Preflop war is waged between professional rivals Huck Seed and Howard Lederer, who've presumably racked up many hands in each other's company and are giving the rail something to talk about in this round. Just now we could have seen an all-in confrontation:
Button Seed raise.
Lederer--->23k
Seed--->55k
Lederer--->all in (after a good long think)
Seed folds with a sigh.
Ram Vaswani had an 80k bet called on the river by Marius Torbergsen (possibly the largest bet in the tournament to be called and not all-in so far) and showed down only the nut flush with 
. This tips Vaswani's stack way back up while Torbergsen has a third of the chips he started with (82k) and a long way to climb back.
Ram Vaswani looks very comfortable right now, and with good reason - of the 480,000 in play between him and Marius Torbergsen, Vaswani is now in possession of 425,000.
Following that disaster a few hands back, Vaswani has not let up the aggression, and the hapless Torbergsen is down to 55,000. Most recently we found Torbergsen betting out on a 
flop but giving it up to a Vaswani raise. We could see another match conclude before too long at this rate...
The first player sent packing from the last 16 is Sondre Svanevik, who fell to Kevin Eyster's full house (he held 
on a 
board). He was of course part of the duo still tossing the chip lead back and forth two levels after the rest of Round Three had finished, which may have taken its toll - Eyster has won all his matches so far in pretty quick time and now has to hang around until 11pm for his next challenger.
Marius Torbergsen was down to 43,000 and got lucky to double up but he busted the very next hand.
In the first hand he raised to 5,000 and then moved all-in when Ram Vaswani three-bet to 10,000. Torbergsen was in trouble with with his 
to Vaswani's 
but the board ran 
. Trips fours good for a double to 86,000.
The next hand all the chips went in again. This time Vaswani had pocket queens to Torbergsen's ace-nine and his hand held up to send him through.
With around 75,000 in the pot by the 
flop, Phil Ivey checked, prompting another age-long tank from Gus Hansen. Eventually he went all in. Ivey called in an instant.
Ivey:
Hansen: 
Turn:
River: 
That rarest of things graced Ivey's face as Hansen turned a set - a twinge of emotion. Pulling faces didn't help him though, and Hansen doubled up to 315,000.
Level: 12
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
A possibly disappointing, and rather abrupt end to Phil Ivey's tournament - Gus Hansen progressing through to the third round after a sequence of preflop raises as quick as a hummingbird's wing-beats. Button Ivey found 
, big blind Hansen 
and in three raises it was on-their-backs time. The board came a definitive 
which brought a murmured, "Been a pleasure," from Ivey as he went to collect his prize money.
This hand was already a big one before the all-in shove on the river as a club fell completing the board's broadway with a bonus: 
. 120k in there and 122k in Neil Channing's stack - in it went, prompting McLean Karr to wince a little, saying, "That's a sick move!"
He did eventually make the call, but Channing said, "I have it. Nut flush." He showed and Karr paid the man his money, saying, "I flopped it!" ruefully.
Howard Lederer led out 20,000 on the turn of the 
board, and Huck Seed paused for a few moments before sleepily going all in. Lederer, appearing rather more awake, snap-called.
Lederer: for a pair of kings
Seed: for a set
River: an academic 
Seed doubled up - although with 165,000 to Lederer's 285,000, he's still the table shortie.
