Shaking Shak's Stack
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The flop was 
. Dan Shak bet enough to put his opponent all in. His opponent sighed and made the call.
Shak: 
Opponent: 
The turn brought the 
and the river the 
and Shak doubled his opponent. Shak is at 57,000 now.
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #56: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$4,464,300
Entries
1,941
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Keating Goes in Peace
Alex Keating will not be one of the happy 198 who make the money in this tournament.
He was all in for just a few thousand with 
and up against pocket kings. The board ran out 
which was not enough to swing it for Keating. He pretended to celebrate when the seven dropped, though, then put his backpack on and made a peace sign before leaving.
How Close Are We?
We are three places off the money. Our current chip leader is Thien Nguyen who has roughly 315,000 - he must have knocked out another big stack when no-one was looking, as he was at 170,000 when he checked up on him 10 minutes ago.
Gold Tarnished
Jamie Gold opened for 5,000 in the hijack and the gent in the small blind called to see a flop. The small blind checked, Gold bet 4,000 and the small blind called.
They saw an 
turn and Mr. Small blind bet out 5,300. Gold called. They saw a river as well and Mr. Small Blind now bet out 7,000. Gold snap-folded and dropped to 36,000.
Assorted Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
180,000 | 80,000 |
|
|
170,000 | 5,000 |
|
150,000 | 6,000 |
|
120,000 | -14,000 |
|
97,000 | 44,000 |
|
85,000 | 11,000 |
|
55,000 | 8,000 |
|
45,000 | 9,000 |
|
|
30,000 | -11,000 |
|
21,000 | -44,000 |
|
|
20,000 | 5,000 |
|
20,000 | -6,000 |
|
19,000 | 600 |
Last Men Standing
A really impressive number of Team Pros entered this event - we believe we had around 20 of them start this event yesterday - but we are now down to just two.
The sole remaining Team PokerStars Pros in our field as we approach the money are Andre Akkari and Victor Ramdin - and on a below-average 45,000 and 55,000, they've got a fair bit of work to do if they're going to become the first Team PokerStars bracelet winner of the Series.
Fish Doubles
From under the gun plus one, Tommie Janssen opened to 4,000. Darryll Fish moved all in for 17,400. Janssen made the call and the cards were tabled.
Fish:
Janssen: 
The board rolled out 
and Fish found a double up to keep his tournament hopes alive.
One Player Per Hand
A player in middle position opened for 5,000. Paul Biggs made the call from the cutoff and Eric Wasserson moved all in from the button for 27,600. The original raiser folded and the player in the cutoff turned to his tablemate Lauren Kling and asked if she thought his opponent had a pair. Apparently earlier Kling had said that she had online history Wasserson. Kling respectfully declined to help Biggs.
"I'm feeling lucky," he said and made the call.
Biggs: 
Wasserson:
The board rolled out 
and Biggs increased his stack to 175,000 while Wasserson made his exit.
We're Back
222 players remain, and we are approaching the money bubble.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300