13 return after dinner led by Christos

Marco Vasconcelos and Ronnie Espenden fell before the dinner break as we edge closer to the final table in London.

Espenden had been particularly unlucky when his KK was cracked by AQ, and though he was still left with a chip and a chair, there was to be no fairtytale comeback.

The man in command as play got back underway was Christos Xanthopoulous (pictured earlier) with a chip lead that nigh on doubled his nearest rival and installed him as early favourite for the PPT crown. Can he see out the job?

Dinner Break Chip Count
Christos Xanthopoulous - 573,000
Ashique Miah - 279,500
Miadelzel Stanislan - 268,800
Pawel Chmiel - 259,800
Jim Reid - 256,500
Andreas Chalkiadakis - 252,200
Peter Csecsetka - 202,300
Eli Heath - 171,400
Luis Rodrigues - 140,900
Angelo Lima - 82,900
Plamen Todorov - 58,200
Tommy Lidstroem - 43,100

Update - Short stack Tommy Lidstroem sat for minutes before his exit in 13th place, leaving us with 12 players still in the frame.