Start Not to Lacay's Liking
Ludovic Lacay has had a busy first level today, though so far all of that work has only resulted in successive small hits to his starting stack.
Just now, Lacay was open-raising once again, this time to 300 from middle position, and received two callers from the blinds. The flop came 
. It checked to Lacay who bet 500, and only the small blind stuck around.
The turn then brought the 
, creating a board that uncannily resembled the one from that Grospellier-Kitai hand from a short while ago. Both players checked.
The river brought the 
, and when the small blind bet 1,500 Lacay instantly folded. His opponent showed his hand -- 
for the six-high straight -- as he scooped the chips.
At the end of the first level, Lacay has lost about a third of his starting stack. He now sits with 20,500.