At 10 minutes after 7am local time the heads up battle between John Juanda and Stanislav Alekhin continues on.  The two are playing at a reasonable pace considering the momentus stage title they are fighting for.  So far over 370 hands have been played at the final table and it has been some 18 hours since play started. 

At last count John Juanda had some chips and so did Stan “The Man” Alekhin.  Though the endurance of many around the tournament is starting to falter the players themselves are locked in and showing little to no signs of fatigue.  The blinds have climbed to 30k / 60k with a 10k ante.

Oh, the actual chip counts at last viewing are Alekhin - 4.7 million and Juanda - 2.5 million as the two battle back and forth.

Negreanu predicted the long final table, Mike Matusow stopped in a little after 6am to watch for a while in person, and a handful of faithful followers are in the stands, seemingly unwilling to give up after watching for this long.  The only energetic person in the room is Matusow, who unsuccessfully tried to start the wave.

As much as I hate to miss the outcome, US Air does not make it cheap to rebook flights so it is time to scurry off to the airport.  Best of luck to John Juanda and Stanislav Alekhin who have both put on an amazing show at this final table.

• October 4, 2008 -- John Juanda Wins!
• October 3, 2008 -- Double Double
• October 2, 2008 -- Good Practice for November
• October 2, 2008 -- Turned Upside Down, But Still Evenish