We have seven tables remaining, with 58 players. The average chip stack is around 53,000.
No word yet on whether we will be playing to the final table or not today. I've just had word from the Harrah's guys that the latest we can play to is five, and their estimation is we will be playing to 18 players. Nothing is set in stone as yet and the blinds may be able to give us a better indication in the rounds to come.
Spot of bad fortune for Tim Flanders as his is cracked by Emmanuel Sebag's paltry , the board coming to give the Frenchman-come-Londoner a flush. He's still on only 20k though.
Marco Traniello was all in preflop against Ted Lawson.
Traniello:
Lawson:
The flop was . The turn was the and the river was the . Lawson turned a straight and rivered a bigger straight to send Traniello to the rail. After his elimination, he rushed over to the final table of the £2,500 HORSE to sweat his wife, Jen Harman.