Craig McCorkell won his and the United Kingdom's only bracelet at the 2012 World Series of Poker and he has given himself a solid chance of adding a second here in Event #28.
McCorkell is currently armed with 55,000 chips, which are stacked in piles of 40 or even 50. After struggling to count them accurately we asked McCorkell how many he was playing and he told us 55,000. That's good enough for us, and is certainly good for him as it puts him in touch of the chip leaders.
We found Phil Collins with a raise to 2,700 in front of him, likely from reraising a player who had acted in front of him. The player to his left, on the button, had moved all in and he covered Collins. Collins went into the tank for a couple of minutes, and he finally called off his last 9,000.
Collins:
Button:
Collins was in bad shape, and the flop didn't bring much hope. He managed to spike the on the turn, however, and the river sealed his double up.
Meanwhile, Randy Lew was tanking with a tough decision of his own at a nearby table. Lew was also looking at an all-in bet from an opponent who covered him, this time with all the cards out. The board read , and Lew agonized over the decision. He laughed softly and shook his head, finally folding.
Canada's Jason Duval has 77,000 chips and looks to be our chip leader here in Event #28.
Duval has some impressive scores to his name, despite a relatively short live poker career. Among Duval's achievements are an EPT final table appearance, a WPT final table appearance and two cashes at this year's WSOP. If Duval continues this kind of form then he will be adding a third cash to that ever-growing list by the time this tournament ends.
We found Olivier Busquet scooping up a pot with on a board of . He's got one of the bigger stacks in the room after a recent rush of chips, as he's nearly tripled his stack since we last took note of him.
Christopher Brammer opened the betting with a raise to 1,000 from middle position. Nobody wanted to tangle with the talented Brit until the action stopped on Chris Sly in the big blind. Sly called and it was heads-up to the flop.
Sly tapped the table and checked, Brammer continued with a 1,500 bet and Sly let his hand go. Nice and simple, but Brammer will take those all day long if he has to.
Julian Thew informed us that Gordon Huntly busted out a short while ago and in cruel circumstances. The popular Scot committed his stack with and was looked up by . A nine appeared somewhere on the board and Huntly was eliminated.
flop didn't bring much hope. He managed to spike the 
on the turn, however, and the 
river sealed his double up.
, and Lew agonized over the decision. He laughed softly and shook his head, finally folding.
, and O'Dea doubled up easily.
on a board of 
. He's got one of the bigger stacks in the room after a recent rush of chips, as he's nearly tripled his stack since we last took note of him.
flop.
and was looked up by 
. A nine appeared somewhere on the board and Huntly was eliminated.