structure in these events, you have win your races, but it would appear as though Rob Jarrett-Smith left his spikes at home as his 
was out-gunned by 
.
"I pushed 13 big blinds from the hijack," he added whilst confirming his exit, "and the guy called in the big blind."
Philip Connellier was spotted propping up the bar (not drinking, just propping) with somewhat of a dejected expression.
"I made a mistake," he revealed. "I thought I was value-betting my hand, but it turned out that I'd misread the board. After that, I was a bit rattled."
And it was a misread that ultimately cost him, as he's now added to the list of post-break casualties.
With the early exit of Chris Bjorin, Willie Tann is the only player in with a chance of making a third out of three final tables at this year's WSOPE. This dream was looking shaky but he's just doubled-up to 2,150. He was all-in on a 
flop with 
versus a caller's 
. The 
turn and river changed not a thing.
Jeff Madsen was all-in preflop with 
against 
but the board came 
and his opponent's four flush knocked him down to just 125 in chips.
There was to be no miraculous comeback though and he was eliminated soon after.
Neil Channing arrived with an army of players today, but he's now lost two minions as Gavin Hall followed recent casualty Owen Robinson out of the door.
Robinson's tale was a simple one, pushing all in for 1,850 over the shove of a short stack with pocket sevens, only for James Akenhead to wake up behind with jacks.
Despite Hall's demise, Channing will still be keeping a watchful eye on Robert Jarrett-Smith, current table mate Simon Mairs, and high stakes pro Richard Ashby.
John Racener opened preflop to 250 from UTG and a player in middle position raised all-in, Racener called off his stack flipping against 
.
The flop came a still-in-the-balance 
as Mike Matusow told the other player, "You're the favourite..." until the turn where he added, "now you're a dog."
But the river was neither blank nor gin card for either player as the 
put a straight on board forcing them to chop it up.
Pushing all in over the button's open for a total of 1,575, Daniel Rudd found his tournament life hanging by the very thinnest of threads, his 
in water hotter than the sun against 
.
The Poker Gods, however, were smiling down upon the young online pro as following the 
flop, a sumptuous 
hit the turn to save his bacon. A bullet-less river and the man from Grimsby was back over his starting stack.
Steve Jelinek has fallen at the hands of fellow Brit Simon Mairs. Mairs opened to 300 from late position before Jelinek, who finished 15th in the PLO event, moved all-in for 1,600. Mairs made the call with ace-queen and was racing Jelinek's pocket threes. A queen on the flop and an ace on river sealed Jelinek's fate.
Nicolas Levi looks to have been eliminated from the tournament as Nikolay Evdakov is now sitting in the Frenchman's seat.
Meanwhile Fabrice Soulier took more than a moment to push all-in on the turn of a 
board with 
against a bet of 1,025 from the small blind who had 700 back. But he did so regardless and was up against a slowplayed which couldn't hit on the river.
"I knew he was trapping me with something," declared Soulier.
