Took a stroll down to the High Roller in the ex-Indian-restaurant room downstairs and I was just enjoying the smooth piped-in music and a bit of small talk with Jon Kyte when a showdown suddenly occurred at his table between Marten Merits and a player I believe to be Siamak Tahmoresnia. Such drama!
Tahmoresnia: 88
Merits: AK
Board: T-A-8-K ... A!
"Good timing," said tablemate James Akenhead. Indeed - I'd only really wandered down there for a bit of a break from the absolute madness of the upstairs tournament area. Anyway, Tahmoresnia is out, and Merits was still stacking his chips and muttering, "Incroyable" over and over, but it looked like he was well over 200k when I left. 55/69 players remain, and we're considering moving the blogging nerve centre downstairs just for the ambience.
