Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
We picked up the action on a flop of 
with close to 1,900 in blinds and antes in the pot in a battle of the blinds between Antonio Martins and Oliver Cartwright.
First to act in the small blind, Martins led out for 700 and Cartwright quickly raised to 2,700. Martins looked tempted, re-checked his cards, then decided to let it go. Martins dropped to 17,300 while Cartwright climbed to 43,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
17,300
2,275
|
2,275 |
flop with Cartwright the only caller. The 
slowed the Portuguese player down some and he checked the action over to Cartwright. 
flop over to Loeffler, who continuation-bet 1,600 and that was enough to get it done and he climbed to 45,700.
flop over to Jiang, who checked it back and the 
hit the turn. Loeffler checked once more and Jiang decided to take a stab for 1,800, which Loeffler quickly called. The 
river saw Loeffler change it up and he now led for 2,100 and after mulling it over Jiang tossed in the call.
for second pair and Jiang flicked his cards into the muck. He dropped to 21,000 after the hand while Loeffler is sitting pretty on the chip lead and a stack of 45,000.
