Some more players advancing to the third round:
Owen Crowe defeated Mattias Bergstrom. Vladmir Schmelev beat Jamin Stokes. Scott Baumstein knocked out Douglas Polk. And Timothy Adams eliminated Adam Richardson.
Also, Alexander Kravchenko has moved on, having defeated Paul Berende.
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There's an intriguing battle occurring on one of the near tables, a permtastic David Williams taking on young Brit Stephen Chidwick. We all know Williams from his WSOP ventures and recent WPT win, but Chidwick is a lesser known entity within live circles.
More familiar by his online alias of stevie444, Chidwick is an STT specialist, having once won over 100 seats for the WSOP Main Event, and is regarded as one of the most talented online players around.
Today, however, he's looking to make his mark here in the flesh, facing a more experienced player in Williams. But the ball is currently in Williams' court, as he holds a commanding lead over his foe with 100,000 playing 20,000 and is closing in on victory.
On their last encounter, both players checked a 
board before Chidwick bet 21,000 on the 
river. Williams snap-called and turned over 
, which was more than enough to topple Chidwick's 
.
Back over to the Amazon Room, where we understand the Phil Ivey-Victor Ramdin match has concluded...
Ivey had Ramdin severely short-stacked, and finally Ramdin was all in with 
versus Ivey's 
. The flop brought a queen, Ramdin couldn't catch up, and Ivey earns a spot in tomorrow's third round.
Now both players can return to concentrate on that $2,500 PLO/PLH event in which they are entered.
Level: 15
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 0
The action rested on Ashton Griffin as a 
board waited patiently in the middle. Antoine Berube had moved all in for 15,800 and although Griffin didn't seem happy, he made the call with 
. "Yes!" self-congratulated Antoine Berube as he lay 
onto the table. An academic later and Berube had retaken the lead with 95,000 to Griffin's 25,000.
Tobias Reinkemeier has defeated Mark Muchnik. Craig Bergeron knocked out Jay Rosenkrantz. And Gavin Smith has taken care of Blair Hinkle.
Also through to the third round are Maxim Lykov (over Mathieu Clavet), Anton Kozlovskly (over James Mackey), Andrew Feldman (over Jochanan Flink), Nicholas Rampone (over Jamie Shaevel), and Faraz Jaka (over Thomas MacNamara).
With the board showing 
, Dee Tiller checked, and Barry Greenstein bet 4,000. Tiller then check-raised to 12,000, then Greenstein pushed all in for 26,000. Tiller made the call.
Greenstein showed 
, and Tiller 
. The turn then brought the 
, giving Tiller two pair. The river was the , and Greenstein is out.
"I couldn't get away from it," said Tiller afterwards to Greenstein as the Bear signed a copy of his book, Ace on the River, for the cowboy-hat wearing Texan. Tiller moves on to Round 3.
A couple of hands from the Phil Ivey-Victor Ramdin match to share with you, courtesy our Amazon Room correspondent.
Ivey jumped out to a lead early on, pushing to a 2-to-1 chip advantage on the following hand. Ramdin raised 3x to 1,200 from the button, and Ivey called. The flop came 
. Ivey checked, Ramdin bet 2,000, and Ivey called. The turn was the 
, and this time Ivey check-called a bet of 5,000 from Ramdin. Both then checked the 
river. Ivey showed 
, and Ramdin mucked.
After that one Ivey had 82,000 and Ramdin 38,000.
Ramdin battled back, however, and by the 400-800 level had a 2-to-1 chip lead of his own. He chipped Ivey down to 35,000, then Ivey scored a double-up, getting all of his chips in preflop with 
versus Ramdin's . Ivey's jacks held, and now he's up 70,000 to Ramdin's 50,000.
Congratulations to Owen Crowe, Valdimir Shchemelev, Scott Baumstein, Timothy Adams, Ludovic Lacay and Alexander Kravchenko. They all made short work of their respective opponents and are through to Round 3.
Level: 14
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 0
