Slow or Fast, It'll Happen
Neither Ayaz Mahmood nor Jason Somerville seem in any huge hurry to get their chips in the middle, so it may be a while before this one is decided.
In between folding hands and conceding small pots, the pair has begun a conversation about their respective paths to the semifinals. Somerville noted how he'd won one of his matches -- his fourth-round match versus Julian Herold -- in just one hand. (Here's that one from yesterday.)
"It was nice to have the break," said Somerville, referring to his subsequent wait to play the fifth round. The winner of this match will receive a brief respite before the finals tonight, but nothing like the rest Ernst Schmejkal is getting as he waits for an opponent.