Jody Garavents

Action's not really slowing down any yet as the bubble approaches.

Jody Garaventa raised form the the cutoff and Maria Ho re-popped him from the small blind. He called, and then called Ms. Ho's bet on the {K-Spades}

flop too. Ho then eased off, merely check-calling bets from Garaventa on the {5-Spades}

turn and

river until they reached a showdown.

Ho flipped {Q-Clubs}

for two pair -- and it must have been good as Garaventa mucked his hand.

Current standings:

Ho: 240,000
Garaventa: 95,000