The players have just had their second break of the afternoon, returning to what seems like a different tournament from the one that started this morning. The wild action of the early levels was characterized by frequent pre-flop all ins and a steady flow of re-entries. But this event has become, in effect, a freezeout from here on in, and the players have adjusted their game accordingly.

At the beginning of level 11, five players had managed to amass six-figure stacks, and two players – Dgianni Di-Re and Pierre Legris – are in a dead heat for the chip lead, with less than a big blind separating them.