We have lost John Duthie in pretty much two hands. First he had to fold against a river all in from Richard Duthie after a flop with two diamonds brought two further diamonds. With 10,000 left, Duthie was all in with versus pocket jacks and another jack showed up immediately on the flop.
Sam Farha has been sitting quietly all day in contrast to his flashy loud mouthed image that is usually portrayed on TV. Dressed casually in sportswear with earphones plugged in and no sign of his trademark unlit cigarette dangling from his lips he strikes an unassuming figure today.
Farha joined four limper to see a flop of and it was checked around. The turn brought the and seat one bet 2,000. Farha was the only caller. The river was the and after a pause the seat one bet another 8,000.
Farha flashed a familiar wolfish grin and moved all in for about 8,000 and was called. Seat one showed for a straight and Farha matched him with . “Nice hand Sir.” seat one said as the dealer chopped it up.
On the next hand there was an all-in from early position and Farha put his stack forward too from the cut-off. Farha had and was facing the .
The first tables in the red section of the Brasilia room have been broken now already as well and thus we need to re-find Simon Trumper and Barny Boatman. Besides that we found some other notable stacks for you:
Ramana Epparla has been running hot on his table, though just lost about 9,000 chips and change after calling two all ins preflop with versus and . The flop pretty much shut up all hopes of winning the pot and the second opponent with ace high hit the rail.
When we checked the chip count, one player on the table said "So he can be beat," confirming the previous hot run of Epparla.
So we did manage to find Barny Boatman and noticed a huge stack next to him on the new table. It turns out these chips belong to Gary LaDuca and he is probably the first player to soon crack the six digits.
There are a few tired eyes around the room now as the players navigate their way through the tenth hour of poker today.
Decisions are crucial at this stage of the tournament and fatigue can play a big part in that process for any poker player. A few of these payers though have played sessions many times longer and despite, dare I say it, the march of time, they are well versed in how to cope.
Simon Trumper for example is having a relaxing massage to see him through the last two levels of the night.
We have ten minutes left in level ten and one more level after that, the screens have been updated and now show 585 players remaining. If the pace remains the same, we may very well hit the money in the next level still.
The orange T5000 chips are coming into play causing those who need their chips colored up a little frisson of delight, and for those who don’t to shoot them covetous glances. With a starting stack of 3,000 chips getting a few of those in your stack at this time of day is a real achievement.
One of those on the lucky end is Donna Rosenthal who we spotted early on in the day and have kept an eye on ever since. Apart from a few minor setbacks she has kept active at the table constantly chipping up and she has projected a fun loving and friendly demeanour perfectly encapsulating the spirit of the tournament.
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flop with two diamonds brought two further diamonds. With 10,000 left, Duthie was all in with 
versus pocket jacks and another jack showed up immediately on the flop.
and it was checked around. The turn brought the 
and seat one bet 2,000. Farha was the only caller. The river was the 
and after a pause the seat one bet another 8,000.
for a straight and Farha matched him with 
. “Nice hand Sir.” seat one said as the dealer chopped it up.
and was facing the 
.
. Farha had a double up.
and 
. The 
