Most tournaments ebb and flow through the pace of eliminations. It appears that in today's tournament, a more consistent trend of steady eliminations from the very start of the day.
Currently, we are down to the final 16 tables, meaning there are 144 players remaining in the tournament - half of which will head home with some money (eventually) and half which will go home empty-handed.
With a little over 2 hours of play remaining, the chance of reaching the money is slim, but you can never rule out anything!
On a flop of , Matt Marafioti bet out 900 and found three calls and two folds; one of which was from Daniel Negreanu who later said he folded .
The turn landed the and Marafioti checked to Chane Kampanatsanyakorn who bet out 2,800 with only David Vamplew calling on this occasion.
The river landed the and Kampanatsanyakorn bet 5,000 to prompt a near-insta muck from Vamplew as the Thai player scooped the pot to move to 23,000 in chips.
As David Vamplew exited the tournament area, we noticed Daniel Negreanu stacking chips and asked if he could spare us the details of Vamplew's elimination.
According to Negreanu, Vamplew limp-called Negreanu's raise before check-raising all in with on a board. Negreanu called and held , and when the landed on the turn, Vamplew would be left drawing dead.
Robert "Uncle Krunk" Panitch has just been eliminated from today's tournament.
Panitch was all in holding against Dustin Goldklang's , and when the final board read , Panitch headed to the rail as Goldklang soared to 104,000 in chips.