Matt Wakeman is starting to make some progress here on Day 2b of the Queenstown Snowfest Main Event after eliminating a short-stacked opponent.
The hand that added plenty of chips to Wakeman's stack began when the player in the cutoff moved all in. Wakeman then isolated all in with 
from the small blind to be racing with his opponent’s 
. Wakeman paired the flop and that was enough as the board ran out 
.
Michael Fadersen has spent much of the day with a fairly short stack, but has managed to improve immensely during the last half an hour. We recently watched Fadersen take down a handy small pot against Craig Blight.
The hand in question began when the action was folded to Blight in the small blind. He raised it up to 2,000 and Fadersen called out of the big blind. Both players then checked the [ 6h5dqs] flop and it was on to the 
turn. Blight led for 2,000 here and Fadersen called.
The 
on the river would see both players check. Blight's 
, for a pair of fives, was trumped by Fadersen's 
, for a pair of sixes, and the pot was sent to Fadersen.
When we arrived at Billy "The Croc" Argyros' table, he and Aaron Benton were already involved in a hand on the turn of a 
board. Both players checked here, with approximately 6,000 in the pot.
The 
completed the board on the river and Argyros bet 4,000. Benton made the call and then mucked when Argyros tabled 
. A few of the guys at the table started chatting here and apparently Argyros had checked the flop and the turn, hoping to sneak in a check-raise.
Here is how some of the Day 2b players are currently doing.
When we arrived at Table 5, there was a 
flop out on the felt and it was a blind versus blind situation between John Shin and Kristian Lunardi. A check came from both players, with Lunardi in the small blind, and the dealer would flip over a on the turn.
Both players again checked here and a 
completed the board on the river. This time when Lunardi checked, Shin would bet 3,300 and Lunardi would call. Shin tabled his 
, with the rivered straight enough to take the pot off Lunardi.
With the second level of Day 2b about to commence, the tournament staff are currently removing the 25-denomination chips from play. At the end of this level, the remaining players will head on a 10-minute break before partaking in the last level of their separate Day 2 flight.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Canadian online superstar Ami “UhhMee” Barer has just been bundled out of the Queenstown Snowfest in a dramatic hand against Yvo Molin.
We picked up the action on a flop of 
with Barer betting out 1,450 before Molin raised to 5,000. Barer made the call and the turn was the 
.
Barer checked and Molin immediately declared himself all in! It was a big overbet as Molin covered Barer who had about 29,000 behind. Barer put his headphones on before going deep into the think tank for a good five minutes before the clock was called.
Barer sighed, put his chips in one stack and slammed them into the middle with 
for top pair, but it was bad news as Molin showed him for top pair with a better kicker. Barer was already up on his feet as the 
fell on the river, with Barer making a hasty exit as Molin moves up to a healthy 70,000.
Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang hasn't had a great start to Day 2b, losing a few more chips, this time to Corey Kempson. We arrived at the table with Kempson three-betting to 2,750 after Huang had opened to 1,200 from the cutoff. Huang went with the call and the dealer flipped over a flop.
Kempson led for 3,025 here and Huang made the call as a 
was flipped over on the turn. This time both players checked and a completed the board on the river. Kempson opted to lead again here, throwing out a bet of 5,600. Huang made the call and then immediately mucked when Kempson turned over 
.
Luke Edwards is the latest player to be seen making his way to the rail. Edwards, who started Day 2b as one of the shortest stacks, will have to seek his third ANZPT final table appearance in another event.
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