Two young stars have started Day 2 fast out of the blocks and have almost doubled their stacks. Both Guillaume Diaz of France and Germany's Manig Loeser lost a few chips on the following hand, but they're still in great shape.
A raise to 2,700 from the hijack was called by Diaz on the button and Loeser in the big blind. All three players checked on the flop, and Loeser checked the turn. The hijack made a delayed continuation bet of 5,800 and both of his opponents let their hands go.
Ankush Mandavia had what appeared to be a four-bet to 10,100 in front of him when we arrived at Table 442, and Ole Schemion, who had made it 6,000 to go, called after some thinking time. Both players checked the flop, and Mandavia checked again on the turn. Schemion made a tiny bet, 5,500, but Mandavia immediately folded.
"Are you going to report by real names or screen names?" a player at the table jokingly said.
Either way, we certainly need to keep an eye out for the next battle between "wizowizo" and "pistons87," Schemion and Mandavia's handles, respectively.
Scottish pros Niall Farrell and David Vamplew have both crashed out of the $5,000 event and are heading for the warm Las Vegas air. Maybe they will try jump in the late flight of the Monster Stack event?
The flop was contested three-way, although all three players checked it around. The big blind then checked to Hellmuth in the hijack and he bet 8,000. Kevin MacPhee folded on the button and the big blind followed suit.
"Phew!" said Hellmuth, "I'm glad nobody got stubborn, that could have been expensive!"
Dylan Linde opened for a raise to 3,500 in middle position, and Everett Carlton made it about 11,000 from the big blind. Linde pushed all in, and Carlton made the call with , dominating Linde's .
"Nice hand," Linde said.
Carlton's hand got even nicer on the flop, and the turn signaled the end of the hand.
Sweden's Michael Tureneic has doubled the size of today's starting stack and currently has 145,000 chips at his disposal. There is potential for fireworks at his table as he is sat with Melanie Weisner and Martin Hanowski who both have bg stacks, the latter being our chip leader right now.
flop, and Loeser checked the 
turn. The hijack made a delayed continuation bet of 5,800 and both of his opponents let their hands go.
flop, and Mandavia checked again on the 
turn. Schemion made a tiny bet, 5,500, but Mandavia immediately folded.
flop was contested three-way, although all three players checked it around. The big blind then checked to Hellmuth in the hijack and he bet 8,000. Kevin MacPhee folded on the button and the big blind followed suit.
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flop, and the 
turn signaled the end of the hand.
