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We've got two full levels behind us, and the players are off for the first break of the day. This one will be 20 minutes, shortening to 10 hereafter. We'll be back just before 2:00 for another two levels.
Registration will remain open until the end of Level 5.
A player we don't recognize opened to 300 from the cutoff seat, and Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger three-bet him to 1,050 from the button. The original raiser four-bet to 3,000 straight, and Lichtenberger made the call.
Heads-up, the flop came 
, and Lichtenberger called a continuation bet of 3,500. On the 
turn, the raiser checked, and Lichtenberger took his cue to bet 4,000 at the pot. His opponent called, and the scary 
landed on fifth street. The raiser lept back into action, sliding out a small bet of 7,500. Lichtenberger thought it over for a long while, eventually folding his hand and dropping down to about 17,500.
Jason DeWitt raised to 300 from early position and Chris Reslock called on the button. The flop came down 
and DeWitt checked. Reslock bet 375 and DeWitt called, seeing the 
land on the turn. DeWitt checked and Reslock bet 1,000. DeWitt called again and when the 
fell on the river, both checked.
Reslock tabled 
and DeWitt couldn't beat it, dropping to about 20,000. Reslock upped his stack to about 35,000.
On an 
flop, Dave Sands checked. Bernard Lee bet 425 and was called by a third player in the pot. Sands folded and the 
fell on the turn. Both Lee and his opponent checked, seeing the land on the river. Lee check-called 525 from his oppponent, but mucked when he saw his opponent table 
.
Lee takes a small step back to 32,000.
Brian Meinders is one of the early risers at his tough table that includes Curt Kohlberg, Scott Fischman, Brent Roberts, David Peters, and now Brett Richey. Meinders is up over 40,000 after tangling up in a pot with Curt Kohlberg. On the river, Meinders bet 3,500 into a pot of close to that much as the board showed 
. Kohlberg gave him a long look before paying it off, and Meinders' gave him the winning full house and a decent early boost to his stack.
Meinders is probably just fine with the short-handed start to the day. In this past year's WSOP, he took 8th and 2nd place in back-to-back $2,500 short-handed limit events just three days apart.
Among those that entered the field toward the end of Level 1 include Dwyte Pilgirm, Brett Richey, and Eric Haber. Kathy Liebert and Josh Brikis have joined the field at the beginning stages of Level 2.
We caught up with the action on a 
flop where Isaac Baron bet 350. Shannon Shorr was next to act and he called, followed by a fold from Steve O'Dwyer. The 
hit the turn and Baron fired 1,025, only to see Shorr pop it to 2,700. Baron thought it over for about a minute, but opted to give it up.
Shorr: Up to about 32,000
Baron: Down to about 28,000
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
So far, we've spotted six Full Tilt Red Pros in the house today. Beth Shak was one of the first ones to show up today, on time when nearly nobody else was. Jordan Morgan has some excellent results to his credit in this city by the shore, and he's going to have to dodge a tough table that includes John Monnette, Lee Childs, Olivier Busquet, and Matt Affleck. "Miami" John Cernuto is tucked away in the far corner of the room, and Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger is over there somewhere too. Isaac Baron just showed up late to the party, and speaking of parties, John Racener has taken his seat in the field just moments ago as well.
Table 40 is loads of fun right now, and we just walked into the middle of a conversation that brought chuckles all around.
Allen Kessler was talking when we walked up: "I really wish they'd fill these seats, this is ridiculous. You know what happened in New Orleans? So, they advertised it as a nine-handed event, and --"
Amnon Filippi cut him off mid-sentence: "How do you know it they advertised it as nine-handed?"
Kessler: "Because I'm the defending champion."
Filippi: "Whoa! You won something? How many runners?"
Kessler: "Seventy-something."
Filippi: "Wow! Was it stud eight-or-better?"
Kessler just kept right on without missing a beat: "It was advertised as nine-handed, but we get there, and it wasn't nine-handed. There were only eight stacks on the table."
Filippi and Jonathan Little in unison: "A disaster for you!" Everyone at the table chuckles again, as they've been doing over the course of the whole conversation. Kessler continued on for a few more minutes, dodging the wisecracks from his table mates as he dragged two small pots in succession.
