Marvin Baker is on the positive grind and back into contention again.
He recently picked up a side pot in a relatively small three-way all-in hand with 
over 
, losing the main to .
With that hand, Baker moved to precisely 400,000.
The following players all busted in the money, earning the $270 min-cash:
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
In the hand right before hand-for-hand, Pat Tighe called a 20,000-chip Andy Spears open and a third player came along to a 
flop. It checked to Spears and he continued for 35,000. Only Tighe called.
The turn brought checks from both, but Spears shoved the 
river with his 
trips and Tighe called, mucked and left.
Hand-for-hand play started with 46 players on the money bubble. The clock was paused for one hand and a shorty got it in with 
four ways.
He got out-flopped, out-turned and out-rivered to bust on the bubble and the remaining field is in the money.
Tomasz Werstler just busted Alica LaPorte Pachla in a massive 560,000-chip pot, vaulting him into a spot near the top of the counts as the bubble looms.
They got the money in on an 
flop with Pachla holding the 
flush and Werstler on the 
set.
The 
turn changed little, but the 
river gave Werstler quads, all the chips and Pachla's tournament life.
Bill Balcom has emerged as a threat to Marcy Jo Phillips' lead.
He picked up pocket aces an amazing five times today before winning two 220,000-chip pots.
The first came when he had queens all-in over jacks and the second one was a flip with outdrawing .
He's got close to 500,000 now and a spot just under Phillips on the leader board as play inches closer and closer to the 45-player money bubble.
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Marcy Jo Phillips has a huge stack after a massive rush heading into the break.
She had kings over queens, jacks over , and turned quad threes over after an ace-high flop, to name just a few of the hands that have vaulted her up to an amazing 720,000 now.
She's got a final table stack before the bubble here and is absolutely crushing the field. It's all about Phillips right now and she's as giddy as a schoolgirl.
In the meantime, Alicia LaPorte Pachla has turned a little run good into a top ten stack as well, making Broadway, folding kings in a tough spot, and winning some key pots on the way to 270,000.
Plus, Pat Tighe just showed up to claim his once-230,000-plus stack. He starts the day with 160,000 after blinding off the first four levels.
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
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