Barry Greenstein had been in a tough few spots, dwindling down to 16,000 from the 50,000 these high rollers sat down with. It's a three-day event, though, and with blinds at 150-300 there would be plenty of time to rebuild patiently. Or just double up - that would be quicker.
So it was for 'The Bear', who found A♣A♠ and was somewhat chuffed to find himself in a pre-flop raising war with Roberto Romanello. It ended with Barry's 16,400 in the middle with his aces against Romanello's 7♣7♦ - a perfect spot for a double-up, and the 5♣2♥K♠A♥3♠ board obliged.
That puts the Team PokerStars Pro up to the 35,000 mark, a far more comfortable place sandwiched in the following chip counts.
SELECTED CHIP COUNTS:
Level 4, 5:20pm
Blinds: 150-300
Andy Bloch, USA - 140,000
Florian Langmann, Germany, PokerStars ShootingStar - 125,000
Betrand 'ElkY' Grospieller, France, Team PokerStars Pro - 104,000
William Thorson, Sweden, Team PokerStars Pro - 90,000
Michael Binger, USA - 83,700
Luke 'FullFlush1' Schwartz, UK - 77,000
Tony G, Lithuania - 61,125
Lex Vedhuis, Holland, PokerStars Sponsored Player - 56,000
Peter Eastgate, Denmark, Team PokerStars Pro - 53,300
John Juanda, USA - 48,825
Daniel Negreanu, Canada, Team PokerStars Pro - 47,500
Phil Ivey, USA, 46,400
Ilari 'Ziigmund' Sahamies, Finland - 45,000
Erik Seidel, USA - 44,300
Yevgeniy Timoshenko, USA - 39,875
Johan 'Busto_Soon' Van Til, Holland, PokerStars Sponsored Player - 38,750
Chris Ferguson, USA, 38,300
Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliot, UK - 38,050
James 'mig.com' Mackey, USA - 36,500
Barry Greenstein, USA, Team PokerStars Pro - 35,000
Gus Hansen, Denmark - 35,000
Mike 'Timex' McDonald, Canada - 31,625
Vanessa Rousso, USA, Team PokerStars Pro - 29,725
Alexandre Gomes, Brazil, Team PokerStars Pro - 27,800
Ivan Demidov, Russia, Team PokerStars Pro - 26,225
