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Scott Montgomery had raised to 2,000 from middle position when a player in the cutoff responded with an all-in raise to 10,200. Montgomery called and we were off to watch a classic race unfold.
Montgomery: 
Cutoff: 
Montgomery hit one of his overcards as soon as the flop came 
. The river was the 
and the 
on the river sealed the deal.
After the bustout, Montgomery has found himself up to 100,000 in chips.
We thought things might have been shaping up to have a big hand unfold when Svetlana Gromenkova raised to 2,100 from early position. Soheil Shamseddin is seated to her left and made the call. After a few players folded, the player in the cutoff announced he was all in for a total of 15,000. Gromenkova quickly folded, but Shamseddin took some time to think over his options.
After a moment, Shamseddin told the cutoff, "You're ahead, don't worry. I'm just thinking if I want to gamble."
The cutoff replied, "I know I'm ahead right now."
After a few more seconds, Shamseddin folded 
face up and said, "In my younger days, I'd gamble."
David "Doc" Sands raised to 1,800 from middle position, and Fabrice Soulier moved all in two seats behind him. The small blind tanked for a minute before folding and sending the action back to Sands. David asked the dealer to break down one of the Soulier's stacks, instructing the guy step-by-step trying to get an accurate count. It was 13,600 total for Sands to call. And call he did to put Soulier at risk. It was Fabrice's 
against David's 
.
The 
flop was fine for Soulier, but the 
on the turn gave him a bit of a sweat. With the 
on the river, Soulier groaned and got up from the table. The dealer turned to stop him. "Hey, you won." Fabrice pointed to the backdoor flush that the dealer had missed. "Thanks for the try, dealer," Soulier said on his way out.
After the hand, the small blind said he hadn't realized that Doc Sands had raised pre and thought Soulier had just open shoved. He told the table he'd also had king-jack. "Was it suited?" asked Sands? " I like king-jack of diamonds better than king-jack of spades." But since his spades the got there, Sands is up to 67,000.
Ryan D'Angelo looks to be our new chip leader. He's currently sitting with 108,000 chips. We stuck around for a few hands and saw his stack working in his favor as he got a walk in the big blind and raised from the small blind and the cutoff in the next two hands without getting any takers.
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
With large Day 2 fields, it's near impossible to get accurate chip counts on the entire field. We'll be updating the majority of notables we're tracking in the blog, and in the chip counts, but we won't have a full list until we start getting to a more manageable number, which is usually around 9-10 tables. Thanks for following the updates!
Players are on a twenty-minute break as we get rid of those pesky 25 chips.
Liv Boeree was sitting in the big blind when action had folded around to the small blind, who raised to 1,800. Boeree wasn't about to let him get off that easy, though. She took some time and announced a raise before placing 5,200 into the middle, leaving just 13,500 behind. Her opponent tanked for a few minutes before finally folding.
Antoine Saout raised from the hijack, and the player on the button three-bet him to 3,600. Saout took his time counting out a reraise to 11,675. That was enough to scare away Mr. Button, who showed his cards to neighbor Neil Channing before mucking.
Marco Traniello started the day off by winning a modest pot after a board of 
was checked down. Traniello unenthusiastically announced that he had a flush and tabled 
to which his opponent replied, "Ah, you got there?" and mucked his 
face up.
