Shaun Deeb
Suddenly we have a lot of railbirds. It seems most are here to watch internet sensation Shaun Deeb. Most of them are young and American, so I assume they are his internet buddies (Well, his real life buddies, his buddies who also play on the internet.)
Alexander Burton moved his last 15,000 all in from middle position and was called by Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke. Burton showed and was dominated by Fricke's . on the board, and Burton hit the rail, while Fricke increased his stack to nearly 100,000.
Away from the TV table the action has decidely slowed down a little. The cagey play that engulfed day 1b has reared its head in day 2b. Lots players just above what would be considered a short stack not wanting to make a move at this point in the game.
Joey Lovelady. Not so keen on Isabelle.
The number of hands reaching showdown, or including tantalising glimpses of mucked or winning hands, has reached a tournament low at the beginning of this level. Patrik Antonius has been busy as a bee, raising or re-raising preflop in four out of seven of the last hands. He just took both blinds from Jeff Buffenbarger, who remarked, "I look down at A-6 and it seems pretty good when you see who's raising." The Finnish overachiever continues to build his towering stacks.
Elsewhere Isabelle Mercier is prepared to put Joey Lovelady all in on a board of , after he'd called her preflop raise in the big blind, and her 5k flop bet. When she quickly fired 15k on the turn, he thought for a good couple of minutes and let it go, leaving himself under 20k to play with.
One hand saw some hole cards - they came to light with Eric Joergensen holding on a board, his would-be eliminator with drawing stone dead. Double through for Eric, then.
Julien Bertazzon raised from UTG, Stephen Rynne moved all in from middle position and after a bit of a think Bertazzon called. Rynne tabled and was in bad shape against Bertazzon's .
"Aces!" exclaimed Jamie Gold. "What were you thinking about with ACES?!"
The flop was a brutal one for Bertazzon-- , making Rynne's set. The turn was the , opening up a flush draw for Bertazzon, but the on the river brought his Main Event to a close.