News in Brief
With just a few minutes until the first scheduled break here on Day 2 of the PokerStars Championship Bahamas, we took in a few hands that may have big implications later.
Lauren Monosson will take no further part in proceedings after her preflop move all-in with 
was called by Harry Ratchford pocket nines, which survived through a board showing 
. Ratford now has around 80,000 and looks keen to progress a lot further.
Gleb Tremzin is still involved, although the Russian was very short-stacked when he moved all-in. He had pocket aces, however, and through a board of 
, they rivered a full house to double him up to 48,000.
Elsewhere, there have been good fortunes for two members of Team PokerStars Pro. Jason Mercier has 148,000 after a superb two levels, while Daniel Negreanu stacks up 83,000 himself, cruising above the average.