In a recent hand, the players got all in with Tsinis holding
to McNeil's 
. When the board finished at 
, Tsinis evened the match again, bringing his stack to 227,000 vs. McNeil's 223,000.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 22 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 2
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,363,635
Entries
1,000
Level
8
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 1,000
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In a recent hand, the players got all in with Tsinis holding
to McNeil's . When the board finished at , Tsinis evened the match again, bringing his stack to 227,000 vs. McNeil's 223,000.
In the first, Margolis got all in with
against Skampa's 
and doubled to 95,000 after the board came 
.Just a few hands later, Margolis did it again, getting in with
against Skampa's 
. This time, he connected on a board of 
. Margolis now has 238,000 to Skampa's 212,000.
McNeil:
Tsinis:
Neither player improved when the cards fell
, and McNeil's ace played. He now has 340,000 chips to Tsinis' 110,000.
Margolis:
Skampa:
A 10 in the door on a flop of
put Margolis further ahead in the hand and he held on to win when the board finished with the 
.Margolis now has 308,000 to Skampa's 142,000.
Liesy:
Katchalov:
When Liesy couldn't find an ace on a board of
, Katchalov took the pot and advanced to Day 3.
Skampa:
Margolis:
Skampa held his lead through a flop of
, but fell behind when the fell on the turn. The on the river ended the hand and Margolis advanced.
Showdown
Tsinis:
McNeil:
The board would run out
, improving nobody. With his ace-queen high, Michael McNeil has knocked off Tsinis and punched his ticket to tomorrow's final table.
Jason Somerville may well be the handicapping favorite going into Day 3, but this format makes things not so easy to call. Each of the ten players will start with the same 450,000-chip stack, and it truly is anyone's game. Things will get started at 2:00pm tomorrow, and we hope you'll join us then as we crown our Shootout Champion. Until then, goodnight from the Amazon Room!
Event 22 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day 2 Completed
