Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
It has been a tough Day 2 so far for Leo Margets. She has been in there battling but seemingly unable to make good hands at the right time, and her stack is headed in the wrong direction.
Margets opened to 2,600 from early position and picked up a middle position caller, as well as calls from the two players in the blinds.
The flop waas 
. The blinds checked to Margets, who continued for 4,800. That got two folds, but the player in the big blind raised to 17,600, and Margets threw in her hand.
That reduced Margets’ stack to just above 10 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
17,600
8,400
|
8,400 |
flop gave De Meulder a hammerlock on the hand, and the 
turn and 
river were the last two cards the middle-position player would see in this event.
flop, Galfond and Esfandiari checked over to Schulz, who bet 15,000. Galfond folded, but Esfandiari called. The turn was the 
, and Esfandiari checked again. Schulz bet 35,000. Esfandiari thought for a bit, then moved all in for around 100,000. Schulz called instantly. 
, and the player in the small blind had led out for 24,400. Walter Treccarichi raised to 44,000, and his opponent needed some time to think. After some careful consideration, his opponent folded but showed 
for the nut flush. Treccarichi showed 
turn, Bounahra bet 3,900 from the small blind, and Peter Zolnai was the only caller. Bounahra then checked the 
of Bounahra.
for a straight, which beat the 
of Gimbel.
, and Hellmuth had 30,000 committed post-flop from the button. Alan Cutler was all in with a covering stack from the big blind, and Hellmuth was in the tank for his remaining 67,000 or so. After a little while, he folded.
, racing against his opponent's 
. The board ran out safe for Quenneville. and he stacked up his opponent's chips.
