Making our way around the room, we missed updating the chip stack of Julius Colman. He was hiding away on the corner table of the room. He had a good stack, but must have been involved in a big hand that sent him to the rail, just before the break.
We walked past Stephen McKay’s table and noticed that his chip stack had risen since the start of the level. Next to him was an empty seat which once belonged to Luis Arrilucea. It is safe to assume that Arrilucea was eliminated by McKay, adding more chips to his already dominating stack.
McKay now sits on 137,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
137,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
Busted |
Action started with a player in middle position moving all in for his final 16,500 in chips. When the action folded around to Keith Walker, he also opted to move all in, for 27,500.
Opponent: 
Walker: 
The board ran out 
to see the king-kicker hold for Walker, as he moves up to 45,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
131,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
75,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
72,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
62,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
38,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
22,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Monica Eastick has had a relatively quiet day, slowly accumulating chips without being noticed. In the last level, however, she’s gone on quite a heater to move alongside the chip leaders.
With the flop showing , the player in the small blind checked, as did the big blind, before Monica Eastick in middle position bet out 1,000. The small blind then raised to 3,000, forcing the other blind to fold. Instantly Eastick threw out a raise to 7,000, which was met with an all in announcement for 32,000 in chips from her opponent. She snap-called and tabled 
for a flopped set, and was happier when her opponent tabled 
.
The turn and river came the 
and 
to end the day for her opponent, as she moves up to 115,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000 |
A big hand just took place over on table 9. Joe Allis opened the pot with a bet of 2,200. XiaoDong Xia called and both players saw the flop come 
. Allis continued with another bet of 3,100, which was again called. The turn fell the 
, and Xia called another bet, this time 7,000 in chips. When the river produced the 
, Allis threw out one last bet of 12,000, but was shocked to see Xia re-raise to 30,000. He could only smirk in shock, as he mucked his cards.
Allis drops down to 51,000 as Xia moves up to 85,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
85,000 | |
|
|
51,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
No sooner did Xiao Dong Xia win a big hand, he was at it again, this time against big stack Stephen McKay. Action was caught on a flop reading 
, with Xia checking his opton. McKay bet out 5,000 and was met with a check-raise to 13,000. He called, to see the 
drop on the turn. This time Xia check-called a bet of 20,000, before seeing the complete the board. Xia checked one last time, and McKay instantly bet out 40,000 in chips. Xia thought for a moment before making the call. McKay confidently tabled 
for what he thought was surely the best hand. Xia stood up proudly and slammed down for a better full-house.
Mixed reactions erupted from the table, some shocked at the sick cooler, others surprised there was no raise. Either way, that hand dropped once dominating chip-leader McKay to 35,000 in chips as XiaoDong Xia flew to 170,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
35,000
-96,000
|
-96,000 |
The remaining players in the tournament will play three more hands before the end of play.
