Sometimes when there is action going on and you are in the big blind, well, it kind of sucks. Other times, well, it’s just amazing. It was the latter for Haralambos Margaritis who just picked up a nice pot while nursing a below average stack.

Sarah Lavoie-Richard limped in from under the gun and it folded around the table to Jeremi Kielian who was seated in the hijack and decided to raise it up to 3,700. It then folded to Haralambos Margaritis in the big blind who without hesitation moved all in. Lavoie-Richard didn’t think about it for too long before she also moved all in for less. When it came back to Kielian, he asked the dealer for a count. The larger all in was for 32,900. It took at least 30 seconds but ultimately Kielian decided to give up on the pot, but it wasn’t an easy fold for him, that’s for sure.

The cards were opened:

Margaritis:
Lavoie-Richard:

Both players held on tight as the dealer fanned out the board. The flop came: and Margaritis had flopped top set, but of course there was a sweat as Lavoie-Richard was drawing to the nut flush. The turn was the giving Lavoie-Richard her flush. As fate would have it, the river paired the board with the and made a full house for Margaritis, sending Lavoie-Richard to the rail. A crazy turn and crazier river.

Margaritis picked up a nice pot, more than doubling his stack and putting him above average heading into the second break of the evening.

Once the break is done, we will update the leaderboard.