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Matt Hawrilenko has brought some entertainment to his table in the form of a book on his ipad - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, for those who are interested in what top pros read at the table.
He confessed to his tablemates that he doesn't really know how to play 10-handed, so brought a book along to amuse himself while he learns.
Towering above the table with two seats stacked on top of each other ("Iz good for zi back," he claims, in his familiar Dutch twang that sounds nothing like how I wrote it), Flying Dutchmen and Team PokerStars pro Marcel Luske is beginning to gather speed by raking in a few small pots.
On his last encounter, he limped under the gun before seeing a three-way flop of 
with the button and the small blind. The small blind bet, Luske raised to 100, and both opponents called. Luske then took it down with a single bet on the 
turn before flashing what I believe was the 
.
Meanwhile, fellow countryman and 2008 bracelet winner Rob Hollink is plugging away quietly a few tables down. He currently has around his starting stack.
With circa 500 in the middle, Bill Chen sees a 
flop from the big blind, and raises the small blind's lead of 50 to 100. An early position player then raises again; just Chen calls.
The turn is the 
and Chen check-calls a single bet, before checking-calling again on the 
river. "Aces," announces his foe confidently before showing 
. Chen turns 
face-up as the pot sails in the opposite direction.
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/75
Ante: 0
A few more tables are forming over in the orange section, and they look to be some of the toughest in the tournament.
Barbara Enright is over there, sharing a table with Victor Ramdin. Another table features the mighty Brock Parker and for some reason rather sleepy-looking Allie Prescott. On another table, Noah Boeken, Lauren Kling and Barry Greenstein are waiting for a few more players to turn up so they can get going.
But the blue section just keeps on swelling, too - new arrivals there include Lisa Parsons, Rui Cao, Roberto Romanello, Bill Chen and Cristiano Blanco.
Given that this is more of a mid-sized event than some of the others, there is some exceptionally strong representation here from Team PokerStars.
The Netherlands are being represented by Marcel Luske and the late-arriving Noah Boeken. For North America, Vanessa Rousso, Victor Ramdin and Barry Greenstein are flying the American flag and Anh Van Nguyen and Daniel Negreanu the Canadian. And representing the nebulous online world, George Lind is here sporting a Team Pro: Online patch.
Friend of PokerStars Bill Chen is also here, as are a few PokerStars favorites from the EPT circuit, most notably EPT London winner Aaron Gustavson. Looks like it could be a good day for the Stars...
I joined the action on the turn of an 
board, and 2008 Champion Jimmy Shultz was busy calling a 150 bet. The 
river went check, check, Shultz's foe announcing "Ace-king". "I was hoping we were splitting," gleamed Shultz revealing the same hand.
Shultz is still struggling, however, with 2,500.
By the time we arrived tableside, the flop read 
and three players were still in the hand. It looked like there had been at least one raise preflop.
Jimmy Fricke, in the under-the-gun position, checked, and the player behind him bet. The third player in the hand raised, and both Fricke and the original bettor called.
The turn was the and it checked around to the player in position who bet. Back to Fricke, who raised. The player in the middle gave up his hand, but the player in position now reraised. Fricke called and they went heads up to the river.
The river came down the 
and Fricke checked, before calling one last bet from his opponent.
"Nice call," said his opponent , revealing 
for a straight draw that never came in. Fricke tabled the ever-so-slightly ahead 
and took the pot.
Five players reached a 
flop, and although the first three players checked, one player took a stab only for Jeff Lisandro to raise. His foe called leading to a 
turn where the initial aggressor checked-called a bet, and then one more on the 
river. The 2009 Player of the Year tabled 
, which was good enough to pick up the pot.
Despite this win, Lisandro is still below his starting stack with 3,200.
Victor Ramdin raised under the gun; both blinds called. On the 
flop, Ramdin continuation bet and received one caller in the big blind. Ramdin then bet both the turn and 
river, only to take the pot down with to increase his stack to 5,600.
Moments later, a player from the neighbouring table trundled over and bellowed, "Hey, Victor, I don't know what I'm doing, how do you play this game?" "Just raise and reraise," replied Ramdin with a grin.
