On the 
flop, William Thorson and [Removed:273] checked before Marcel Bjerkmann bet 10,500. Martins Adeniya called and then Thorson and Casals folded.
The turn was the 
and Bjerkmann bet 24,500. After a minute in the tank, Adeniya gave it up and dropped to 67,000 in chips.
From under the gun, Jason Wheeler raised to 2,300. Andrey Saenko reraised from middle position to 7,100 and play folded back to Wheeler. He called and the flop came down 
. Wheeler checked and Saenko bet 9,500. Wheeler gave it some thought, but folded in the end and Saenko won the pot.
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We just saw Olivier "LivB" Busquet head off into the fray as a recent casualty of this Day 2. That's disappointing, but at least the other Liv B -- Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree -- is still alive and kicking. She's doing rather werll too, above the average with close to 150,000 chips.
These are from the lens of the impeccably dressed Neil Stoddart.
We picked up a heads-up pot on the turn as the board showed 
. The pot was heads-up, and Melanie Weisner was leading the betting. She put out 5,800 into a pot of about 8,000, and Maxim Panyak check-called instantly.
That led them to the 
river, and Panyak knocked the table again. Weisner studied, then made a final bet of 15,100. Panyak only had about 22,000 chips in front of him, and this time he took pause for about 45 seconds before splashing the call into the pot.
Weisner showed up 
, and it was good. A frustrated Panyak tabled his inferior 
, and he was left with just 7,600 after running up against the lady with the better ace.
Panyak did manage a double on the very next hand, so he's not going anywhere just yet. He got he last 7,500 in with 
against Vinny Pahuja's 
. The board ran out a dramatic 
, and Panyak sat back down to play on with about 17,500 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
153,000 | 29,400 |
We arrived at the table to witness a pretty big pot between Garri Tevosov and Scott Baumstein on the flop of 
. Tevosov fired 17,600 into the pot of about 25,000 and Baumstein called to see the turn.
The turn was the 
and Tevosov bet again, this time wagering 25,600 with a tad over 56,000 behind. Baumstein raised all in for 62,400. Tevosov looked very incomfortable with the shove and tanked for a bit. Eventually, he made the call.
Baumstein asked Tevosov if he had two kings before he tabled the 
. Tevosov shook his head and tabled the 
for just a straight draw.
"I've got a bad feeling," said Baumstein as he stood from his chair.
The river smacked the board with the 
and Tevosov smacked his straight. Baumstein threw his hands up in the air and began ranting about how bad the play was by Tevosov. He then collected his things, but didn't quite leave the area just yet. Baumstein spent a minute or two pacing back and forth next to the table, mumbling to himself about the hand.
"That's so bad, you play so bad," he was heard saying. "I mean, you didn't even know what to do when I shoved, that's so bad!"
Baumstein then made his way back around the table and in the direction of Tevosov's seat. When he breezed by, he made sure to toss out a few more comments about how bad he thought the play was from Tevosov. He then made his way through a few tables as if he was looking for someone to tell his story to. In the end, Baumstein slowly strolled out of the tournament room with a very empty look on his face.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000 | |
|
Busted |
Tallying up the numbers from the first level shows that no less than 76 players were sent back to their rooms early. And already, about a dozen have fallen during this second level, dropping us down to 320 remaining players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 | 43,200 |
|
120,100 | 18,100 |
|
|
98,500 | |
|
95,800 | 60,000 |
|
86,200 | 13,000 |
|
74,800 | 22,800 |
|
|
65,000 | |
|
61,900 | |
|
|
55,000 | |
|
39,600 | -16,000 |
|
|
39,200 | |
|
35,200 | |
|
31,600 | -2,400 |
|
20,400 | -14,800 |
|
19,700 | |
|
|
19,400 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
With the completion of the first level, the players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.
