Peter “#1Pen” Neff (left) was one river card away from ending play for the night by eliminating Chris Elliott. The two were all in preflop soon after the consolidation to one table with the short stacked Elliott moving in and Neff calling with pocket tens. Elliott had AK and the two were off to the races in a situation very similar to how Neff busted Johnny Lodden to bring the field down to the final ten.

The flop and turn were no help for Elliott but in the namesake of Barry Greenstein’s book an “Ace on the River” was in the deck for Elliott and he was able to double to 300k while bringing Neff back down into the 300’s with him. As an interesting aside I have been told by the guys from A World of Poker.com that this is Elliott’s first ever live tournament, though he has plenty of experience online. The story goes that he won the seat on a £350 satellite and has parlayed that into an appearance in the final ten and a shot at tomorrow’s final table. Supposedly this is truly his first ever live play, with not even a home game under his belt, the story has not been verified, but if it is true it is an amazing start to his live poker career.

After a break the players will be back at the tables to continue in the quest to get to the final 9.

• October 1, 2008 -- Neff Busts Lodden, Down To 10
• October 1, 2008 -- Closing In
• October 1, 2008 -- Boosted Busted, Townsend Gone Too
• October 1, 2008 -- Slow Level, Matusow Falls Short