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Written by Marcus | Monday, July 13th, 2009
Day 2b started out with 38-year-old Troy Weber as chip leader, which ended up paying off because by the end of the day, he was still in the game.
Weber said at the end of the day, “I really didn’t have a strategy going in, just like (Day 1d). Whatever the table allowed me to get away with, I took advantage of it. There were some big stacks at my table, and I had to tread lightly.”
However, he didn’t finish out the day with the biggest stack of chips. That seat went to Amir Lehavot, who closed out the day with more than 600,000, a 175,000 lead over Weber. Just before time was called on the Main Event for the night, Lehavot doubled up and jumped into this spot before anyone had time think twice.
“I just had a huge hand half an hour ago. I had about 350,000 and another big stack at the table had about 250,000. Most of my chips I won just in that one hand. I just got moved to a new table and I had pocket 3s and made a small raise. He min-raised me. I flopped a set, we got it all in and he had top pair,” Lehavot explained.
Phil Ivey was in the running, as well, closing out the day with 350,000 chips after building his bankroll up from 80,000 at the start of the day. Also, sitting at the ESPN featured table all day was Phil Hellmuth (he sells ratings), who had a decent day at the office, still in the game with just under 143,000 chips.
Hellmuth also offered some wisdom: “If you’re gonna win, you have to trust your instincts. I’m completely relaxed. I haven’t been completely relaxed ever in the Main Event in the last ten years. Right now I’ll do anything as far as making a play.”
Other Main Event players that played very nicely include Justin Bonomo, Kenny Tran, Bertrand “eLKy” Grospellier, all of whom finished the day somewhere in the 200,000 bracket. But Peter Eastgate, 2008 Main Event Champ might be sweating a little, as he started out with 8,000 chips and headed into Day 3 with 90,000. There’s still time…
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