Celina Lin completed the small blind, the big blind instantly moved all in for 3,000 and Lin called just as quickly, turning up to her opponent's . The board ran out and Lin increased her stack to 10,000.
Donnie Peters
Heidi "The Firecracker" Muhamed moved all in after her opponent raised from middle position. Her opponent called and was the one at risk.
Muhamed:
Opponent:
After the turn, Muhamed was looking at flush outs on a board of , but the river brought the and Muhamed dropped to 4,000 chips after being around 10,000.
Donnie Peters
Some big names can be seen watching from the rail, or inside for that matter. Men "The Master" Nguyen, Daniel Negreanu, Paul Wasicka, Joe Sebok, and Robert Varkonyi are all lurking around to check on girlfriends, friends, or family.
To illustrate just how fast this tournament is moving, consider this-- 80 percent of the field has already busted in less than six levels of play. The average stack is around 9,500, nearly five times the starting stack of 2,000. While tables were spread across the entire Amazon Room this morning, we've now consolidated to 25 tables in the Blue section.
At this rate, we should reach the money shortly after the dinner break.
"Maridu"
Brazil's Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck was on fumes with only 1,000 in chips at the start of the level and has now built her stack to over 12,000 in less than an hour's time.
Donnie Peters
Vanessa Selbst and a player were involved in a pot of around 10,000 on the flop of . Selbst's opponent bet enough to Selbst all in. The player flipped her hand prematurely after she thought Selbst made the call. The action was still on Selbst and now she had free information.
The hand her opponent turned up was the . Selbst held and thought about it for a while before wisely making the fold.
Vanessa Selbst was eliminated shortly before the dinner break when she ran her into her opponent's . Selbst is now free to concentrate on the $2,500 NLHE where she sits near the top of the pack with 232,000 in chips.
Amanda Leatherman, being sweated by Joe Sebok
A middle-position player limped in, Amanda Leatherman raised to 1,500 and the MP player called. The flop was . The MP player checked, Leatherman bet another 1,500 and her opponent called. The turn was the and the MP player check-called a 2,500 bet from Leatherman. The river was the . Leatherman moved all in and the MP player folded.
Leatherman went to dinner with 15,500 in her stack.