Hugo Marcelo Climbing
It's a been a good day so far for the Brazilian poker star Hugo Marcelo. He started the day with 121,000 chips, but he's nearly doubled that already within the first two levels.
In a recent hand, Marcelo opened with a raise to 4,500 from under the gun. He found a call from the player to his left, the player on the button, Francisco Araujo in the small blind and Ramiro Petrone in the big blind.
The flop came down 
and action checked around to the player under the gun +1. He moved all in and action folded back to Marcelo who called.
Marcello: 
Under The Gun +1: 
The board bricked out for the early position player when it came 
making Marcelo's queens and fives best. He collected the players roughly 40,000 chip stack and was able to climb well over 200,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000
114,000
|
114,000 |