Players have returned from the dinner break, but some clearly enjoyed their time away from the poker tables more than most. So much so, in fact, that they've got right back to the bars and restaurants pretty much instantly: 12 players bust in the first 20 minutes since the break.
One of them was the final Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano, who ran 10s into queens agonisingly short of another record-breaking EPT cash. The others to fall also included Alan Baekke and Dennis Plejdrup. Both Danes are missing in action.
The PokerStars player William Reynolds has also now departed. His decent run in Copenhagen is over, and there are no longer any North Americans in the remaining field. When was the last time that was true before the money bubble in a major poker tournament?
William Reynolds
Thor Hansen is now sitting next to Ola Brandborn and Peter Hedlund in what is the most chatty section of the cardroom. Martin Wendt sits opposite Anders Langset in what is the most chipped up region. They are two of the top three on the chip counts page.
Peter Hedlund
The revised schedule is that we will play to 40 players - the bubble, in other words. It's close to 8pm local time in Copenhagen, which means we might be looking at an early night given the haste of the eliminations. But typing those very words has almost definitely hexed that, so check back closer to 4am.
