2008 World Series of Poker

39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 2a
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,844
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$900,670
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Players Info - Day 2a

Final Words

MarcC
MarcC
And our first Day 2 comes to an end. A refreshing day's play after the Groundhog Day feelings of all those Day 1's. The action was fast from the first moment and continued right through to the end of the day. Even though the average stack was very deep compared to the blinds, the fact that we had so many big stacks meant there was always going to be as many small stacks at the other end under continuous pressure. They kept falling and the big stacks just got bigger and bigger.

One player in particular who couldn't miss a flop and seemed to outdraw anyone who stood in his way was Brian Shaedlich. Starting the day at just over 160,000, he manged to amass a mammoth stack nearing 750,000 by the end of play. Memories of Jamie Gold come to mind, let us see if he can hold on to the lead all the way as Jamie did back in 2006.

As for tomorrow, let's hope it is more of the same. Join us from 12pm to see who will emerge from the masses to make a name for themselves. Good night from all at PokerNews in the Amazon Room.