Leo Margets is one of the most recognisable female poker players on the European circuit. The diminutive Spaniard has won over $700,000 in a career spanning 4-years. She first came to prominence on the world scene after finishing in 27th place in the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, proving she has once found the right combination of skill and luck to get through a very deep field. She took home $352,832 for the performance that kick-started her career. Here is Margets getting it all-in during one of her first hands.
We caught the action on a flop of and three players in the pot. The big blind had bet 150, Margets had raised to 550 a few seats over and her next door neighbour had also made the call. We were waiting for the decision of the big blind and he called. The turn card was the and the big blind checked to Margets who moved all-in for 2,350. The player to her direct left really wanted to call, but in the end mucked his hand, as did the big blind, and Margets scooped the pot.
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Brent Hanks is back in the thick of it
We already have 2,439 players scattered around the Brasilia, Pavilion and Amazon room today so please bear with us as we try to cram in as many stories and as much action as we can.
So who has showed up on time in the Brasilia room?
The Romanian Mihai Manole is in the house bright and early. Manole has over $1.5 million in live tournament earnings. This includes eleven World Series of Poker (WSOP) cashes and two final tables. Manole once navigated his way through the choppy field of 2,543 entrants to finish third in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event won by Michael Linn in 2010.
WSOP bracelet holder Scott Montgomery has also arrived bright and early. Montgomery found his way through 3,102 people on his way to his WSOP victory in a 2010 $1,000 event, so another one with big field experience. Montgomery is also on a little run of form after bubbling Event #23: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six-Handed) just a few short days ago.
Another punctual WSOP bracelet holder is Kathy Liebert. Liebert has amassed $990,767 through her 36 WSOP cashes and is dressed in her usual purple attire. Lieberts bracelet came in a $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout event held in 2004.
Last but not least we have one of our most recent WSOP bracelet holder in the form of Brent Hanks. Hanks found his way through a field of 2,101 players in the second event of this series. He took home $517,725 after besting a final table that included Vanessa Selbst, Andrew Badecker, JP Kelly and Jacob Blazeley. Hanks on the hunt for bracelet number two.
Jack Effel has just announced that we in the midst of the biggest World Series of Poker (WSOP) weekend in history. There will be a bracelet ceremony during the first break.
The $1,000 World Series of Poker (WSOP) events are the ones where dreams can come true. Last year saw 3,144 entries and the eventual winner was Markus Schmid, who took home $488,283 and a WSOP gold bracelet. The win dwarfed Schmid's previous best of $5,620 earned in a WSOP event during 2010. Schmid is alive and well and has already had two cashes so far this series in Event #16 & 19 respectively.
Event #33 is a 3-day event and today is Day 1. Our schedule consists of eleven-sixty minute levels. There will be a twenty-minute break after every 2-levels and a ninety-minute dinner break at the end of level 6. Will another Markus Schmidt step up to the plate and have the WSOP of their lives? Find out by joining PokerNews for all of the action.
We start at 12:00 PM live and direct from the Brasilia room in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.
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and three players in the pot. The big blind had bet 150, Margets had raised to 550 a few seats over and her next door neighbour had also made the call. We were waiting for the decision of the big blind and he called. The turn card was the 
and the big blind checked to Margets who moved all-in for 2,350. The player to her direct left really wanted to call, but in the end mucked his hand, as did the big blind, and Margets scooped the pot.
