Reardon Takes from Minkin; Minkin Eliminates Joe Elpayaa

Hand #1:

Terence Reardon saw action folded to him in the small blind and raised to 7,000. Kelly Minkin defended her big blind, bringing a flop of . Reardon fired a continuation-bet of 8,500 and Minkin called.

The turn came . Minkin looked over at Reardon to see what he was going to do and he responded by putting out another bet of 12,500. Minkin called.

The river came and both players checked. Reardon asked Minkin a question about her hand and she responded in a manner that she was not about to table her hand until he did, as he was out of position.

Reardon turned over for treys full of nines and Minkin slid her cards forward to muck them.

Hand #2:

Moments later, Joe Elpayaa had gotten his last 23,000 or so all in preflop against Minkin, who gave him action.

Joe Elpayaa:
Kelly Minkin:

The two were off to the races with Elpayaa ahead, but the flop fell in Minkin's favor. The turn came to give Elpayaa four more outs to a straight, but the river came to end his night at the expense of Minkin, who continues to build her stack during the last levels of the evening.