Liv Boeree has eliminated an short-stacked opponent, Tiffani Samuel. Samuel had committed her last 3,600 with 
and was in tough shape against Boeree's 
. The board came 
, and Samuel is out with a minimum cash.
Boeree is at about 55,000
Ivona Lungu opened with a raise of 3,500 from the cutoff seat, the button folded, then Esther Bonding reraised all in for 7,400 from the small blind. The BB got out, and Lungu called.
Bonding 
Lungu 
The board came 
, and Bonding is out. Lungu has 39,000.
There are 100 players left, and with the recent elimination of Bryce Daifuku -- a.k.a. the last man standing -- we needn't employ gender-neutral pronouns anymore when referring to the field.
Daifuku was just now all in for 9,100 from the button, and Lisa Adams called from the small blind. Daifuku had 
and Adams 
.
The flop came 
, and Daifuku's hand was still best. Nor did the 
turn change things. But the 
on the river paired Adams, and Daifuku is out. Adams now has 28,000.
There was cheer afterwards, and a bit of laughter after the announcer offered a postscript to Daifuku's bustout:
"Congratulations, ma'am."
Kelly Giannetti was just all in for her last 3,500 with 
against Teresa Duck's 
.
The flop brought a jack -- 
-- and Giannetti was in tough shape. The turn was the , giving Duck two pair, and the river the . Giannetti is out, and Duck is now at 22,000.
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Take a look at the ladies in the money.
Natalie Gerling raised from middle position, and it folded to Hanh Mai in the big blind, who after posting was down to her last 700. Mai put the rest in, turning over 
. Couldn't be much worse for Mai, as Gerling tabled .
The board came 
, and Mai is out. Gerling now has 33,000.
With about 6,000 in the middle and a flop showing 
, Maria Ho's opponent checked, Ho bet 3,200 and got a call. The turn was the , and Ho and her opponent both checked.
The river was the . The early position player bet 4,500 this time and Ho called. Ho showed 
, better than her opponent's 
.
That hand took Ho up over 40,000, but a few hands later she was back down to 25,000.
A couple more bustouts to pass along. We're now down to 94 players as we approach the end of Level 12 and the first break of the day.
A short-stacked Bachcuc Rolfe had her pocket kings cracked by Amber Chatwin's after an ace flopped and Rolfe couldn't catch up.
And Lizzy Harrison is out as well. She committed her last 6,600 chips with 
, but unfortunately was up against Svetlana Gromenkova's . The board went 
, and Harrison was eliminated. Gromenkova meanwhile slipped a bit during the first couple of hours and now has 30,000.
Lee Watkinson's fiancée, Timmi Derosa, was recently given a penalty and was forced to take a short break as she waited it out. She wasn't too upset about it, though, and soon was back in her seat at our feature table where she's sitting across from chip leader La Sengphet.
Sengphet added still more chips to her stack during the first two levels today, and is now up over 190,000.
When Derosa was asked how much she had, she laughed and held out her hands. "This many!" A more accurate estimate reveals she's at about 44,000.
We've reached our first 20-minute break of the day.
