We spoke to the Lerner brothers at the break, and Derek (yes, we had to ask which was which, but so long as they don't change t-shirts we are now good for the rest of the day) told us an interesting hand he played against former English international footballer Teddy Sheringham.
It turns out that Sheringham opened for 2,500 before D. Lerner made it 8,000 to go with pocket queens; Sheringham pushed and Lerner called. Mr. Lerner was briefly delighted to see Sheringham holding a somewhat esoteric , until a king dropped on the board to double up the Brit. Although Lerner is now down to 16,000, he didn't seem too bothered about it at the break. "I'm in with a fighting chance," he said cheerfully.
Brit on Brit action now as pocket pairs collide preflop sending Lawrence Houghton out of the tournament as his Tens fail to spike against Sam Trickett's Queens. Trickett, who spent most of the first level looking asleep while getting a massage, now tops 200k and looks a good bet for another deep run.
James Dempsey opened preflop to 2,500 and got called by Toby Lewis in the small blind and Frederick Jensen in the big blind.
The flop of was checked around by all-in while the turn was checked to Dempsey who bet 3,500. Lewis now check-raised to 8,700 and Jensen folded but Dempsey made the call. Both players checked the river and Lewis showed which was good enough for the win.
Dempsey turned to us and said, "That's Toby 7 James 0...These young kids they run well online and then think they're it..."
Dempsey is left with around 40,000 while Lewis has about 150,000
Such were the Swede's words of warning after this hand, which illustrates why...
Alexander Isaev made it 2,700 to go in early position, and Thorson made the call from the small blind. On the flop, Thorson checked and Isaev moved the rest of his short stack in (looked like around 15k). Call from Thorson who expressionlessly tabled while Isaev showed . Turn: . River: . Isaev: shocked. Thorson: "Don't play with me."
WSOP sensation Dan Heimiller has dropped a chunk of chips to Gyula Szilagyi who received a full double through and a stack over the 100k mark after a blind on blind confrontation. We caught this hand only as Heimiller was counting out the chips, but the board had come ...... and the big blind Szilagyi's had flushed out Heimiller's . From the way Heimiller was shaking his head and frowning, he was clearly displeased with either the outcome of the hand or the way his opponent had played his King-Deuce (probably both).
And after the singular success of a set of sixes, Alex Kravchenko's mood has somewhat soured. He was all-in with on a against Patrick Sacrispeyre's (what else?) trip sixes but failed to spike a saving ace that would save the Russian. He's been eliminated, Sacrispeyre has about 80,000.
After winning that pot, Andre Coimbra lost all his newly purloined chips plus a few more across to Henri Kasper. The Estonian had got into a raising war with against Coimbra's with an underpair friendly board of which doubled up Kasper to over 100,000 while Coimbra dropped to around the same.
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, until a king dropped on the board to double up the Brit. Although Lerner is now down to 16,000, he didn't seem too bothered about it at the break. "I'm in with a fighting chance," he said cheerfully.
was checked around by all-in while the 
turn was checked to Dempsey who bet 3,500. Lewis now check-raised to 8,700 and Jensen folded but Dempsey made the call. Both players checked the 
river and Lewis showed 
which was good enough for the win.
flop, Thorson checked and Isaev moved the rest of his short stack in (looked like around 15k). Call from Thorson who expressionlessly tabled 
while Isaev showed 
. Turn: 
. River: 
. Isaev: shocked. Thorson: "Don't play with me."
and the big blind Szilagyi's 
had flushed out Heimiller's 
against Patrick Sacrispeyre's (what else?) trip sixes but failed to spike a saving ace that would save the Russian. He's been eliminated, Sacrispeyre has about 80,000.
against Coimbra's 
with an underpair friendly board of 
