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Hoa Nguyen - 16th Place
Hoa Nguyen raised to 32,000 from UTG, Vesenia Garcia moved all in for an additional 94,500. The action folded around back to Nguyen who tanked for several minutes. She asked for an exact count and discovered that Garcia had her covered by 1,500. Finally, Nguyen called.
Nguyen
Garcia
The flop was a stomach-churning , Nguyen flopping top set, but Garcia picking up an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the , filling Garcia's straight and the rolled off on the river. Nguyen couldn't boat up and she was eliminated in 16th place, taking home $7,472.
After the hand, Garcia was overheard saying "I had to do it... I've been hitting everything today" as she stacked up her 265,000 in chips.
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Dawn Murray - 16th Place
Dawn Murray raised to 20,000. Marie Hoang reraised all in. She had Murray covered. After some thought, Murray made the call. Murray turned over and Hoang tabled for a commanding lead preflop.
The dealer checked the chip stacks and then ran the flop... . The turn came the , but Murray was still looking for help.
The river was the and put an end to Murray's tournament. She finished in 17th place.
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We're down to two tables. Here's the new lineup, complete with updated chip counts:
Table 5:
Seat 1: Sue Porter 188,000
Seat 2: OPEN
Seat 3: Marie Hoang 127,000
Seat 4: Anh Le 115,000
Seat 5: Debbie Mitchell 89,500
Seat 6: Patty Till 125,000
Seat 7: Van Nguyen 67,000
Seat 8: Dawn Murray 61,500
Seat 9: Tina Dubowy 119,000
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Svetlana Gromenkova raised from the button, as she has been doing quite often, to 32,000. Hoa Nguyen called from the small blind.
The flop came and Nguyen checked. Gromenkova bet 25,000 and it was enough to take down the pot. This pot put Svetlana over 400,000 and back in control of the chip lead.
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Mango Martin moved all in preflop from UTG, Marie Hoang called behind her from UTG+1, Vesenia Garcia moved all in over the top and Hoang called.
Martin
Hoang
Garcia
The flop was , Garcia's kings still leading, but Hoang picked up a flush draw. The turn was the , the river was the and Hoang took it down with her flush, eliminating Martin. Mango will take home $7,472 for her efforts.
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Elaine Watkins - 19th Place
A few hands after Juli Campos went out, Elaine Watkins decided to try her luck as well. She moved all in under the gun. The action folded around to the small blind, Marla Crumpler, who made the call. The big blind folded.
Crumpler:
Watkins:
Watkins had five cards to get a double up and couldn't do it. was the flop and no help for Watkins. The turn and river did the same. First the and then the . Watkins finished in 19th place.
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Juli Campos - 20th Place
In a blind versus blind battle, Juli Campos made it 12,000 to go from the small blind. Christine Priday reraised to 18,000 and Campos called.
Flop:
Campos led out for 20,000 and Priday raised to 60,000. Campos then moved all in for around 150,000 total. Priday studied and studied for a few minutes before she announced call. Priday flipped over and made an amazing call as Campos held on king high with . The table was really impressed, but Priday would need to wait out two more cards.
The dealer burned and turned... . So far, so good.
Another burn and then the river came the . Campos was eliminated on the hand and Priday moved to neck in neck with Svetlana Gromenkova.
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Nancy Ricks was nursing her short stack for a while before she moved all in with in late position. Sue Porter called her from the cutoff with . It was only 22,000 for Porter to call and she easily had the chips to do it.
The flop came and Ricks was looking to double. The turn brought the and then the river the . Porter was able to go runner, runner for the flush. She has been running and playing really well and now sits over 200,000.
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Shavonne Mitchell - 22nd Place
Svetlana Gromenkova made a preflop raise to 16,000, Shavonne Mitchell moved all in for 42,000 and Gromenkova insta-called.
Gromenkova
Mitchell
The board ran out and Mitchell was bounced from the tournament in 22nd place, collecting $5,848 for her performance.
After the hand, Gromenkova was up to 320,000-- nearly 100,000 more than her closest competitor.
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, Nguyen flopping top set, but Garcia picking up an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the 
, filling Garcia's straight and the 
rolled off on the river. Nguyen couldn't boat up and she was eliminated in 16th place, taking home $7,472. 
and Hoang tabled 
for a commanding lead preflop.
. The turn came the 
and Nguyen checked. Gromenkova bet 25,000 and it was enough to take down the pot. This pot put Svetlana over 400,000 and back in control of the chip lead.
, Garcia's kings still leading, but Hoang picked up a flush draw. The turn was the 
and Hoang took it down with her flush, eliminating Martin. Mango will take home $7,472 for her efforts.
and then the 
. Watkins finished in 19th place.
and made an amazing call as Campos held on king high with 
. So far, so good.
. Campos was eliminated on the hand and Priday moved to neck in neck with Svetlana Gromenkova.
