The Tournament Director has just made an announcement about the previous winners.
In 2007, Dan Shak donated 100% of his winnings, while in 2008 John Hennigan also donated 100%.
Last years winner Alex Bolotin donated half his winnings, so the question for 2010 is how much will Alex Filatov, Phil Gordon or Shannon Elizabeth donate to this very worthy cause?
With only 840,000 chips in play and an average stack of 280,000 and an orbit costing 45,000 per round, the 'M' of the average stack is just a little over 6.
What does this exactly mean?
Basically each player has just an average of six orbits of play before their stack hits the felt.
It seems as though a simple button raise or all in is enough at the moment.
The player on the button has been picking up the blinds and antes over the past few orbits, as the remaining three players don't seem too interested in player any flops.
The final table is down to three players after the elimination of bracelet winner Carter Phillips. Phillips was all in with and called by Phil Gordon's . Nobody connected on a board of , allowing Gordon's nine kicker to play and take down the pot.
Phil Gordon opened to 36,000 and Shannon Elizabeth made the call from the big blind.
Elizabeth open-shoved for her last 53,000 on the flop and Gordon made the call.
Elizabeth:
Gordon:
The turn landed the to give Gordon an additional out to go along with his ace or four, but when the river landed the , Elizabeth doubled to 175,000 as Gordon slipped to 92,000 in chips.