Word came through that Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano, who began today with 24,400, was out. He wasn't in his seat, that much was certain, but could he really have lost all that? In the meantime he would go on to the missing in action, only for the few seconds before he walked right past me carrying a rack of red and yellow chips and his bag...
"I've been moved three times in ten minutes..."
Luca Pagano definitely still in.
The same can't be said for Hans Eskilsson, who counts as one of the early departures on day two. Also PokerStars qualifier Fabrizio Dosi, whose straight looked good against everything but the flush that eliminated him.
There have been flurries of all ins but surprisingly few takers. Peter Hedlund moved in and then moved out again when no interest was shown. Arnaud Mattern pushed in, moving his chips around his cards in a pincer movement before taking them back when no one fancied a punt at taking out a former champ.
His table is no soft touch, featuring as it does Team PokerStars Pros Marcin Horecki and Isabelle Mercier, both of whom are on the white knuckle side of average. Mercier's own attempt and double or quits ended in the same way, no takers. Well that's what happened the first time. A second time shove with ace-ten on the button was not as uneventful, running as they did into the aces of Shyam Srinivasan which put a swift end to Mercier's working day.
