Kim Cunningham had been pretty quiet for a while, and had somhow allowed herself to dwindle to just 29,000. She got it in under the gun and got an unsurprising three callers, of who two made it to the river of the board.
Lori Bender:
Cunningham:
Rios: mucked
Thus patience sort of paid off for Cunningham -- she's still the table shortie on 133,000, but she is still in.
Kimberly Cunningham has been the short stack for the majority of the tournament.
With only six big blinds left in her stack, she pushed all in from the cutoff to win the blinds and antes.
Although still the tournament short stack, Cunningham will be using her fourteen years of experience at the tables as a tool to see her take a shot at the coveted bracelet and title of Ladies World Champion!
Lisa Hamilton opened from the button to 60,000 and Angel Pedroza made the call from the small blind.
The flop fell down to see Pedroza check the action to Hamilton, where she obliged with a bet of 120,000.
Pedroza mulled over her decision for around sixty seconds before sliding her whole stack into the middle with both hands. With it a further 247,000 for Hamilton, she eventually laid her hand down to see her slip to 500,000, and Pedroza climbs to 640,000 in chips.
Angel Pedroza bumped the action to 60,000 from the button with Lori Bender insta-calling out of the small blind.
Both players checked the flop of {2d to see the fall on the turn and a bet of 75,000 by Bender follow. Pedroza made the call and when the river fell the both players checked to see Pedroza table for the pot as she climbs to 845,000 in chips.
Pedroza continued her rampage since the break, taking down a few more pots to push over the one million chip mark!
Both Lisa Rios and Mari Lou Morelli limped before Lisa Hamilton made it 110,000 out of the small blind. With the action now on Angel Pedroza in the big blind, she made it an additional 200,000 to go.
Rios and Morelli passed to see Hamilton push all in for 285,000 with Pedroza making the call.
Hamilton:
Pedroza:
The flop fell down to see Hamilton flop a set and leave Pedroza drawing to Broadway or a runner-runner full house.
When the turn landed the , Hamilton would have to evade the four remaining queens in the deck to stay alive, and when the fell she doubled through to 970,000.
After her rush ends, Pedroza slips back to 530,000 in chips.
Kim Rios opened with a min-raise under the gun to 40,000 with Lisa Hamilton calling in the cutoff.
On a flop of , Rios lead out for 100,000 and Hamilton made it 350,000 to go. With the action back on Rios, she pushed all in and Hamilton made the call.
Rios:
Hamilton:
The on the turn would leave Rios drawing dead, and with the meaningless landing on the river, Rios was eliminated in 6th place for a payday of $29,121. Hamilton soars to 1,550,000 in chips.