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We've had a hard time getting a lock on Jacob Naquin's stack, he's the type of player that prefers very tall stacks. He held pocket kings and his opponent was in bad shape holding pocket jacks. The board ran 
and the set of kings served as an exclamation point.
Naquin is around 800,000 as best we can tell.
We're not sure how it happened, but the Day 1a chip leader, Jay Kaplan, has been eliminated from the tournament in 36th place. Here's a look at the most recent eliminations:
36th . . . Jay Kaplan . . . $4,135
37th . . . Ralph Robinson . . . $3,695
38th . . . Joseph Phelps . . . $3,695
39th . . . Russell Ivy . . . $3,695
40th . . . Katherine Bowen . . . $3,695
41st . . . William Spangler . . . $3,695
42nd . . . James Manning . . . $3,695
43rd . . . Michael Linster . . . $3,695
44th . . . James Arruebarena . . . $3,695
Action folded to Joe Phelps in the cutoff and he put in a raise to 34,000. Russell Sartin was in the small blind and made the call, bringing about the 
flop. What happened next was lightening quick. Sartin checked, Phelps moved all in for around 160,000 and Sartin snap-called.
Showdown
| Sartin |   |
| Phelps |   |
Phelps was in trouble and needed to pair one of his overs, but neither the turn nor river delivered salvation. Phelps graciously shook hands with his opponent and made his exit in 38th place for $3,695.
We always like to highlight the last woman standing, but today we're especially happy that Kat Bowen was the last woman standing. Bowen was eliminated holding 
by Andrew Nguyen's 
. Nguyen was ahead but hit a queen on the river to cement the hand.
Bowen is one of our favorite players on tour and recently experienced a tragic event. She won her first WSOPC gold ring in an event at the Chester stop on a Wednesday night. At breakfast the next morning she received an emergency phone call that her husband, Joe, had collapsed at work. He suffered a massive heart attack and paramedics were unable to revive him.
After talking to a few of her friends we didn't expect to see her until sometime in Vegas during the Series. On Day 1 we were surprised to see her here. She told us, "I had to get back to poker, it's what he wanted me to do. It's helping me get through it all."
The week before his passing he encouraged Kat to play more. We're sure that Joe is up above and smiling down on her.
Action folded to Brian Sneed in the cutoff and he opened for 26,000. The button got out of the way and Matthew Chang, who has been playing patiently all day, three-bet all in for 81,000. The big blind got out of the way and Sneed, who had a big stack, made a hesitant call.
Showdown
| Sneed |   |
| Chang |  |
Despite being ahead, Chang didn't seem too confident. The 
flop seemed safe enough, but the 
turn did give Sneed a pair of jacks. "Five," Chang pleaded headed to the river. The 
wasn't a five, but it was safe enough. Chang doubled on the hand to 179,000, which is still well shy of the 355K average. Sneed dropped to 460,000 on the hand.
A short-stacked William Spangler moved all in preflop for his last 100,000 or so with 
and was called by Cory Brinkman, who woke up with the superior . The board ran out an uneventful 
and Spangler was eliminated from the tournament.
45th . . . Mandeep Narong . . . $3,695
46th . . . Jason Berilgen . . . $3,306
47th . . . Chris Donnelly . . . $3,306
48th . . . Gary Herstein . . . $3,306
49th . . . Viet Vo . . . $3,306
50th . . . Annette Martin . . . $3,306
51st . . . Lenol Clark . . . $3,306
52nd . . . Bruce Soileau . . . $3,306
53rd . . . Robert Castoire . . . $3,306
54th . . . Geffrey Kelin . . . $3,306
55th . . . Darvin Moon . . . $3,046
56th . . . Luong Nguyen Trinh . . . $3,046
Level: 21
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Four players created a pot of about 110,000 and saw a flop of 
. Annette Martin was first to act in the small blind and moved all in for 232,000. Lance Simon then came over the top from the big, forcing the players in the under-the-gun and cutoff positions to fold.
"Oh no," Martin said when she discovered her was crushed by Simon's 
. The latter has been running well as evidenced by the flopped full house, and when the and 
blanked on the turn and river respectively, Simon added Martin's stack to his own while she exited the stage.
That makes Kat Bowen the last woman standing in the tournament.
Meanwhile, Joe Phelps was the beneficiary of a double when he picked up 
and was paid off by a player holding the inferior 
. He is now up to 300K.
