The Champ Stuck in Neutral
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Defending champion Freddie Ellis brought an exceedingly healthy stack into Day 2, but he's been slowly trending downwards almost from the call of "Suffle up and deal." A recent hand against Greg Mueller and Jean Gaspard aptly summarizes Ellis' day. Mueller brought it in and Ellis limped before Gaspard raised. They were three-handed to fourth street and to fifth street, where Mueller caught open kings, Gaspard caught open jacks, and Ellis' board was very ragged. Ellis had to fold, taking his stack down to about 30,000.