Level: 17
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Level 16 has come to an end, which means it's time for a one-hour dinner break.
Action folded to the player in the cutoff and he opened for 8,000. WSOP Circuit Harrah's Philadelphia ring winner Kat Bowen defended in the big and ended up check-calling a bet of 11,000 on the 

flop, Both players then checked the
turn and Bowen did the same on the
river.
The cutoff thought for about 30 seconds before tossing out a bet of 19,000, and Bowen wasted little time in making the call. As soon as she put the chips in the pot, the cutoff flicked his cards to the muck. The dealer pushed Bowen the pot and she slide her cards to the muck.
Tournament Director Steve Frazer has informed the room of the schedule for the rest of the event. Today the field will play down to 72 players - which is the money bubble. Day 3 will play from 72 players down to the final table of nine. Then Monday we will crown a champion.
Tables have been breaking very fast today and players have been jumping all over the place. At the moment Table 40 may be the toughest table in the room. There's plenty of chips at the table but not very many soft spots. Seated at the table are:
"Cowboy" John Land
Andrew Nguyen
David Fox
Tripp Kirk
Justin Wainscott
Action folded to the player on the button and he put in a raise to 7,500. The small blind got out of the way and Blake “blakeb0921” Barousse opted to move all in for around 95,000 from the big. The button thought long and hard, breaking down and restacking his chips, before making the call.
Showdown
| Barousse | ![]() ![]() |
| Button | ![]() ![]() |
Barousse knew he was in trouble, but he seemed to perk up a bit when the 

flop delivered him a gut-shot straight draw to a jack. The
turn wasn't what he was looking for and he slowly rose from his chair, but the
spiked on the river to deliver him salvation. The button, who lost the vast majority of his stack in the hand, was clearly shellshocked as Barousse silently waited for the dealer to push him the pot.
With that, Barousse is hovering around 200K.
A player in middle position limped and was soon met with an all-in shove to 38,000 by WSOP Circuit Harrah's St. Louis Main Event winner Tripp Kirk in the hijack. Action folded back to the limper and he made a reluctant call.
Showdown
| Tripp | ![]() ![]() |
| Limper | ![]() ![]() |
Kirk was in a dominate spot, and even more so once the flop came down 

. The
turn left the limper drawing dead, and after the
was put out on the river for good measure, Kirk was pushed the roughly 90K pot.
A short-stacked player got his last 9,500 all in preflop holding 
and was called by the 
of WSOP Circuit Russell Ivy. The
appeared in the window to give the at-risk player some hope, but it was followed by the
and
to take it away. Neither the
turn nor
river changed a thing and the shorty was eliminated from the tournament; meanwhile, Ivy chipped up to 75,000.
The black T100 chips have been taken out of play on the last break. Bright yellow (Big Birds) T10,000 chips have been introduced into play.
La Sengphet was eliminated just before the break. She shoved her short stack in with pocket nines and the big blind woke up with
. Her nines didn't hold and she was eliminated.