Whoa Mule, Whoaaa!
Well look at this, would ya?
We've just broken the fifth table out of play and re-combined down to the final four tables in Day 1b. Before everyone was even fully reseated, two more players were knocked off in quick succession to leave us with just 34 players remaining.
If you'll recall, Day 1a was cut one level short as the field was reduced close to the 15% mark at 28 players. We were setting a similar pace today, but the after-dinner rush has seen players dropping significantly quicker than yesterday. There are a few more bigger stacks than there were at this time on Day 1a, and if this pace continues, we could well be down (or at least very close) to the final two tables by the time Level 9 runs out.