During level 2, I increased my stack to 25k.  Not much of an increase, but I will take an uptick any day over a decrease.  This level ran much better for me—I won 3 of the 10 hands I played.  I had one big blind special with K 3 off suit in big blind, it limped 5 way and it flopped K 3 2.  I checked and it checked all the way around to the super loose, aggressive player in seat 1 (Turkish guy).   He bets 1k and I raise to 3k (in case he has a K, I wanted to make him pay to try to hit his kicker.  He could have any two cards and I don’t want to create value for the people behind me to call.  I wanted more information in the hand and I was happy to take it down right there). He instantly folds and I pick up a nice pot.

The super loose, aggressive, Turkish player has played every single hand in 3 hours of play (except one).  It’s sick because he is hitting everything and has knocked two players out.   One of them where he had a straight draw and an under flush draw against an ace-high flush draw and he hit a straight on the turn and no flush came.  The other was J 2 against A K and he limps for 200 with J2 and the small blind makes it 1100 with AK.  The Turkish guy cold calls.  The flop comes K 2 5.  The A K leads out for 2500 and the J 2 player instantly calls the 2500 as if he knows what is coming on the turn.  The turn is another 2 and the AK guy leads out with about 5k after which Turkish guy pushes all in with his trips.  The other guy calls and blanks the river to be eliminated rather early on day 1.  The AK is tough to get away from considering the particular opponent in the hand.  However, the AK guy probably didn’t need to go broke there. 

Anyhow, I am feeling good still and we are down to 7 players at my table.  Just waiting for two new players to fill the newly-empty seats, however it probably won’t happen before we break.   I will have another update after next level.