He may have been late, but Nicolas Levi got right to work. Three players saw a raised flop come out . Levi bet 16,100, and Dario Minieri declined to call the bet. Tom Dwan, on the other hand, obliged. The turn brought the , and Levi bet out 42,000. Dwan called again to see the on the river. Levi moved all in for 61,100, putting maximum pressure on durrrr. Dwan leaned back in his chair and went into the tank long enough to play 10 PLO hands online. Finally, he talked himself into a call. Levi turned up for top pair, top kicker, and Dwan mucked, dropping to 40,000. Levi is now the big stack at the table with 330,000.
Less than twenty minutes into Day 2 we have our first casualty; James Akenhead.
We missed the hand, but when we went to the table Chris Bell gave us the scoop.
According to Bell, he opened on the button and Akenhead three-bet from the blinds. Bell called, and the two took a flop of . Akenhead led out and Bell called.
The turn was another and when checked to Bell bet 50,000. Akenhead called.
The river brought a , and Akenhead checked again. Bell moved all-in and Akenhead called.
Bell tabled and Akenhead mucked before exiting the Amazon Room.
Welcome back to Day 2 of the first shootout of the Series. Yesterday 358 players turned out to play ten-handed at 36 tables. Each table produced one winner, who locked up $16,607 and earn themselves a trip to round two. Today they'll sit down at six six-handed tables and play until there is a king of each felt. Those six players will come back tomorrow for the final table.
Yesterday, Josef Monro and Aaron Gustavson dispatched their tables in record time and had the rest of the night to prep for today. On the other end of the spectrum, John Duthie took seven hours to beat Terrence Chan heads up and move on to Day 2. Brent Wheeler was the last to win his table, but win he did, and he'll be back with the rest. Somewhere in between, Tom "durrrr" Dwan, Justin "BoostedJ" Smith, Chris Ferguson, Faraz Jaka, Chino Rheem, Tommy Vedes, James Akenhead, Dario Minieri, Chad Brown and plenty of other big names took down their tables.
But those wins are in the past now, and everyone starts with a blank slate and 150,000 in chips. Everyone is just filtering in to size up their new competition. Let the shootout begin!
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. Levi bet 16,100, and Dario Minieri declined to call the bet. Tom Dwan, on the other hand, obliged. The turn brought the 
, and Levi bet out 42,000. Dwan called again to see the 
on the river. Levi moved all in for 61,100, putting maximum pressure on durrrr. Dwan leaned back in his chair and went into the tank long enough to play 10 PLO hands online. Finally, he talked himself into a call. Levi turned up 
for top pair, top kicker, and Dwan mucked, dropping to 40,000. Levi is now the big stack at the table with 330,000.
. Akenhead led out and Bell called.
, and Akenhead checked again. Bell moved all-in and Akenhead called.
and Akenhead mucked before exiting the Amazon Room.
and Smith check-called 8,500 from Jaka. The two checked the 
on the turn, and Smith checked a third time when the