Team PokerStars Pro Barry Greenstein has had a swingy start to his day here on Day 2. He began the day with 21,000, got up a little bit, dropped back to 16,000, then even further to 10,000, but now has moved back to 35,000. That's slightly over the average stack of 32,000 right now.
Form the button, Matt Smith raised before Hoyt Corkins reraised from the small blind. Smith made the call. Both players then took two cards on the first draw. After the draw, Corkins check-called a bet from Smith.
On the next drawing round, Corkins took two and Smith took one. Corkins checked before looking at his new cards. Smith bet and then Corkins looked at his cards before making the call.
On the final draw, both players drew one card. Corkins checked and Smith checked. Corkins announced a jack and Smith nodded his head. Corkins spread the 
and increased to 70,300. Smith dropped to 43,500 chips.
Kendall Fukumoto
Sanjay Pandya
Timothy "highlandfox" Finne
Amnon Filippi
Allen Chang
Alexander Wice
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Here are a few of the shots from the first level of today's action. You can check out the full photo gallery at the bottom of the right-hand sidebar.
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante:
Alexander Wice raised from middle position, Sorel Mizzi reraised from the cutoff and David Singer made it four bets from the button. Both Wice and Mizzi called. Wice then drew one, Mizzi drew one and Singer drew two. After the draw, Wice checked, Mizzi bet, Singer called and Wice called.
On the second draw, Wice drew one, MIzzi stood pat and Singer drew two. Wice checked post-draw and Mizzi bet. Singer called and Wice called.
For the final draw, Wice took one more card, Mizzi stood pat and Singer drew one. Then, all three players checked. Both Wice and Singer mucked when they saw Mizzi's 
. Winning the hand put Mizzi at 60,000 while Singer dropped to 15,400 and Wice dropped to 4,200.
For your statistical amusement...
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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55,000
24,100
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24,100 |
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46,000
3,500
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3,500 |
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45,000
1,500
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1,500 |
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43,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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32,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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31,000
21,800
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21,800 |
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27,000
9,000
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9,000 |
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24,000
15,500
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15,500 |
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23,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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15,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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13,000
19,800
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19,800 |
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Phillip Tom raised from middle position and then Tim Finne reraised from the small blind. Tom called. Finne drew two and Tom drew one. After the draw, Finne bet and Tom raised. Finne called and was all in.
Finne stood pat on the second draw and Tom drew two. On the third draw, Finne stood pat again and Tom drew two more. Finne held an and was able to win the hand with Tom mucking. He's now up to 11,000. Tom was left with just 200 chips and was eliminated on the very next hand.
Steve Billirakis just made number one to take a nice pot off two opponents. One of the opponents was Sanjay Pandya and the other was Salim Hanna. Pandya was eliminated on the hand and Hanna dropped to 58,000. Billirakis moved up to 19,000.
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