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"Welcome to the action table!" Joe Hachem told Emad Tahtouh after Tahtouh was broken to Hachem's table.
"We knocked out seven players over there," responded Tahtouh.
"We've only knocked out two players, but there's an all-in every hand."
A floor supervisor announced over the P.A. system at that exact moment that a full one-third of the field had already been eliminated in the first 90 minutes, calling players in today's field "action players."
"This is Asia, Danny," Hachem said to the floor. "Nothing slows down."
Tahtouh jokingly added, "They realize that they're not going to make the money until tomorrow, so they're trying to make it today."
135 players currently remain in the field. 56 will make the money.
. Nguyen made the call with 
. Nguyen made a set of kings on a flop of 
, but his opponent's gutshot Broadway draw got there when the turn and river were the 
and 
. Nguyen still have 57,000 chips.
against Gill's 
.
. The pot went to Gill's opponent, but he still retains 56,000 chips.
Choi held 
for two pair and got his opponent to commit all of his chips with 
. The 
on the river to give Choi a huge pot as he heads to the break as our new chip leader with around 250,000 chips.
against 
on a ten-high board (the money went in preflop), Farkye and Steicke were at it again. An early-position player opened the pot for 3,600. Farkye called in the cutoff before Steicke raised to 13,600 from the button. His raise folded the early-position player but brought an all-in reraise from Farkye of 48,000.
. He was ahead of Farkye's 
.
