We happened upon the table with 12,000 in the pot and a board reading . Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen checked from the big blind and his fellow pro, Ana Marquez, took the opportunity to bet 4,500 from the button. Guillen thought for a long time, but ultimately opted to lay down his hand.
The duo have been having opposite experiences thus far on Day 2. Guillen, who started the day with a decent stack, has steadily dwindled while Marquez has nearly tripled her starting stack.
We caught up to find over 25,000 already in the pot with the board reading . Eric Goudriaan slid out a bet of 16,200 and Liv Boeree went into the tank. Eventually she folded and showed the , allowing Goudriaan to take the pot and boost his stack to about 165,000. Boeree, on the other hand, has fallen to 54,000.
Matej Marinovic opened for 2,500 under the gun only to have Lorenzo Sabato three-bet to 5,800 from middle position. Salvatore Salzano then called from the big blind, Marinovic came along, and three players watched the flop fall .
Two checks put action on Sabato, he fired out 6,500, and it was enough to take the pot down. The hand wasn't anything special, but it gave us an excuse to let you know that Sabato is now up to 316,000, which appears to make him the new chip leader.
Tristan Wade is doing his thing and won two pots in-a-row whilst we were observing his table.
Paul Guichard opened to 2,400 and picked up four callers on the journey to the flop. This juncture and the next were checked by all players to leave a final board of .
Guichard bet 5,100 and was only called by Wade who held for a rivered flush. Guichard flashed the and mucked.
The very next hand it was Wade who opened to 2,800. He was called by the small blind before both players went on check down the board. Wade opened and took the pot as his opponent mucked.
With 3,500 in the pot Sylvain Mazza raised to 2,500 and Tom Alner made the call. Christopher Brammer reraised to 9,400 sending Mazza into the tank. He eventually folded and the decision was on to Alner who gathered four-betting chips and fired 22,800.
Brammer counted his own stack and decided to get out early and folded his hand. Alner flashed his cards to Brammer and immediately mucked. Other players asked him to show the hand to the rest of the table as well. The dealer then picked it up and opened Ace King.
Ben Vinson just sent Chady El Ojeil home to move to nearly 200,000 in chips. At the beginning of the day, Vinson started on 125,000 and change, so he's done well to build through the first few levels.
On this hand, Vinson held the against the for El Ojeil. The money had gone in preflop, and the board ran out to send El Ojeil to the rail.
We found David Baker raise to 2,500 from middle position. His only caller was a short-stacked player from the big blind. The flop fell and the big blind checked. Baker checked behind to see the turn.
Fourth street brought the and it was once again checked to Baker. Baker fired 3,000 and the big blind called. The finished the board and the big blind checked for a third and final time. Baker dropped a large stack of chips in the middle for a bet that was enough to put the big blind all in. With only 8,200 behind, the big blind folded and Baker took down the pot. He's currently sitting on about 52,000 in chips.
Yuval Bronshtein shoved before the flop and was called by Alessandro Longobardi and Sam Trickett. Both Longobardi and Trickett had plenty of chips behind and so the dealer only opened three cards: .
Trickett bet 8,000 and Longobardi got out of the way. It was now time for a showdown and Bronshtein flipped while Trickett showed . Bronshtein missed both on the turn and on the river and went home empty-handed.
There's nothing like looking down at pocket rockets, a feeling Atanas Kavrakov knows all to well after using them to vault over 200K!
It happened when he raised to 2,500 from middle position and was called by Tristan Wade in the hijack. Gani Jahaj then three-bet to 9,800 from the button, Kavrakov four-bet 20,000, Wade folded, and Jahaj moved all in for roughly 42,000. Kavrakov made the call and was a huge favorite.
Showdown
Jahaj:
Kavrakov:
There would be no excitement as the board ran out a dry . With that, Jahaj exited the tournament floor while Kavrakov chipped up to 205,000.
. Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen checked from the big blind and his fellow pro, Ana Marquez, took the opportunity to bet 4,500 from the button. Guillen thought for a long time, but ultimately opted to lay down his hand.
. Eric Goudriaan slid out a bet of 16,200 and Liv Boeree went into the tank. Eventually she folded and showed the 
, allowing Goudriaan to take the pot and boost his stack to about 165,000. Boeree, on the other hand, has fallen to 54,000.
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and mucked.
board. Wade opened 
and the big blind checked. Baker checked behind to see the turn.
finished the board and the big blind checked for a third and final time. Baker dropped a large stack of chips in the middle for a bet that was enough to put the big blind all in. With only 8,200 behind, the big blind folded and Baker took down the pot. He's currently sitting on about 52,000 in chips.
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turn and on the 
. With that, Jahaj exited the tournament floor while Kavrakov chipped up to 205,000.
