Lerner Family Rising; Ospina Biding His Time
Yesterday we focused on one family of players that made it through to Day 2 -- Humberto, Alex and Roberto Brenes -- at the expense of another. Brothers Derek and Aaron Lerner are both in the Day 2 field. Derek started the day with 83,600 chips and has already busted one player and moved another off of pocket queens. He's into six-figure territory. His brother Aaron has to be a little more cautious as he only had 46,800 chips to start play.
The overnight chip leader, Daniel Ospina, hasn't made much noise yet. We saw him win the blinds a few times and otherwise play a small pot against Alex Brenes. Brenes opened pre-flop for 3,700, then checked an all-Broadway flop of . Ospina checked behind. Brenes tried a bet of 4,000 on the turn, then checked after Ospina called to the river. Ospina checked behind, then mucked his hand to Brenes' pair of kings, .
On the short stack front, Brad Stebeleski survived a flip situation, all in pre-flop with pocket sixes against an opponent's . Stebeleski's opponent flopped a king, but Stebeleski found his two-outer six on the turn.