Level: 5
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level: 5
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
The players have been sent on their first 10-minute break of the day with the clock reading 63 entries, among which about 42 remain.
Play resumes in Level 5 with blinds of 400/800.
David Helpard from middle position and La Sengphet from the small blind were tangled in a three-bet pot with about 5,500 in the middle preflop.
With the flop reading A♥10♦6♦, a series of raises resulted in Sengphet's 43,000 stack finding its way into the middle, and she was at risk against Helpard.
La Sengphet: A♦Q♦
David Helpard: 10♠10♥
It was a cooler scenario, with Helpard flopping middle set against the top pair and nut flush draw of Sengphet. However, the board would run out 2♥8♥, leaving the set of tens best for Helpard to take out Sengphet.
Sengphet, who just a won a large Seniors tournament in Austin, Texas a few days ago, wished her opponents farewell on her way to the rebuy desk.
"That sh*t might work in the Seniors tournaments," Helpard joked, "But don't try that here."
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
After just scooping a pot, Malcolm Bolger decided to play the next hand blind from early position, finding himself tangled with Zhivko Yovchev on the button and the big blind.
On the 9♠7♠6♦ flop, it checked to Yovchev who bet 7,000. At this point, Bolger decided to peek at his cards, and he announced all in as the covering stack, and Yovchev quickly called off his roughly 19,000 stack.
Zhivko Yovchev: 7♥6♥
Malcolm Bolger: K♠3♠
Yovchev flopped two pair with the six-seven, while Bolger had a flush draw. The J♦ turn kept Yovchev in the lead, and Bolger could not find a spade on the 4♦ river, sending doubling chips in the direction of Yovchev.
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
The field has hit 40 entries nearing the end of Level 2.
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
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Play is underway in the first starting flight with 19 players seated at the first shuffle.