Phil Collins limped in from early position, Badih Bounahra checked his option in the big blind, and the flop came down . Bounahra checked, Collins fired 550,000, and Bounahra called.
The turn was the , and Bounahra checked again. Collins slid out 1.25 million, and Bounahra tank-folded.
Anton Makievskyi raised to 900,000 from middle position and Ben Lamb reraised to 2.1 million from the cutoff seat. Everyone folded and Lamb won the pot.
Phil Collins limped in from middle position, Ben Lamb raised to 1.3 million on the button, and the action folded back to Collins who tank-called. The flop came down , and Collins checked to Lamb who fired 1.5 million. Collins tanked for a bit, then check-raised to 3.5 million. Lamb called.
The turn was the , and Collins slid out another 3.5 million. Lamb stared forward, then stood from his chair to examine the remainder of Collins' stack. He eventually folded however, and Collins raked in the pot.
Action folded to chip leader Eoghan O'Dea in middle position and he raised to 850,000. Anton Makievskyi called in the hijack seat and then Samuel Holden squeezed in a three-bet to 2.5 million from the cutoff seat. Everyone folded back to O'Dea and he mucked. Makievskyi also folded and Holden won the pot.
The action folded to Phil Collins who raised to 1.1 million from the small blind. Anton Makievskyi three-bet to 3 million from the big, and Collins released his hand.
Eoghan O'Dea opened to 900,000 from early position, Phil Collins called on his direct left, and the action behind folded. The dealer fanned , and O'Dea led for 1 million. Collins called.
The turn was the , and O'dea opted to check. Collins slid out 2.2 million, O'Dea mucked, and Collins picked up the pot.
It's a relatively quiet crowd in attendance, although the occasional times there has been post-flop action those who are here are making some noise. A rough count of heads suggests something approaching 300 here following the action in the so-called "mothership."
All ten of the players appear to have supporters in attendance, although most hands are only being punctuated by light clapping.
Phil Collins' crew of supporters have been the most vocal by far, their cheers consistently punctuated by snatches of his pop star namesake's hits. And we did hear some baa-a-a-ing following a recent hand won by Ben Lamb.
Looking around the arena, we see that Andrey Pateychuk, eliminated in 15th not too long ago, has stuck around to support his friend Anton Makievskyi. There's a number of other familiar faces from the summer in the crowd as well, including Nenad Medic, Mike Matusow, David Williams, Jean-Robert Bellande, Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler, James Bord, Brent Hanks, Dan O'Brien, Erick Lindgren, David Vamplew, Jon "PearlJammer" Turner, John Duthie, Keith Ferrera, Humberto and Roberto Brenes, and the Main Event-crushing couple, David "Doc" Sands and Erika Moutinho.