A short-stacked Aleksandar Brkovic found himself all in and at risk preflop moments ago for 20,300 with . He was racing against , and held as the board came , doubling to 41,000 chips.
Jarred Graham was all in and at risk when we stumbled upon his table moments ago. Three players, including Dennis Huntly, checked it down as the board ran out . Graham showed for a pair of kings, and Huntly flashed for a lowly pair of jacks.
Graham quadrupled his stack, and now has 56,000 chips.
Ankush Mandavia, an expert in online heads-up sit-n-gos, was all in and at risk for around 30,000 moments ago with . Tim English had him at risk with , and the two were off to the races.
Mandavia's wired pair held up as the flop, turn, and river came , and he doubled to 70,000 chips. English slipped to 113,000.
Randy Lew of PokerStars Team Online has gotten off to a good start here on Day 2. Here he talks about his start, his new table, and what he did during the long journey to Australia.
Tim Slater opened to 2,700 in the hijack seat, a player in the cutoff called, and Slater asked for an eight prior to the flop. The dealer obliged, fanning , and Slater continued for 3,100. The player called, and the turn brought the .
Slater fired out another 4,400, the player raised to 14,400, and despite asking for an eight on the flop, Slater folded.
After busting a player with on a board of , Jesse McKenzie defended his big blind against Liv Boeree. The flop fell , both players checked, and the turn was the . McKenzie led out for 2,500, and Boeree folded.