Patrick Meurisse opened the pot with a raise from the button, and Jan Boubli moved all in from the small blind for close to 30,000. Meurisse made the call with his covering stack, his the favorite to knock off Boubli and his .
The board ran out , and Boubli could not get over the hump. He's been eliminated about 10 spots from the money.
We caught up with a hand on the turn as the board read . There was about 18,000 in the pot already, and Kai Paulsen put out a bet of 13,000. His lone opponent, Guillaume de la Gorce, looked Paulsen up and down before flicking in the call.
The river brought the , and an all in from Paulsen. With his last 27,000 chips committed to the pot, he had to sit still for several long minutes while de la Gorce again gave him a hard stare. After breaking down his stack to see what the damage would be, de la Gorce finally made what looked like a reluctant call.
Paulsen tabled , and de la Gorce couldn't beat a full house. He returned his cards to the muck, his stack now significantly lighter. Paulsen was the beneficiary, doubling his way up to about 85,000.
UTG raised to 6,800 and Benny Spindler called from the button, the flop was and the UTG player check-raised Spindler's 10,000 bet to 23,000. Spindler shoved for another 60,000 or so causing some major tankage but eventually a call from , actually ahead of Spindler's .
The helped neither player but the river doubled Spindler up, putting on about the 175,000 mark.
Liz Lieu was all in before the flop with two big cards, . She found action from a player with and the covering stack, and the race was on for the tournament life of the last woman standing.
The flop was an airball for her as it came . A third on the turn left Lieu drawing dead to a chop, and the river did nothing to help her cause.
With that, the cheerful hostess of this event, referred to as "The Poker Diva" is no more. We're now left with a room full of 75 men.