Amanda Musumeci During Her Deep Run in the 2011 Main Event
Upon browsing through the Silver section of the Brasilia room, we found Amanda Musumeci sitting on a healthy stack of about 25,000. Musumeci burst on to the poker scene last year with an impressive four cashes at the 2011 WSOP.
Most notably of Musumeci's finishes last year was her deep run in the Main Event. Musumeci was able to best the gigantic field and finish in 62nd place, which puts her run among the top 1% of last year's field. Since then, Musumeci has been tearing up the WSOP Circuit, with final tables in events at the Palm Beach Kennel Club, Atlantic City, Council Bluffs, and St. Louis.
Musumeci is still in the hunt for her first WSOP bracelet, and with the healthy stack that she is currently sporting, this time around may certainly be a possibility.
Fabrice Soulier, winner of last year's $10,000 HORSE Championship has managed to fly under our radar for most of the day. Last time we checked on him, however, we've found that his stack has grown to one of the largest in the room.
We caught up to see a player bet out on a board, only to find Soulier move all in. His opponent called and showed for Broadway, but was ultimately behind Soulier's flush. The river was the and Soulier was able to send a player home.
Antonio Esfandiari raised to 1,000 preflop and found the player in the big blind push out a three-bet to 2,400. Esfandiari would not be pushed around by her raise, however, as he moved out a four-bet, making it 5,500 to go. His opponent called and the flop of was spread out in front of the two.
After about a minute of thinking, Esfandiari's opponent rapped the table, prompting the Magician to instantly announce that he was all in. His opponent mucked her hand, and he was able to scoop the pot, boosting his stack to around 17,000.
In the last 20 minutes we have witnessed Ari Engel not only pick up aces twice, but take down the pot both times.
The first time it was against David Chicotsky when Engel's saw him barrel all streets and get a fold from Chicotsky before tabling his hand.
Engel then picked up the against an unknown opponent who put his stack all-in preflop holding . the aces stayed in front and Engel took down another nice pot.
With a flop of , PokerStars Team Online Pro Mickey Petersen bet out 2,100. His opponent thought for a moment before calling.
Fourth street brought the and Petersen inquired as to how much his opponent. After finding out, Petersen pushed out a bet of 3,300. Once again his opponent thought for a moment before opting to call. The river was the and Petersen decided to fire a third barrel, this time with the magic number set at 5,800. His opponent quickly threw his hand to the muck and Petersen was able to drag in the pot, boosting his stack to a healthy 34,000.
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and his all-in opponent held 
. It was all-in preflop and by the time we got to the table, the dealer was busy spreading out a 
flop.
on the turn was a safe one, but when the 
was turned over on the river, it was trouble for Baker.
board, only to find Soulier move all in. His opponent called and showed 
flush. The river was the 
and Soulier was able to send a player home.
, PokerStars Team Online Pro Mickey Petersen bet out 2,100. His opponent thought for a moment before calling.
and Petersen inquired as to how much his opponent. After finding out, Petersen pushed out a bet of 3,300. Once again his opponent thought for a moment before opting to call. The river was the 
and Petersen decided to fire a third barrel, this time with the magic number set at 5,800. His opponent quickly threw his hand to the muck and Petersen was able to drag in the pot, boosting his stack to a healthy 34,000.