Bert Stevens raised from late position and Shana Oyen moved all in for 34,500 from the big blind. Stevens made the call with the slightly bigger stack and players flipped their cards.
Shana Oyen: K♦Q♦
Bert Stevens: 9♠9♣
The board ran out 4♠J♦10♦Q♥3♥. Oyen paired her queen on the turn and held to win the pot, doubling up her stack and leaving Stevens short.
Laxman Jethwani open shoved from early position with 22,500 and Georgina James moved all in with slightly more. The rest of the table folded and players showed their hands.
Laxman Jethwani: A♣6♥
Georgina James: 8♣8♦
The board ran out 8♥3♥9♥7♠2♠. GJ made a set on the flop and Jethwani was drawing to hearts, picking up a straight draw on the turn. It was too many outs and GJ held to double her stack.
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Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Players in Day 1c of the Lex Live Main Event are heading for the final 20-minute break of the day. There are currently 182 entries in the flight, making it the busiest by far. There are 65 players left in contention with two levels left to play.
Rens Buijs raised from the button and Sergio Rodriguez Cobos jammed from the big blind for around 60,000. Buijs made the call and had Cobos covered as players flipped their cards.
Sergio Rodriguez Cobos: A♥10♥ 
Rens Buijs: J♥9♣
The board ran out K♣8♦10♠6♣3♣. Cobos paired his tens and held to win the pot and double up his stack, leaving Buijs short.
Buijs was in the mood for having fun and made a river shove on the next hand, just as he had promised he would do when action was on the flop. The shove got through, but a few hands later Buijs was eliminated from the tournament.
Jesse Van Stegeren raised from the button, Albert Nicholas reraised to 12,000 from the small blind and Van Stegeren called.
The flop came 6♠J♥Q♥ and both players checked. The turn was the 7♣. Nicholas checked, Van Stegeren bet 7,000 and Nicholas called.
The river was the 2♥. Nicholas shoved all in for 36,400 and Van Stergeren took a moment to think before making the call.
Nicholas flipped over 8♥8♠ for pocket eights that he'd turned into a bluff. Van Stergeren turned over Q♦9♦ to catch the bluff with a pair of queens. Nicholas was eliminated and Van Stegeren took a huge pot to put himself among the chip leaders.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Following an open raise and call, Tal Rofe moved all in for 27,000. The original raiser called and players flipped their cards, with Rofe at risk.
Tal Rofe: 9♣9♠
Opponent: A♣Q♥
The board ran out 3♥7♣4♥3♣2♠. Rofe held with his pocket nines to win the pot and double up his stack.
Action was on the river on a board of 10♦Q♦3♠2♠5♥. Matias Arroyo checked and Georgina James bet 14,500. Arroyo went into the tank and then made the call.
"Nice call," said GJ as she tabled J♠8♠ for a bluff. Arroyo showed A♣K♦ and had made a hero call with ace high.
Other players at the table let out a collective "Wow!" and described the call as "sick".
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