The uber-aggressive Shavonne Mitchell has been near the top of the pack all afternoon... until now. Her stack is down to 60,000 after having to lay down several hands when she was reraised. It seems like Mitchell's opponents have finally found the will to play back at her.
Mitchell has no tournament record to speak of but she's a regular in high-stakes cash games in the Atlantic City area. Here at the WSOP, she's been playing a good amount of $25-$50 NLHE and has been one of the biggest winners in that game.
Roz Quarto opened for 15,000, Marlene Holomon called all in for 8,500 from the small blind and Shavonne Mitchell called from the big blind as well. Mitchell and Quarto checked down the board.
Holomon turned up , Mitchell mucked, but Quarto showed for the win, having turned a pair of tens. Holomon was eliminated and headed off to collect her $5,848 in prize money.
Seat 1: Dawn Murray
Seat 2: Marlene Holoman
Seat 3: Shavonne Mitchell
Seat 4: Marie Hoang
Seat 5: Christine Fanelli
Seat 6: Roslyn Quarto
Seat 7: Svetlana Gromenkova
Seat 8: Anh Lee
Seat 9: Hoa Nguyen
Table 13:
Seat 1: Vesenia Garcia
Seat 2: Van Nguyen
Seat 3: Mango Martin
Seat 4: Enkhjargal Ochirbat
Seat 5: OPEN
Seat 6: Nancy Ricks
Seat 7: Linda Johnson
Seat 8: Sue Porter
Seat 9: Courtney Farrell
On a flop of , Donna Delfin led out for 20,000, and Roz Quarto raised to 80,000, sending Delfin into the tank. Delfin ultimately made the fold, surrendering the pot to Quarto, who is now up to 152,000. Delfin was left with 30,000.
Preflop action: Meliza Huynh raised all in on the button for her last 9,500 chips. The big blind, Courtney Farrell, called. Huynh turned up and Farrell tabled .
The flop came . The dealer wasted little time in burning and flipping the turn and river, , . The ten on the river eliminated Huynh from the tournament in 29th place.
Christine Fanelli moved all in pre-flop and Vesenia Garcia made the call. Garcia turned up , dominating Fanelli's . The flop was , the turn was the , the river was the and Garcia doubled up to 53,000 while Fanelli was left with only 30,000.
Christine Fanelli raised from early position to 12,000. Action folded around to the big blind, Tsai Mattox, who reraised all in. Fanelli made the call.
Fanelli tabled and had Mattox on the ropes with her .
The flop came , the turn the , and the river the to eliminate Mattox in 30th place. She received $4,765 for her efforts.