Drop an international Series veteran within the corridor between the primary Rio casino and its convention center and she or he can likely let you know not just the time of day, but additionally the precise stage of the principle Event they've reached.

In the early stages, there's a throbbing throng moving en masse either towards the tournament room or clear of it. They generally run even, desperate to not miss a single second of the largest event in their lives, or to get to a cafe reservation.

Anybody walking the corridors clear of the group has usually just been eliminated. Follow them as they pluck a cellphone from their pocket and you may hear the best details. They have got usually raised with kings and lost to anything from aces to total garbage that hit at the river. "I COULD NOT give it up," they are saying. "No. I'LL change my flight. I WILL BE back tonight."

Today, those corridors are quiet, and no-one is running anywhere. Within the minutes before Day 6 began, 80 players slowly paced towards the Amazon Room, often pursued by a phalanx of cameras. Three separate floor producers tried to encourage a skip or a whoop from Kenny Hallaert, to make use of just one example. However the stoic Belgian was focused only being focused. He clenched his first and gave a lacklustre "Day six!" on the final. It will not make the edit.

Hallaert's poker will certainly feature at the TV, though. He's up there at the television stage in conjunction with the talkative William Kassouf. There have been 80 of them initially of the day. There are just 70 now, an hour into play.

The plan is to play five two-hour levels or to 27 players, whichever is later. That suggests that in the event that they get right down to the last three tables soon-ish, they're going to play on until the five levels are done even though. may be around midnight, wherein point everyone could be guaranteed a minimum of $269,430.

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