From Anon to Among the Leaders
While writing the opening post to today's blog, we were beckoned over to the rail where a gentleman asked to be added to the chip counts. He had bagged up 39,000 chips at the end of Day 1, but also bagged up his white chip count slip too, meaning he was not included in the overnight chip counts.
Had it not been for that mistake, we would not have know that man was called Josh Schoonover, but we certainly know him now because his 39,000 chips that he started the day with no top the scales at 190,000.
We caught to hands with Schoonover that both resulted in him adding chips to his seemingly ever-growing stack. The first saw a player in Seat 6 raise to 4,500 preflop from late position and Schoonover three-bet all in for 46,000 effective. Seat 6 folded and Schoonover raked in the pot.
The second saw Harrison Gimbel raise to 4,000 under the gun, Schoonover call in the hijack and the small blind call. The big blind moved all-in for around 66,000 which folded out Gimbel, but Schoonover called. The small blind mucked and the cards were revealed.
Schoonover: 
Big Blind: 
Schoonover caught a queen on the 
flop and when the turn and river were the 
and 
respectively, the big blind busted and Schoonover climbed to 190,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
151,000
|
151,000 |