Lisa Jacobs had just doubled up through Joanne Hass, pushing her stack back up around the 35,000 range. Then came a hand in which she opened for 10,000 from middle position, and Sidsel Boesen raised to 23,000 from the hijack seat. It folded back around and Jacobs pushed all in. Boesen called.
Jacobs
Boesen
We've seen this jacks-versus-tens battle a few times today, and the better pair has prevailed in all of the encounters we've witnessed. Not this time, though, as the flop came , then the turn ended it. Jacobs is out, and Boesen chips up into second place to 225,000.
Just after that hand, Boesen was moved to chip leader's La Sengphet's table, taking the empty seat to Sengphet's left that Liv Boeree had occupied earlier. We'll see if another big-stack battle ensues.
Kandis Harris liked her hand well enough to open with a raise under the gun to 8,000. Then she saw one opponent reraise all in behind her. Then came another all-in call from Monica Champa (whom the first reraiser had covered).
Harris took all of that as a good indication she should let her hand go, and she did, noting that she was folding pocket jacks. Good decision, as it turned out. The first reraiser showed , but Champa had . The flop brought a king, and Champa's hand held.
Champa is up to 65,000, while Harris preserves her stack of 38,000.
Maria Kalantzi pushed all in for 8,100 from early position, and got one caller in Allison Whalen. Kalantzi showed , while Whalen had the big advantage with .
The board brought a lot of low cards -- -- but not the one Kalantzi wanted, and she's out. Whalen now has 61,000.
Huge, huge hand over on the feature table between La Sengphet and Liv Boeree -- second and third in chips when the hand went down.
Stacy Matuson-Taylor -- also in the top ten at present -- got things going with a raise to 7,000 from under the gun. The table folded around to Sengphet in the small blind who flat-called the raise, and Boeree then reraised to 27,000. Matuson-Taylor got out, and Sengphet subsequently pushed all in. Boeree tanked for a bit, then made the call.
Sengphet
Boeree
The EPT San Remo winner was looking for an ace or some spades. The flop came , which didn't help Boeree too much. The turn then brought the , meaning the river didn't matter.
Just like that, Boeree is out. Sengphet now has close to 300,000 and has reclaimed the chip lead. By a bunch.
Julie Nhien Thi Dang opened for 7,000 from under the gun, and it folded around to Joanne Haas in the small blind who reraised all in for 29,000. The big blind stepped aside, and Dang made the call.
Dang tabled , while Haas looked to be in good shape with . Haas made a set following the flop, but Dang now had a straight draw. The turn was the , giving Dang still another way to make a straight, but the river was the and Haas survived.
Haas moves up to 64,000, while Dang tumbles all of the way down to 7,000.
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Linda Johnson moved into the top ten early today and has remained there since
We're back. There are 54 women left with chips, presently gathered around six tables. After spending some time north of the 200,000-chip mark earlier, La Sengphet slipped back a touch and right before dinner was overtaken by Sidsei Boesen.
Here's what the top ten looks like as we begin play in Level 15:
Sidsei Boesen -- 186,000
La Sengphet -- 170,000
Liv Boeree -- 126,000
Linda Johnson -- 104,000
Diane Gagne -- 102,000
Ronit Chamani -- 98,000
Yu Kurita -- 94,000
Stacy Matuson-Taylor -- 91,000
Loren Watterworth -- 90,000
Kami Chisholm -- 86,500
, then the 
turn ended it. Jacobs is out, and Boesen chips up into second place to 225,000.
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