As the night wears on the crowd has that was overflowing has started to fall off a little bit.  In the section of seating just in front of the media are one group broke out their own deck of cards to play a few hands while keeping the corner of their eye on the final table action.  There have not been a whole lot of huge hands in the last bit (at the final table I mean, not at the game in the stands), but a few bluffs here and there and a lot of reraising to win pots. 

As the chips have moved around Ivan Demidov has went from the bottom to the top and Stanislov Alekhin from the top to the bottom with John Juanda (right) staying right in the middle of the Russians.  Though they have moved around places in the chip counts, they are still relatively even in chips with Demidov pulling away slightly at the expense of Alekhin. 

The most exciting thing recently was a set over set situation, but that was in the game in the stands.  Over at the final table Ivan Demidov showed down a bluff to get some ooh’s and ahh’s from the crowd and there has been some tension after a reraise or two, but no massive all in pots have developed recently.

Daniel Negreanu’s prediction of a 15 hour+ final table is working on becoming a confirmed forecast.  Players started at 1pm local time and play has been going on for 14 hours so far as Big Ben dings out 3am here in London.

Here’s where they stand:
Ivan Demidov - 2,949,000
John Juanda - 2,450,000
Stanislav Alekhin - 1,807,000

• October 2, 2008 -- Bengt Bounced, Juanda Gains Ground
• October 2, 2008 -- Kid Poker Felted
• October 2, 2008 -- Negreanu Scrapping, Juanda Doubles
• October 2, 2008 -- The Russians Are Coming!