Jason Mann raised to 15,500 from late position, and an opponent reraised all in for 47,000 from the big blind. Mann called, tabling to his opponent's . The board came , and Mann slipped to 72,000.
"I'm bad at these flip things," said Mann afterward. But a hand shortly afterward proved otherwise.
In that one, Jeffrey Chu opened with a raise to 14,000 from the cutoff, and it folded to Mann who reraised all in for 55,000 from the big blind. Chu called, showing to Mann's . Not quite a flip, perhaps. In any event, Mann ended up better off this time, as the board came , giving him a full house.
Stacy Matuson-Taylor had slipped back to 55,000 when she open-raised all in from middle position. Manuel Davidian called from the cutoff, the button and blinds got out, and the players tabled their cards:
Matuson-Taylor
Davidian
The flop was good for Matuson-Taylor -- . The turn and river worked out for her, too -- -- and she doubles back to 110,000. Davidian still has 240,000.
An announcement was just made that, in fact, we are not going to play through Level 19 tonight (as indicated earlier), but will be stopping at the end of Level 18.
A small cheer went up at that news from the tables. We are now taking a five-minute break to color up some chips, and then on to that last one-hour level.
There are two women still in the field -- Stacy Matuson-Taylor and Brigitte Korak.
There are also two players named Mann. In fact, they have the same first name, too -- Jason. We've found out the middle name of one -- Aaron -- so they can be distinguished in the chip counts.
Manuel Davidian opened for 18,000 from the cutoff and had two opponents shove all in after him -- one on the button (for 140,000), and another from the big blind (for 150,000). Davidian quickly called, tabling .
"Phil Hellmuth's book told me to call here," he cracked.
He was up against and . The board came , and Davidian had knocked out two opponents. He catapults to 617,000.
Brigitte Korak raised all in from under the gun for her last 77,000, and a player in middle position reraised to 200,000 behind. The others folded, and Korak showed to her opponent's .
to his opponent's 
. The board came 
, and Mann slipped to 72,000.
to Mann's 
. Not quite a flip, perhaps. In any event, Mann ended up better off this time, as the board came 
, giving him a full house.
. The turn and river worked out for her, too -- 
-- and she doubles back to 110,000. Davidian still has 240,000.
and 
and Reinhold slipped to 41,000 chips. Mann is now up to 170,000.
board, leaved Valkenburg with 245,000 chips. Delay slipped to 215,000.
, and Korak is out.
