One Elimination on First Hand; Stone Bubble Reached
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
A player in the small blind was at risk preflop for his roughly his final 25,000, at risk against Kristen Deardorff in the big blind and Deepa Shah in early position.
On the 9♦7♦5♣ flop, Deardorff check-folded to a 20,000 bet from Shah.
Small Blind: A♣Q♣
Deepa Shah: A♥7♥
Shah had outflopped her opponent after pairing her kicker. Nothing changed on the J♠8♥ runout, and the small blind was eliminated to bring the field to the stone bubble as Shah crosses the seven-figure threshold.