After Day 6 of the WSOP's main event at Harrah's All Suite Hotel & Casino, the field was trimmed to 27 and today's action will see the formation of the tournament's November 9.
When the day began, hardcore fan-boys were hoping that at least one of Phil Hellmuth, Mike Matusow, Victor Ramdin and Kido Pham would make the final table.
However, it was to be a day when the mighty toppled as all four players were sent to the rail, leaving the final three tables light on pros.
At least two of the survivors have caught the eye of Johnny Chan.
The ten-time bracelet winner shared a table with Staples employee Tim Loecke, and the former told the latter 'you're a very good poker player'.
After leaving the tournament in 329th and collecting $32,166, Chan also told Dutch TV he thought the event would be won by Nicholas Sliwinski, a comment that amazed the younger man.
Sliwinski said, 'as far as I know, he hadn't seen me play'.
Such is Johnny Chan's omniscience.
He has offered personal tuition to Sliwinski, should the latter make the final 9, thus the highlighting the possibility that, although there will be no previous winners at the final table, their egos will still have an impact.
For now though, it is great to see so many new faces, many of them online qualifiers, having the time of their lives.
One hoping to make the record books is Tiffany 'Hot Chips' Michelle. With 9,755,000 of those hot things, she is currently third and is aiming to become only the second woman to make the final 9. She will also aim to better the 5th place of Barbara Enright in 1995.
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