Sunday, January 6, 2019

$200 NLH "Isle New Year Kickstart" (Day 2): Needing To Start Fast, John Mayers Does Just That

"Isle New Year Kickstart"
$200 No Limit Hold'em

$100,000 GTD
Level 16 (Blinds 2,500/5,000/5,000)
Total Entries: 1,126
Players Remaining: 116

John Mayers couldn't envision a better stack, almost doubling his Day 2 starting stack in the first fifteen minutes of play.

For players that entered Day 2 below the chip average, getting off to a quick start is critical to eventual success.  John Mayers came into the day with a stack of 126,000, and would open the action at Table 7, with a raise to 10,000.  Neal Corcoran called out of the small blind, and the two would see a flop of 7♠ 4♠ 4♣.  Corcoran would then check-shove for close to 70,000, after Mayers continued with  a flop bet of 15,000.  Mayers quickly made the call, and the hands would be tabled:

Mayers: A♣ 7
Corcoran: 7 6♣

Turn: 8
River: 2

Corcoran seemed surprised when he found out what he was up against, and while he turned some outs to a straight, the river would seal his Day 2 fate.

John Mayers - 220,000 (55bb)

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