Erick Lindgren must have won an early pot as he was up well above his 19,000 Day 2 starting stack when we encountered him -- but not for long after he raised preflop and bet out on the flop only to fold to a raise on the turn. Back to 19,000.
Things improved a few hands later though. Stephen Buchanan raised and both Chris Ferguson in the small blind and Lindgren in the big called to see a flop which all three checked. Lindgren bet the river and Buchanan called (although Ferguson folded, leaving himself even shorter than before) but Buchanan folded when Lindgren bet out again on the river. Lindgren right back up to 30,000.
Shaun Deeb raised from early position before Brandon Wong three-bet from the button. The blinds folded and Wong made the call.
They saw a flop of and Deeb checked to Wong who fired a bet. Deeb then put in a check-raise before Wong moved all in for his last chips. Deeb made the call.
Deeb:
Wong:
Deeb had out-flopped Wong and the when the turn and river bricked , Wong had been sent to the rail with Deeb now at a commanding 116,000 chips.
Jennifer Harman has further cemented her chip lead, taking an early pot off of Brock Parker. He check-called all the way but mucked when Harman showed him pocket aces; she's up to 155,000 while he's down to 45,000 or so.
Kevin Song has lost a sizable pot -- he seems to have check-called all the way down an board only to give a what-can-you-do shrug and muck when Farzad Banyadi showed him to take the pot.
Good morning and welcome back to the Brasilia Room, where our $10,000 high rollers are having to share the yellow section with another tournament in a most undignified way.
Nevertheless we will shortly be getting down to business. 116 runners remain, with Jennifer Harman appearing to have snuck into the lead in the last few hands last night. Mark Klecan, Maria Ho, Josh Arieh and Shaun Deeb are all hot on her heels though with over 100,000, so right now it's anyone's game.
We'll be playing today until we hit final table or 3am, whichever comes first. Shuffle up and deal!