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Markus Golser opened for 7,000 in mid position and it folded around to Greg Mueller on the button, who made it 26,000. The blinds got out of the way and the action was back on Golser. He made it 60,000 to go.
Mueller: a tank, and then, very loudly, "You have how much behind?"
Golser: "175."
Mueller: "How much?"
Golser: "175."
Several minutes' more tankage folded, but Mueller eventually folded.
With six tables left in play, here's a look at the big stacks from each table.
Table 21: Bojan Gledovic - 780,000
Table 22: Viktor Blom - 460,000
Table 23: Andrew Pantling - 600,000
Table 24: Markus Golser - 275,000
Table 25: Daniel Steinberg - 350,000
Table 26: Yevgeniy Timoshenko - 370,000
In middle position, Freddy Deeb opened to 9,000 before Anthony Newman moved all in for 41,000 from the button. In the big blind, Nicolas Levi took pause, eventually announcing a reraise all in back over the top. Deeb folded his ace-something, and it was heads-up with Newman at risk.
Showdown
Newman: 
Levi: 
Newman stood up and pumped his fist at the sight of the showdown, and he was poised for a double. The dealer ran a board of 
to hold his overpair and secure that double, moving him up to about 95,000.
Freedy Deeb just sent Adrian Passfield to the rail with the 
versus the 
. Deeb hit a king on the turn as the board ran out 
and won the pot.
The table folded around to the blinds, and Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 8,000 first to enter the pot. Next door, Huck Seed grabbed reraising chips, and he made it 23,5000 total. After a long pause, Timoshenko made the call to see a flop.
It came 
, and the action check-checked. On the turn, Timoshenko took a pause of about two minutes before leading out into the pot for 29,000. Seed didn't waste any time calling, and the 
filled out the board on fifth street. Timoshenko, ever the deliberate thinker, took about three or four agonizing minutes to check, and Seed checked it right behind him.
Yev was first to show, rolling over 
for top pair. Huck mucked, then reached back out and flipped up his second-best .
Seed - 115,000
Timoshenko - 360,000
Markus Golser was one of the few to have his preflop threebet called, however, by Daniel Negreanu. Negreanu had raised to 6,800 and big blind Golser had thrown out 19,600 - call after brief consideration period.
Flop: 
. Out bet Golser (25k) and was rewarded with an instant fold and the pot.
Golser looks comfortable at the table, and why not? He's been a regular live tournament player (and casher) since the late 90's, taking time out from finalling in his native Austria to travel to the WSOP and EPT. At the former in the USA he's racked up double digits of cashes, but has yet to secure a bracelet. He does play the full gamut of tournament poker, it looks like, with results in disciplines from Limit Hold'em to HORSE to Pot Limit Omaha.
A whole lot of pots are being won with a preflop re-raise at the moment, with everyone deep enough to countenance having to raise-fold, or ready to pick up some chips without further ado with a well-timed threebet.
Among those who've been weilding their stacks in this way are Yevgeniy Timoshenko and Marc Inizan, who both picked up over 8,500 each with their raises, while Almira Scripchenko squeezed Darren Woods and David Peters when the former made it 6,700 to go and the latter called preflop. No one wanted to call her 22,000, though.
The action folded around to the blinds, and Phil Ivey limped in. From the big blind, Bojan Gledovic was confused at the play and asked, "Did you raise??"
Ivey pointed to the three yellow chips in front of him. "That's three thousand here, and you have three thousand over there," Ivey smirked.
"Hey, you don't have to be mean to the guy," Barry Greenstein piped up from across the table. There has been plenty of good-natured table talk over there at Table 21, and everyone seems to be in a pretty chipper mood despite the high stakes.
Gledovic was just surprised to see a limp from Ivey, that's all. He knocked the table, and the two men checked the 
flop. Ivey bet the turn, holding a red chip in his hand and slowly announcing, "Five thousand," with another broad smirk. Gledovic quickly folded.
Barry spoke up again, poking at his pal Ivey. "Let me give you a little tip," he said. "You're supposed to be nice to the guy on your left who has more chips than you."
Ivey came right back: "Come on, Barry. Every time you have chips, you talk non-stop."
Greenstein: "Yeah, and you better believe you're going to hear me when I have more chips than you, too."
Ivey: "...Then it'll be the first time I've heard you in about six years."
There are smiles all around over there, and the table talk continues to be a source of entertainment for the lesser-known players there. And us, for that matter.
James Mitchell limped in mid position, and to his immediate left erstwhile chip leader Viktor Blom made it 20,500. It folded back to Mitchell, who calmly went all in for 147,200.
Blom stared at him fixedly, while Mitchell gazed unconcernedly across the table at the various media personnel who were recording the moment for posterity. Eventually just the vaguest shadow of a smile crept across his face, and almost at the same time Blom folded.
Mitchell told him afterwards he'd had 
. Said a jovial Blom, "I should have just called preflop," and they had a good laugh about it. These two seem to be thoroughly enjoying themseleves at the moment.
Daid Baker had raised and Magnus Persson three-bet him to 18,200. Baker put in a four-bet to 37,100 and Persson flatted. The flop came down with a lot of love, 
, and Baker fired 28,500. Persson gave it up and dropped to 155,000. Baker moved up to 285,000.
