Melanie Weisner is up to 600,000 chips after winning a huge pot from Josh Arieh.
Arieh opened to 14,000 from the button and Weisner defended her big blind with a three-bet to 38,000. Arieh put in the extra chips to call and the dealer spread the flop. Weisner led for 30,000 and Arieh called. The landed on the turn and Weisner checked. Arieh set the price to continue at 63,000 and Weisner went deep into the tank for almost two minutes before emerging with an all-in bet worth 246,000 in total.
"Damn! I've such a big hand," said Arieh before adding, "OK, I call."
Arieh flipped over for a set of fours, but was crushed by Weisner's that had improved to top set. The river was the and Weisner doubled up.
Melanie Weisner was on the receiving end of an awful 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."
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.
flop. Weisner led for 30,000 and Arieh called. The 
landed on the turn and Weisner checked. Arieh set the price to continue at 63,000 and Weisner went deep into the tank for almost two minutes before emerging with an all-in bet worth 246,000 in total.
for a set of fours, but was crushed by Weisner's 
that had improved to top set. The river was the 
and Weisner doubled up.
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.
, keeping Morris alive for runner-runner, and she then peeled off the 
to give Morris a full house.
