Kathy Lehne opened for 75,000 under the gun only to have Bryn Kenney three-bet to 200,000 from the small blind. Lehne responded by four-betting all in for 593,000, and Kenney snap-called.
Kenney:
Lehne:
It was a flip, and Lehne was just looking to hold to stay alive. The flop kept her in the lead, and so did the turn. Lehne just needed to dodge an ace and king on the river, which she did when the blanked on the river.
Nick Petrangelo raised to 135,000 from the button and David Peters defended the big blind to see a flop. Both players checked, and then they did the same on the turn as well as the river. Peters showed the , but it was no good as Petrangelo held a pair with the .
On the button, Anton Astapau raised all in. Bill Perkins called from the big blind with the , and Astapau had the .
Perkins quickly took the lead on the flop, and then he held from there. The turn was the , and the river was the . Astapau was eliminated in 11th place, just a few spots short of the money, and Perkins moved to 1.58 million in chips.
From the cutoff seat, Isaac Haxton raised to 65,000. Bill Perkins called on the button, and Nick Petrangelo reraised to 415,000 from the big blind. Haxton and Perkins folded, and Petrangelo won the pot.
After a long lull in the action at either table, Joe McKeehen and Bill Perkins finally played a hand with some substance, although it wasn't much.
McKeehen raised from the cutoff seat to 80,000, and Perkins called out of the big blind to see the flop come down . Both players checked, and the turn was the . Perkins bet 85,000, McKeehen called, and the river was the . Perkins checked, and McKeehen bet 60,000.
"Why so little?" asked Perkins while he pondered. He then folded, and McKeehen won the pot.
From the cutoff seat, David Peters raised all in for 705,000. In the small blind, Bill Perkins moved all in for 695,000. Everyone else got out of the way, and it was Perkins' up against the for Peters.
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Perkins was eliminated in 10th place.
With his elimination, the remaining nine players were on the official bubble, and a $225,040 payday was just one elimination away.
flop kept her in the lead, and so did the 
turn. Lehne just needed to dodge an ace and king on the river, which she did when the 
blanked on the river.
flop. Both players checked, and then they did the same on the 
, but it was no good as Petrangelo held a pair with the 
.
, and Astapau had the 
flop, and then he held from there. The turn was the 
, and the river was the 
. Astapau was eliminated in 11th place, just a few spots short of the money, and Perkins moved to 1.58 million in chips.
board, Mustapha Kanit checked to Ankush Mandavia. Mandavia bet 150,000, and Kanit made the call.
, but Mandavia's 
was the better hand.
. Both players checked, and the turn was the 
. Perkins checked, and McKeehen bet 60,000.
up against the 
