Svetlana Gromenkova just had a big up-and-down sequence in rapid order.
On the first hand of the sequence, the table had folded to her in the small blind and she shoved all in only to be called by Scott Freeman. She held and Freeman . The board came , and Freeman doubled to 130,000. After that hand, Gromenkova had 31,000.
Shortly after that, Gromenkova shoved again, this time with , and got called by Vladimir Kochelaevskiy who had . The board went , and Gromenkova is now at 65,000. Kochelaevskiy has 55,000.
Carter King, out in 58th place
Carter King, down to his last 30,000 or so, open-shoved from the button with and got called by Andrew Lichtenberger in the small blind with .
J.J. Liu was just eliminated. She was down to about 30,000 and pushed all in with , only to be called by a player with behind her. She couldn't catch up, and ends the day in 61st, earning $7,432.
With Liu's elimination, that means we have just two women remaining of the 60 players left in the event -- Svetlana Gromenkova and Kristina Holst.
Gromenkova currently has about 72,000, while Holst has 87,000.
On a board of Garrett Beckman checked and Paul Spitzberg moved all in for more than 70,000. Beckman casually said "I call" and turned over . Spitzberg flipped and was drawing dead.
Beckman eliminates Spitzberg while moving up to 230,000.
In this battle-of-the-blinds hand, some preflop action had built up a modest-sized pot when the flop came . Ron Kirk -- who probably has about twenty years or more on most of his tablemates -- checked from the small blind, his opponent bet 5,000 from the big blind, then Kirk check-raised him to 22,000. The BB quickly folded.
"He was in every hand yesterday," said a player from across the table as the bespectacled Kirk wordlessly dragged the pot. "He doesn't play standard old guy poker."
Keven Stammen just took a hit to his stack. He had Vladimir Kochelaevskiy all in on a flop holding ace-king to Kochelaevskiy's king-ten. But the came on the turn. The river was the , and Stammen slips to 47,000.
and Freeman 
. The board came 
, and Freeman doubled to 130,000. After that hand, Gromenkova had 31,000.
, and got called by Vladimir Kochelaevskiy who had 
. The board went 
, and Gromenkova is now at 65,000. Kochelaevskiy has 55,000.
and got called by Andrew Lichtenberger in the small blind with 
.
while Brown rolled over 
, giving Hoang a full house and the pot. Tom Brown is eliminated in 60th place.
, only to be called by a player with 
behind her. She couldn't catch up, and ends the day in 61st, earning $7,432.
and was drawing dead.
, and Stammen slips to 47,000. 
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