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As one of just two Brits in the PokerNews blogging team, I feel obliged to give our UK viewers a quick update on their men. In the orange section, we have a handful of Brits flying the flag, including Redmond Lee who has recently increased his stack to around the three-quarter-million mark.
Redmond Lee - 755,000
Ben Blackmore - 475,000
Jamie Brown - 285,000
Dan Carter - 120,000
Priyan de Mel - 105,000
Back in the day, and before the nosebleed stakes were a common feature of the online world, Norwegian Tore Lagerborg was regarded as one of Europe's highest stakes players, along with fellow Scandinavians such as Johnny Lodden, Patrik Antonius and Erik Sagstrom. But whilst others have excelled and become minor celebrities of the virtual felt, Lagerborg fell of the radar somewhat and went from being a hot topic to someone who was rarely discussed.
However, Lagerborg is back here today, and looking to make an impact on the live felt at this year's Main Event. In fact, just moments ago, he doubled through against Sammy Farha, the cameras closing in as Farha revealed 
to Lagerborg's 
. The 
flop was pretty convincing, and although the 
turn created outs, no such misfortune arrived on the 
river and Lagerborg survived to fight another day.
As a result, Largerborg is back up to 175,000 and still in with a shout of making a name for himself all over again.
It's been a wild level for Jason Mercier, but he better hang on to his hat, as this ride isn't over just yet.
Mercier had the player to his direct right all in preflop, but when the cards were tabled Mercier wasn't pleased with what he saw.
Mercier: 
Opponent: 
It took three ESPN cameras to swarm the table to grab the action from every angle. Nothing newsworthy after the first four community cards landed 
but jaws dropped all around when the 
dinked on the river for the two-outer!
Most of Mercier's stack was on the line but he finds a way to take it down with a lovely lady on the river, to get himself back up to 220,000 chips.
There's never a good time to double an opponent up but it's especially bad as the tournament closes in on the money bubble. With more than 100,000 chips in the pot already, Carter Phillips bet 63,000 on a board of 
. His opponent then moved all in for 215,000 more. Phillips eventually made the call with 
, a pair of eights. His opponent tabled , a pair of queens. That hand left Phillips looking for one of the two remaining eights on the river. The board did pair, but it paired sevens, .
After paying off the double-up Phillips' count was down to 225,000.
Eric Mizrachi was in the small blind and was playing heads-up against the big blind in a pot with 24,000 in the middle
The flop came down 
and Mizrachi bet 15,000. The big blind asked for a count and raised to about 100,000, enough to put Mizrachi all in.
Mizrachi let go of the hand and is sitting with about 90,000 chips.
For all of the small ball that's going on right now, there are some players that are turning up the heat. Jesper Hougaard was in the big blind in a recent hand and called a raise to 10,000 made by the cutoff player. Hougaard bet 16,000 on a jack-high flop, 
. When his opponent raised to 41,000, Hougaard made the call and stuck around to the 
turn. He checked, inducing a bet of 45,000 from his opponent. Hougaard then moved all in, effectively making the raise back to his opponent a total of 220,000. That player decided to find a better spot and folded.
Hougaard is back up to about 800,000 in chips.
Over at the secondary feature table, all folded to Gavin Smith in middle position who checked his cards, then set his stack of 43,000 out before him. It folded back to the blinds, and though both seemed to consider sticking around, both folded.
Smith showed his hand -- 
-- as he claimed the blinds and antes. Still short is Smith, with about 57,000 now.
Ethan Ruby is playing for a charity called Poker4Life. Since 2005, P4L has raised over $1 million for various charities across the country and if Ruby can run deep, they will receive another large donation.
Ruby just doubled through one of our chip leaders, Duy Le. The two got it all in preflop, and it was a classic race situation.
Showdown
Ruby: 
Le: 
The 
flop was a great sweat for Le.
"Never easy," someone at the table chimed in.
The 
on the turn was red, but the heart changed nothing. Ruby needed to dodge an ace, king or diamond and did so when the 
fell on the river.
"YES!" Ruby shouted with two fists in the air.
Ruby doubled to 140,000 chips while Le still has heaps with 1,025,000.
Cole South opened for a raise from the cutoff and the small blind called. Both players checked the 
flop. The on the turn put three clubs on board and the small blind checked over to South, who bet 18,500. The small blind made it an additional 45,000 to go and South three-bet to 138,000 total. The small blind made the call and both players checked the 
on the river.
The small blind showed for the nut flush and South went to muck his hand, however, one of the players at his table requested to see his hand. The dealer flipped over 
-- the second-nut flush.
South is down to 415,000.
Nicolas Chouity ended up all in pre-flop after a raising war. Chouity tabled pocket kings and his opponent tabled pocket aces.
The board ran out 
and Nicolas Chouity is out of the tournament.
