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Tony Cousineau is up to 65,000 after doubling through off Ludovic Lacay. Cousineau interrupted his fish and chips to move all in for around 20,000 into a board of 
.
Ludovic mulled over his options before making the call with 
. Cousineau tabled 
and survived a blank turn and river.
He munched on his cod to celebrate.
Anton Wigg just doubled up a little while ago against Eli Elezra and has just now doubled again. He was all in on the flop of 
with the 
against his opponent's 
. The turn was the 
and the river the 
to keep Wigg holding the best hand and moving him to about 40,000 in chips.
Sandra Naujoks just played her final hand, moving in for a short 6,850 with 
when Adam Levy had raised in early position to 1,050 and been called by Brian Powell. Levy moved in fast - Powell folded just as fast and he showed 
which on the flop became monstrous: 
. The house on the 
turn saw Naujoks standing up and everyone already on the next hand in their minds. Businesslike as ever, she made her exit with minimum fuss.
From early position, Melanie Weisner raised to 1,050. JC Tran called from middle position, another player called from middle position and then Steve Brecher called from the big blind.
The four players saw the flop come down and action checked over to Tran. He fired out 2,600 and only Weisner called to see the turn.
After the fell on the turn, both players checked and the 
fell on the river. Weisner checked and Tran checked. Weisner's 
was a loser to Tran's 
.
Tran moved to about 65,000 while Weisner dropped to 15,500.
Whilst stragglers from Leicester Square have focused their attentions on TV-friendly faces such as Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey, there's one man who has perhaps caused more of a stir in the poker world of late than anyone, yet wouldn't necessary be familiar to your casual poker fan.
Although known in European circles, Viktor Blom truly rose to fame when he ambushed the nosebleed stakes on Full Tilt Poker under the alias Isildur1, taking on and beating some of the most established and celebrated online pros in the world. Although he later returned his winnings, he had already cemented his legend in the virtual world and quickly collated an almost cult following of fans.
Now tackling the live felt here at the WSOPE, Blom (who, I must add, has yet to truly confirm his identity as Isildur), is braced for even bigger fame as he escalates his stack to the dizzy heights of 132,000, thus placing him in the frame for the chip lead with just over one level to go.
The hand in question involved his neighbour David Weisberger, the two players reaching a multi-way 
flop. The action was checked around to a 
turn where Weisberger led for 3,000. Blom raised to 10,000, and after a brief pause, Weisberger made the call.
The river came the , and after Weisbeger had checked, Blom immediately chucked 40,000 into a circa 25,000 pot, leaving his opponent with a decision for his tournament life.
Weisberger, clearly tortured, squirmed in his seat like a frog in a blender before finally announcing the call and flipping 
onto the felt. Blom, who'd remained stiller than a bottle of Evian water, broke his statuesque pose to reveal 
for the turned straight.
Disappointed, Weisberger rose from his seat as Blom offered a commiserative hand. For a moment, it looked as though Blom was going to say something, but at the last moment he seemed to change his mind and returned to the silence that I've witnessed throughout the whole day.
And on that note, we had a new chip leader, the mysterious, silent assassin of the felt that is Viktor Blom. I don't think I'm the only one who would like to see poker's most exciting enigma go deep.
Benny Spindler has been eliminated after his 
failed to outrace Greg Mueller's on a 
board. We have no doubt though that the super-aggressive German (who bears a resemblance to the 'emo' emoticon on Skype) will be back for the upcoming EPT in a week or so.
From under the gun, Phil Ivey raised to 1,100. Noel Furlong called from the button and the player in the big blind made the call as well. The flop came down 
and the big blind checked. Ivey fired 2,000 and Furlong folded. The big blind then put in a raise to 6,000 and Ivey folded.
Ivey is on about 19,000 right now and can't seem to get things going in the right direction.
David Benyamine was all in preflop and called by JC Tran and another player. The flop came down and Tran fired 4,200. The other player left in the hand that was active and called.
The turn brought the and both Tran and the other player checked while Benyamine awaited his fate patiently. The river brought the 
and both players checked. Tran mucked as the other player tabled the . Benyamine held the 
and was eliminated.
Noel Furlong has just been eliminated by Phil Ivey, who was one of four callers of his 1,500 preflop raise. The flop: 
. Ivey bet out, and Furlong instantly moved in for just under 10k total. Everyone else scattered like showers and Ivey called, his 
ahead even without the flopped Nine of Furlong's . The turn and river fell 
and Furlong's hopes to repeat World Series Main Event glory are at an end.
