Roberto Romanello is currently cutting a forlorn figure on the rail as he sweats friend Priyan de Mel. Romanello had been holding 
on a Jack-high flop against another player's random King-high which managed to spike, winning a 10,000 chip pot and sending the Welshman to the rail.
Kevin Allen has seen his tournament come to an end. His pocket nines lost a preflop all-in battle against his opponent's 
thanks to a ten on the river.
Hoyt Corkins has just been eliminated getting into a raising war with the admirable 
against Priyan de Mel (who had lost almost half his stack previously). De Mel had 
but managed to get there on a 
board to eliminate his opponent.
De Mel back up to 11,500
A multi-way pot ensued on one of the tables in the Shadow Bar room where the flop came down 
. Action was checked by the first bunch of players to Andrew Lichtenberger and he fired 425. Only one of his opponents called to see the 
peel off on the turn.
Lichtenberger's lone opponent left was first to act and he fired out 1,600. Lichtenberger mucked and saw his stack slip to 6,600.
A star-hungry crowd continues to swamp the rail by Phil Hellmuth, sinisterly awaiting his eruption like vampires in need of a fix.
At the moment, they may well get their wish as Hellmuth is growing more frustrated by the hand, and now has just 1,000 after a recent encounter with his fresh-faced neighbour.
With the young unknown raising the button to 300, Hellmuth made the call from the small blind - albeit after, seemingly, contemplating a raise - thus taking us to a 
flop.
Both the flop and 
turn were checked down, but the button made a bet of 300 on the 
river. Hellmuth immediately called before being shown 
.
Hellmuth looked rather disgusted, and held back his cards as the table waited patiently. Then, eventually, he revealed the 
and flung them into the muck with a disgruntled look on his face. He didn't explode, or pass derogatory comment, but you could sense that one more poke would do it.
James Sudworth got his full 3,100 chips into the pot preflop with 
, poised for a double against an opponent with .
The first four cards off the deck were safe for Sudworth (
), but the tournament-ending 
peeled off on the river to send him out the door. A giddy Sudworth could only chuckle at the river card and wish his table luck as he hurried to beat the break-time rush out the door.
Chance Kornuth is doing quite well and is now up to 23,500 in chips. He just picked up a nice pot on the flop of after raising an opponent's bet to take it down.
A short-stacked Phil Hellmuth has been eliminated from the tournament. According to tablemate Barry Greenstein, he was all-in with 
against another player's 
and although he picked up a wheel draw on the turn of the 
board, it was ultimately all-in vain. The "Poker Brat" will simply have to wait for the next tournament before he takes a shot at winning a WSOPE bracelet.
I've been glued to Table Hellmuth all day... otherwise I would left.
Perhaps one reason to stay is Sofia Lövgren, a rather aesthetically pleasing young Swede who first came to our attention when she went deep in the Irish Open. That week, she was the highest placed female, finishing 29th for €9,800.
Today she'll been keen to make her mark once again, and by the looks of her stack, she's heading in the right direction. As I left the table, I witnessed Lövgren pick up a small pot, raising it up from early position before taking it down with a continuation bet on the flop. This added a few more chips to her count, giving her around 5,500 heading into the second break.
With the cut-off opening to 350, Vanessa Rousso made the call from the button leading to a 
flop. Both players checked, but the button increased the pressure by leading out for 700 on the turn.
With little hesitation, Rousso responded by sliding her stack across the felt. Her opponent immediately folded, allowing Rousso to pick up the pot. She's now clawed back up to 3,600.
