Jill Hoelting raised from the cutoff to 55,000 and Eric Ethans called from the button after which David Carey called from the big blind as well.
The flop came down and Carey checked after which Hoelting paused for a bit before betting a hefty 175,000.
"All in," Ethans said right away.
"Call!" Hoelting yelled.
"Hold up! There's still action," the tournament director yelled, as David Carey had yet to make a decision. All the fireworks however sent him a clear message, and he folded quickly, after which Hoelting called and a pot worth 1.8 million was created.
Hoelting:
Ethans:
A loud 'wow' erose from the rail, as Ethans had put the cooler of coolers on his opponent, and the turn, the , nor river, the changed this. Ethans is back in the lead and we're down to 11 players.
From the hijack seat, Dylan Webb raised all in for 157,000. Kristin Kane called from the small blind, and she had Webb dominated with her . Webb had the .
Jose Rodriguez moved all in for 105,000 chips from the hijack and David Carey opted to shove over the top from the button. Both blinds folded, and the showdown went as following.
Rodriguez:
Carey:
The board ran out and while the turn put Rodriguez in front, the river gave Carey a winning pair of tens.
Jill Hoelting raised from the button to 50,000, and Jose Rodriguez called from the big blind to see the flop come down . After Rodriguez checked, Hoelting bet 50,000, and Rodriguez folded.
Mike Murphy raised to 75,000 from the hijack seat with about 200,000 behind. Jeff Newman reraised all in for 198,000 on the button, and play folded back to Murphy. He gave it up, and Newman won the pot.
On the next hand, action folded to Newman in the cutoff seat, and he raised all in. Everyone folded, and Newman took down the blinds and antes.
From under the gun plus one, Gina Stagnitto raised to 65,000. Dylan Webb moved all in for 146,000 from the cutoff seat, and action folded back to Stagnitto for her to go into the tank.
Jesse Capps just raised to 52,000 and Gina Stagnitto called in position after which the flop brought . Both players checked and on the turn the hit. The action got checked again, and the river brought the .
Capps fired out 76,000 and Stagnitto called right away, but only to muck to the chip leader's .