27 Remain
With five minutes in the level and the next scheduled break, the tourney is being paused while the 27 remaining players redraw for seats around our final three tables.
With five minutes in the level and the next scheduled break, the tourney is being paused while the 27 remaining players redraw for seats around our final three tables.
We've reached the end of Level 16, with 27 players still remaining. The break is scheduled for 20 minutes, though it may take a little longer as we're also having a chip color up.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
La Sengphet -- 373,000
Sidsel Boesen -- 373,000
Kami Chisholm -- 298,000
Bonnie Overfield -- 243,000
Allison Whalen -- 198,000
Kima Kimura -- 167,000
Holly Hodge -- 154,000
Vanessa Hllebuyck -- 131,000
Yu Kurita -- 114,000
Timmi Derosa -- 105,500
Fatima Goanach -- 102,500
Ronit Chamani -- 93,000
Mary Forrest -- 91,000
Leann Ball -- 83,000
Lisa Teebagy -- 80,000
Loren Watterworth -- 73,000
Stacy Matuson-Taylor -- 68,000
Hongvan Tran -- 61,000
Joanne Hass -- 56,500
Lisa Emrich -- 56,000
Natalie Gerling -- 55,000
Monica Champa -- 51,000
Amber Chatwin -- 50,000
Traci Brown -- 48,000
Teresa Duck -- 42,000
Kandis Harris -- 29,000
Ruth Hall -- 28,000
Shortly after the start of the level, Kandis Harris was all in with her last 29,000 with and up against Holly Hodge's .
The board went , and Harris is out in 27th, earning $5,805. Hodge is now up to 183,000.
Leeann Ball opened for 14,000, then Ruth Hall pushed all in for 26,000. It folded to Teresa Duck in the big blind who then also pushed all in for about 30,000. Ball made the call.
Duck
Ball
Hall
The board came , and Hall's aces held up. Hall chips up to 80,000, Ball slips to 35,000, and Duck is down to 9,000.
Natalie Gerling was just eliminated in 26th place, for which she -- like the next seven players eliminated -- earns a $5,805 payday.
Holly Hodge opened with a raise from middle position for 17,500, and it folded to Mary Forrest who reraised all in for 45,000 from the button. The blinds got out, and Hodge called.
Hodge showed , while Forrest was hoping her could outlast five community cards. It couldn't even handle one -- the in the door -- follwed by . The turn was the , giving Hodge two pair. The river brought the , and Forrest is out in 25th place ($5,805).
Hodge is up to 265,000 now.
Leeann Ball open-raised all in for 19,000. Sidsel Boesen -- currently neck-and-neck with La Sengphet for the chip lead -- called the raise. The table folded to Yu Kurita who then pushed all in herself for about 80,000. Boesen thought a bit, then made the call.
Kurita tabled , while Ball showed and Boesen .
The dealer handled the rest of the story. The next chapter went . That was followed by . And the conclusion read .
Ball is out in 24th place ($5,805). Kurita receives a huge boost up to 187,000. And Boesen now has 325,000, still good for second place at the moment behind Sengphet.
A severely short-stacked Teresa Duck shoved all in UTG with , and only Stacy Matuson-Taylor came along, holding .
The flop... . A pair for Duck!
The turn... . Duck still okay.
The river... . Down goes Duck. An ace-high straight for Matuson-Taylor.
Duck is out in 23rd place ($5,805), and Matuson-Taylor is up ot 126,000.