The Bustout Train Finally Running Out of Steam?

With 41 players remaining, the steady dropoff in numbers has ceased - for now. Wandering about for the last 15 minutes (or rather, spinning slowly in one place so that each table passes through one's line of sight - more energy efficient) I have seen very few hands where more than 20k changed stacks, and there have been a lot more single-raise preflop, take-it-on-the-flop type pots played out. While over time certain players (Dave Callaghan, Howard Lederer, Theo Jorgensen) seem to be increasing their stacks during this period in the tournament, there aren't quite so many fireworks.

E.g. Karl Mahrenholz sees a seven way limped flop of {9-Hearts}

. The blinds, under-the-gun, UTG+1 check - Karl bets 5,100 and everyone folds like dominoes. See? That wasn't quite as exciting as the earlier all-ins. But that's your lot at the end of level Nine...

Here are some more chip counts, though, like a bit of seasoning:

Roberto Romanello - 88,000
Jeff Kimber - 110,000
Karl Mahrenholz - 90,000
Howard Lederer - 100,000
Sandra Naujoks - 60,000
Dave Callaghan - 61,000
Tony Bloom - 95,000
Tom Dwan - 70,000
Shaun Deeb - 89,000

Tags: Karl Mahrenholz Shaun Deeb Tom Dwan