Continuing his recent rush, chip leader Paul Nash raised to 7,500 from early position and watched as Bernard Lee shoved all-in for approximately 50,000. Perhaps emboldened by his hot streak, Nash made the call and flipped up . He found himself flipping a coin with Lee, who held , and the coin landed in his favor when an spiked on the river.
Lee had been grinding his short stack throughout this Day 2, displaying the patience and strategic fundamentals which define professional play. As is so often the case in the cruel game of poker, all of Lee's hard work was dashed with the turn of a river card. He exited the tournament area holding his face in his hands, the pain evident in his expression, while Nash simply stacked his chips and smiled.
On table 370, Kenneth Horton raised from middle position before Per Martin Jacobson reraised, forcing the others out of the way before Horton snap-shoved. Jacobson snap-called and quickly tabled .
"I'm in trouble," Horton sighed as he rolled up . Both players hit two pair on the board of , but Jacobson was best and Horton was busto.
A short-stacked Bernard Lee open raised all-in from the button and the small blind re-shipped he stack for well over 100,000. The big folded and hands were revealed.
Lee:
Opponent:
The board , giving Lee the 8-high straight and the double to just over 50,000.
Throughout the day we have noticed one player with an extremely short stack, however, as the field continues to shrink Marc Steel has managed to survive to this point. As we passed by a moment ago, Steel caught our attention to inform PokerNews that he was still alive, even with his micro-stack of just 12,000 chips.
With a hand in progress, Steel mentioned that he had been dubbed "Survivor Man" by his fellow players, and followed that by stating "I think they hate me, but I'm still here."
Steel went on to say that he prefers a nickname he earned years ago while competing in another tournament circuit: The Bad Boy of Bubble Hockey. Apparently Steel was ranked 4th in the world among bubble hockey players, and although poker is a stark departure from that game, Steel is fast becoming Day 2's resident bad boy.
All the money was in the middle before the flop when our reporter arrived at the scene; Joseph Booth had committed the rest of his chips in with but had run into the of Aneris "Duracell" Adomkevicius.
With neither hand improving on the board, Booth was sent to the rail, while Adomkevicius stacked up 88,000 in chips. He was sitting on monster stack earlier, but we suspect that most of them have ended up in Paul Nash's possesion - he's now the new chip leader with almost 400,000!
We missed the exact amounts, however, a player opened from middle position, Sam Trickett re-raised from the button and a third player four-bet all in from the big. The original raiser folded but Tricket chucked in a call.
Trickett:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Trickett was knocked back down to just 55,000.
Jeff Blenkarn, dubbed "The Messenger" by our PokerNews team, faced a raise of 18,000 made by Sandeep Pulusani. Holding the button, Blenkarn decided to make his stand and shoved all-in for his remaining 59,500. Pulusani tanked for two minutes or so before ultimately making the call with his . The Messenger showed down and were off to the races.
Flop:
Blenkarn bricked the flop and would need help on the turn or river in order to survive.
Turn:
The Messenger received a bit of good news when he picked up a flush draw, and he had a number of outs heading to the river.
River:
The dealer delivered none of Blenkarn's outs and he was eliminated. Pulusani nearly doubled his stack and climbed to over 130,000 with the knockout.
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. Both players hit two pair on the board of 
, but Jacobson was best and Horton was busto.
, giving Lee the 8-high straight and the double to just over 50,000.
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of Aneris "Duracell" Adomkevicius.
board, Booth was sent to the rail, while Adomkevicius stacked up 88,000 in chips. He was sitting on monster stack earlier, but we suspect that most of them have ended up in Paul Nash's possesion - he's now the new chip leader with almost 400,000!
and Trickett was knocked back down to just 55,000.
and were off to the races.
