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After grinding away all day around the 30k mark, AREZ_ONE's patience has paid off with a big double late in the day.
On the button and facing a raise from MP of 3300, AREZ_ONE looked down on pocket aces and re-raised it to 8k. MP then pushed all-in over the top and AREZ_ONE made the easy call. AREZ_ONE turned over his AhAs and his opponent showed QcQd. The board ran out Kh Th 4c xh Jh giving AREZ_ONE the nut flush and doubling his stack up over 70K.
AREZ_ONE actually revealed during the dinner break that he was sick in bed all day yesterday and is still feeling the effects of a cold today. Consideing this, his efforts today are even more amazing.
Sad news to report as bigbalu67 has just been knocked out of action late tonight on Day 2a. bigbalu held 66 with 2 3 4 on the board, with two clubs. bigbalu67 pushed all-in on the flop and his opponent called with 9c 8c and hit a nine on the turn to seal the deal.
Suited Nelson and bigbalu67 debating whose hat is cooler.
Team PokerRoom is eight strong heading into the last level of the day, sitting on the following chip stacks:
drohse: 235,000
efroni1: 160,000
TheBrain001: 67,000
---Grazy---: 62,300
UpChitCreek: 60,100
pokerfiah: 58,000
AREZ_ONE: 31,600
bigbalu67: 19,500
drohse continued to climb higher and efroni1 made a big move as well. Everyone else held steady or chipped up a bit, with the exception of bigbalu67 who lost a monster pot with kings versus aces.
One last level to go in Day 2a with blinds of 600/1,200 and a 200 ante when players return from the break.
bigbalu69 before the beats started piling up
drohse grabbing a quick bite before adding more chips to his stack.
Liam has once again caught a couple of todays heroes for some dinner break interviews.
After getting down as low as 13k with 500/1000 blinds and 100 ante, pokerfiah has bounced back to over 50k by doubling up twice in quick succession.
Day 2a has certainly been a roller coaster ride for pokerfiah; starting out with 77K, dropping down to the depths of 13k, and now bouncing right back up to near average. Let's hope the good run continues and pokerfiah can make it though to Day 3 with a healthy stack.
Janus1894's WSOP Main Event has ended after his pocket J's ran into Pocket A's with all his chips in the middle.
Under the gun and low stacked, Janus1984 pushed all-in preflop after leading out with a raise and then being re-raised from MP. Janus1984 showed JJ, but was going to need to connect with the board when his opponent tabled AA. The board ran out with no improvement for either player and that was the end for Janus.
That's no less than three times today that a Team PokerRoom.com player has been busted by pocket A's.
It seems that pocket aces are destined to be the doom of Team PokerRoom today. J Carlisle was holding KK on a K 5 7 flop, and, even better, got tons of action, getting his 60K+ stack into the middle with an opponent that covered him and who was holding AA. Blank on the turn was welcome news but an A spiking on the river to give his opponent a set of aces wasn't a welcome sight at all.
J Carlisle seemed amazingly upbeat after that terrible turn of events, echoing the sentiment that there wasn't much he could do about it and wouldn't play it any other way. He did say it was time to head back to the hotel to tie one on, a sentiment we can definitely understand and officially endorse in cases like this.
J Carlisle getting his drink on.
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Here are the chip counts at the dinner break, with ten members of Team PokerRoom still alive and in the mix:
drohse: 210,000
---Grazy---: 110,000
efroni1: 106,000
bigbalu67: 98,000
J Carlisle: 63,800
UpChitCreek: 48,000
TheBrain001: 46,000
Janus1984: 44,700
AREZ_ONE: 30,200
pokerfiah: 21,200
While we did lose Hamburg 10 towards the end of the level, many of the remaining players made big moves during the last level, including efroni1, bigbalu67, and drohse (who pushed his monster stack over the 200K mark).
One Team PokerRoom.com member who has been really cleaning up on Day 2a is Austrian player ---Grazy---. Starting the day on 24k, ---Grazy--- has now chipped up to over 100k during the first two levels and has given himself every chance to make it through to Day 3 and beyond.
Despite his growing stack ---Grazy--- is definitely not getting ahead of himself and he was very cool and calm during the last break. I think he has his eye on a big pay day here at the WSOP and is certainly playing like a man on a mission.
Having played poker for around 8 years, ---Grazy--- is quite experienced and he plays both online with PokerRoom.com and live at his local local Pokerroyale Card Casino in Wiener Neustadt. He said that he loves playing in live events because of “the whole atmosphere, the different types of personalities you meet at the tables, and of course the money”.
Outside poker ---Grazy--- is interested in sports, especially football, and he plays in a football team in the fourth league in Austria. He is also studying computer science at the University of Technology in Graz.
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