CK and Bayne Sweat Post - $1,500 PLO

I'm covering Day 2 of $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven today, which should give me plenty of time to sweat CK and Bayne.

2:36pm PT I got to the Amazon Room about thirty minutes ago, just as they were going to break after Level 2. Already 40% of the field is gone. CK has 5,400. Greg Raymer (two to her left) and Humberto Brenes (two to Raymer's left) are at her table.

Bayne is hanging tough. He hasn't managed to chip up much yet -- only about 3,500 in his stack -- but he's a tough nut to crack so expect him to stick around a while yet.

3:38pm PT. They're ten minutes into Level 4 now. CK took a huge pot off of Greg Raymer to cripple him and send her up to 10,350. Raymer hit the rail on the next hand. Bayne, unfortunately, is heading in the opposite direction. He is down to 1,550. Blinds are 100/200.

4:28pm PT. They're on the second break. CK is holding steady with 9,450. Bayne, unfortunately, is out. He was good-natured about it at least: "I got all my chips in drawing dead." In Bayne's defense, he was short-stacked at the time.

With 239 players remaining, the average stack is about 9,700. CK is in good shape!

5:25pm PT. We've been having internet problems here in the Amazon Room. At last check, CK had 9,000 chips.

6:31pm PT. I had to shoo Bayne away from her table. Don't want to psyche her out. She's sitting on about 9,800 chips with 136 remaining. That means she's below par at this point by a fair amount. Keep your fingers crossed!

6:50pm PT. She made the dinner break. Still on 9,400. 120 players left. My information is that 72 will make the money (8 tables). I told her about all of your comments and support. Keep them coming!

8:20pm PT. Cards are in the air. She's short, but she has a game plan and she has confidence. We'll see what happens...

9:30pm PT. Still alive! She's managed to tread water, down a little to 8500. 94 players remain; she needs to get through 22 more eliminations to cash. Blinds are now 400/800 (yikes!) Send all your good card karma her way please.

9:47pm PT. She's out. Getting short and needing to make a move, she pushed QQJT preflop. AAxx called. She flopped a partial wrap draw but didn't get there. Out in 86th place. I'm still hella proud of her for making a good run and especially want to thank Short-Stacked Shamus for feeding me updates all day.