After the all-in fest of the first six levels, play has slowed considerably after the dinner break. The money is now in sight for these players and many are trying to preserve the stacks they built up this afternoon.
Notables still remaining in the field include Kathy Liebert, Evelyn Ng, Linda Johnson, 2006 Ladies Event champion Mary Jones, Olga Varkonyi, Lacey Jones, Amanda "Mandy B" Baker, Van Nguyen, Lily Elviro and Amanda Leatherman.
Maureen Feduniak moved all in under the gun for her remaining 2,000 chips. The big blind called and Feduniak would have her tournament life on the line.
Feduniak:
Opponent:
The board didn't help Feduniak. It ran out and Feduniak was eliminated from this year's ladies' event.
With the board reading on the turn, the small blind moved all in and Mary Jones called on the button. Jones showed for top pair top kicker while the small blind tabled for two pair. The river was the and Jones' stack was decimated, leaving her with only 1,100 in chips.
With one player all in preflop, Lauren Failla and her middle-position opponent checked down a board of . When the cards were turned up, Failla held , besting her opponents' and .
"I won? Yes!!" was an elated Failla's reaction as the pot was shipped her way.
Debbie Kindt moved all in for her last 6,400 preflop and was called by a late-position opponent as well as the small blind. Kindt showed , the LP player showed and the small blind showed .
The board ran out and Kindt scooped the pot with a king-high flush, tripling up to 20,000.
Kathy Liebert checked a flop of over to her opponent. She got what she wanted when her opponent moved all in. Liebert wasted little time in calling and tossed over . Her opponent held .
The turn and river blanked out for Liebert's opponent and she was eliminated. Liebert increased her stack by a few more thousand.
A middle-position player limped in, Mary Jones moved all in from late position and the limper called. Jones turned over while her opponent showed . The flop, though brought Jones an ace and she doubled up to 3,500.
Men "The Master" Nguyen just came over to check on his wife Van, who is among the current chipleaders in this event. Evidently, he had seen her shipping her chips in the middle from his spot on the rail and had some constructive criticism to offer.
"You don't go all in like that! You do it like this... all you can eat, baby!" he giggled, dropping his trademark phrase.