Event #49: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Completed
Day 2 Completed
Live Highlights
Margareta Morris Tops Shark-Filled Field on Day 2
Day 2 of Event 49: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em began with 204 players, many of them grizzled veterans with piles upon piles of poker winnings in their lifetimes. However, the day ended with a chip leader that few would have expected to top the final 23: Margareta Morris, a Connecticut native with just nine recorded tournament cashes for $121,525.
Morris spent much of her day mixing it up with some of poker's finest, accumulating chips from confrontations with players like JC Tran and Jason Koon. It was a pot against Melanie Weisner with mere minutes remaining in the night that really vaulted Morris to the top. She put in a raise after Weisner bet and was called on a flop of 
, and Weisner shoved all in. Morris made the call.
Weisner: 
Morris: 
The dealer burned and turned the 
, keeping Morris alive for runner-runner, and she then peeled off the 
to give Morris a full house.
Former November Niner John Dolan checked in with the second-best stack with 719,000, and Koon (616,000), Kevin MacPhee (601,000), Blake Bohn (582,000), Weisner (301,000), and Josh Arieh (267,000) bagged as well.
Tons of notables began the day, and crushers such as Ankush Mandavia, Taylor Paur, Ami Barer, Darren Rabinowitz, and Phil Hellmuth were among those getting paid for their efforts. Hellmuth had a particularly painful exit, as he was down to four big blinds before a massive comeback saw him return to contention. Then, he got three-outed and delivered some choice words.
Play resumes at 1 p.m. tomorrow, so be sure to tune back in to PokerNews for the Day 3 of this prestigious tournament.
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
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805,000 | -14,000 | ||
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719,000 | 149,000 | ||
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647,000 | 167,000 | ||
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616,000 | -64,000 | ||
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601,000 | -149,000 | ||
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600,000 | -102,000 | ||
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595,000 | 53,000 | ||
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582,000 | |||
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548,000 | 28,000 | ||
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493,000 | 103,000 | ||
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488,000 | 168,000 | ||
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484,000 | 19,000 | ||
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459,000 | 39,000 | ||
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419,000 | 153,000 | ||
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370,000 | -142,000 | ||
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301,500 | -8,500 | ||
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299,000 | -56,000 | ||
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275,000 | 5,000 | ||
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267,000 | -193,000 | ||
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200,000 | 78,000 | ||
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197,000 | -33,000 | ||
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144,000 | -111,000 |
Weisner Takes Horrifying Beat
Shortly after calling down Jean Gaspard on a board of 
and being shown 
, Melanie Weisner got involved in a massive pot on a flop of . Margareta Morris put in a raise after Weisner bet and was called, and Weisner shoved all in. Morris made the call.
Weisner:
Morris:
The dealer burned and turned the , keeping Morris alive for runner-runner, and she then peeled off the to give Morris a full house.
"That's the sickest s*** I've ever seen," Josh Arieh said. "And I've been playing poker a long time."
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819,000 | 217,000 | ||
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702,000 | 302,000 | ||
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310,000 | -440,000 |
Randal Flowers Eliminated in 24th Place ($22,309)
Kevin MacPhee is on a one-man wrecking spree over on table #444 having sent Hasan Habib and Guillaume Diaz to the rail one hand ago, has just sent Randal FLowers to the showers.
Flowers held 
and MacPhee called with . MacPhee flopped an ace on the 
flop and the improved to a full house on the turn. The completed the river and it was game over for Flowers.
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750,000 | 175,000 | ||
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Busted |
Hasan Habib Eliminated in 26th Place ($22,309), Guillaume Diaz Eliminated in 25th Place ($22,309)
Kevin MacPhee has eliminated two players in the same hand and is now riding a stack approaching 600,000.
Hasan Habib moved his short stack all-in from under the gun, Guillaume Diaz reshoved from the next seat and MacPhee called from the big blind to put both opponents at risk.
Habib: 
Diaz: 
MacPhee:
MacPhee flew into the lead on the 
flop and then further ahead on the 
turn. The completed the board and both Habib and Diaz busted.
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575,000 | 175,000 | ||
Winamax Team Pro
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Busted | |||
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Busted |
Giuseppe Pantaleo Eliminated in 27th Place ($22,309)
Giuseppe Pantaleo pushed his stack into the middle from under the gun and Norbert Szecsi called from the button.
Pantaleo's tournament life depended on how well his 
could perform against the 
of his opponent. It didn't perform very well because the board ran 
to send Pantaleo to the rail in 27th place.
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512,000 | 180,000 | ||
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Busted |
Final 27 Redraw and Counts (full)
Table 440
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jeremy Kottler |
| 2 | Norbert Szecsi |
| 3 | David Miscikowski |
| 4 | Vinicus De Silva |
| 5 | Tony Gargano |
| 6 | Giuseppe Pantaleo |
| 7 | Timur Margolin |
| 8 | Anthony Spinella |
| 9 | Blake Bohn |
Table 444
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Gomez |
| 2 | Randal Flowers |
| 3 | Jason Koon |
| 4 | Kevin MacPhee |
| 5 | Hasan Habib |
| 6 | Oliver Price |
| 7 | Guillaume Diaz |
| 8 | Andy Spears |
| 9 | Jeremy Wien |
Table 445
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Margareta Morris |
| 2 | Manig Loeser |
| 3 | Harry Thomas |
| 4 | John Dolan |
| 5 | Melanie Weisner |
| 6 | Josh Arieh |
| 7 | Tom Bedell |
| 8 | Daniel Colman |
| 9 | Jean Gaspard |
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750,000 | 65,000 | ||
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680,000 | 270,000 | ||
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602,000 | -33,000 | ||
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570,000 | 206,000 | ||
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542,000 | -213,000 | ||
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520,000 | 220,000 | ||
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500,000 | -100,000 | ||
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480,000 | 120,000 | ||
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465,000 | 95,000 | ||
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460,000 | 50,000 | ||
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420,000 | -160,000 | ||
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400,000 | 314,100 | ||
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400,000 | -50,000 | ||
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390,000 | 180,000 | ||
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355,000 | |||
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332,000 | 250,500 | ||
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320,000 | 175,400 | ||
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320,000 | |||
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270,000 | 124,500 | ||
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266,000 | -30,000 | ||
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260,000 | -15,000 | ||
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255,000 | 255,000 | ||
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230,000 | 63,000 | ||
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180,000 | -260,000 | ||
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Winamax Team Pro
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145,000 | 60,000 |
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Flowers in Bloom
Randal Flowers raised to 18,000 from the button and Josh Arieh, who had only moments early swapped to this table, called from the big blind. Arieh proceeded to check-call a 25,000 bet on the 
flop and then check folded to a 42,000 bet n the 
turn.
Flowers showed 
and commented to Anthony Spinella that his holding was holding on the previous hand.