"Do we know how much that monstrosity of a stack is?"
So asked Jeremy Halaska, currently sitting behind heaps of chips at Table 435. He shrugged and said "About 300?"
"Aww it's more than that. Dude came in with like 70," came the reply "Was like the sickest rush I've ever seen." Indeed Halaska did start today with 76,600, but after two hours-plus is now sitting behind what looks to be the most chips of anyone.
"Busted like how many...? Seven? Eight?" asked Halaska's table mate. He again nodded, saying he thought it was about that many.
It'll be hard to remain so humble much longer for Halaska, should his upward trend continue.
Billy Vogel, the winner of the inaugural DeepStacks Poker Tour event in February, was eliminated just before the break. We didn't catch the hand, but Vogel filled us in via Twitter.
BillyVogel William VogelI suck. Finished 142nd. 4 bet jammed K6o. He had 99. Whoops.June 25 2012
Action folded over to a short-stacked player, who went all in for approximately 20,000 from middle position. Directly behind him in the hijack, Joe Tehan flat called. Everyone else got out of the way and hands were revealed.
Tehan:
Opponent:
Tehan had his opponent crushed and the board kept Tehan in the lead as he scooped the pot and eliminated his opponent.
We caught up with the action on a flop, where a player in early position fired for 5,000 and change. Cada made the call to see a turn, which brought the .
Cada's opponent fired 8,300 and Cada responded by raising to 22,000 total. His opponent immediately announced he was all in and Cada quickly mucked.
"You didn't see my hand - did you?" Cada asked jokingly.
The 2009 Main Event winner is down to 61,000 following the hit.
So explained 2009 WSOP Main Event Champion Joe Cada to an opponent while jerking a thumb to his left. Ivan Demidov, runner-up at the 2008 WSOP Main Event, shook his head in acknowledgement from a seat over.
With all of the bustouts, players are moving around rapidly. An interesting group has now been assembled over on Table 431. Besides Cada and Demidov, start-of-day chip leader Tony Welds is there as well, although he's seen his stack cut down considerable as we move through the second level of the day.
It's possible Kevin Elia may have had something to do with Welds' situation, as suggested by the columns of chips sitting front of him. Elia looks to be our leader at the moment with 150 players left.
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board kept Tehan in the lead as he scooped the pot and eliminated his opponent.
flop, where a player in early position fired for 5,000 and change. Cada made the call to see a turn, which brought the 
