Melanie Weisner flatted a raise from late position, and Alexander Petersen squeezed all in from the big blind. It was about 180,000 total, and that was enough to fold the initial raiser. But not Weisner. She made the call for a good chunk of her own stack, and she was well ahead and looking for the knockout.
Showdown
Weisner: 
Petersen: 
Weisner had to sweat it the whole way on the 
board. In the end, though, her hand held strong, and that knockout moves her up all the way up to 550,000 and well above the chip average. She's running hot in the last couple levels today after nursing her short-to-middling stack through the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
550,000
363,000
|
363,000 |
|
Busted |
and lost out when Ilan Boujenah found 
to finish the former off.
.
- the Spaniard was all in preflop with 
against João Paulo Simão's 
and 
turn and river backdoored Etayo into a straight which he celebrated with a customary "Vamos!"
took the pot, Susen flashed his 
, and Dominguez checked to the raiser. Simão continued out with 16,500, but Dominguez check-raised to 52,500. Simão considered for a couple long minutes, eyeballed his opponent's stack, then made the call.
for the set. No good.
, and his flush draw backed into a straight to smash his monster double. It moves the Team PokerStars Online pro up to about 555,000, while Simão has been knocked back down to a still-quite-healthy 685,000.
