With the board reading 
, Vanessa Selbst forced an opponent all in, and they called.
Selbst: 
Opponent: 
Selbst had her opponent crushed, and just for kicks she filled up after the 
turned. The 
on the river was irrelevant, Selbst's opponent hit the rail, and the PokerStars Team Pro raked in the pot to push her stack above 60,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
67,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
||
We caught action between Veronica Duvall and one other player on the flop with 
showing. Duvall checked and the player from the button bet 1,825. Duvall raised to 4,100 and her opponent made the call.
The 
hit on the turn and both players checked. The river brought the 
and Duvall checked. Her opponent bet 3,350 and Duvall called. Her opponent turned over 
to take down the pot.
Jennifer Tilly has had a relatively successful first five-and-a-half levels today, having built her starting stack of 15,000 up over 50,000. She'd slipped back a touch when the following hand took place.
Tilly opened with a raise to 775 from the cutoff, and a short-stacked player on the button called the raise. The small blind then made it 3,000 to go, forcing out the BB. Tilly sat quietly for a moment, looking through her mirrored sunglasses, then made the call. The short stack got out of the way.
The flop came 
. The small blind checked, and Tilly took that as an invitation to bet 4,000. Her opponent thought about a half-minute, then let his hand go.
Tilly is now back to about 45,000 as we approach the dinner break.
Preflop action had left two players, Shane "Shaniac" Schleger in the big blind and his opponent on the button, to see the flop come 
. Schleger led for 2,300, and his opponent called. The turn brought the , and this time Schleger checked. His opponent bet 3,700, and Schleger called.
The river brought the 
and another check from Schleger. This time his opponent bet 11,200 and Schleger called once more. His opponent showed 
-- he'd rivered sixes full of eights -- and Schleger mucked.
Shaniac falls back to 15,300 after that one.
The players are now on a 90-minute dinner break.
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
"Hey Wretchy!" Eric Ladny shouted at Dan Martin right before dinner break. "Wanna watch me get knockout out?"
Ladny was faced with an all-in bet with the board reading 
. He called, and his opponent opened up 
for a rivered straight. Ladny laughed, mucked his hand, and exited the tournament.
In one of the first hands beck from dinner, Carter Swidler had a short-stacked opponent all in preflop. Swidler's 
was racing against his opponent's 
, but he flopped a boat when the dealer fanned . Swidler's opponent didn't hit running sevens, and the Canadian is now up to 54,000 chips.
We caught Barry Shulman all in on a flop of 
against Jonathan Duhamel.
Shulman held and Duhamel held 
.
The board ran out with the on the turn and the on the river. Duhamel sits with around 35,000 in chips.
Facing a raise to 850 and a call, Tom Marchese moved all in for about 7,000 chips. The original raiser re-shoved for more than 30,000, the third opponent folded, and the hands were tabled.
Marchese:
Opponent:
Marchese held, and now has about 15,000 chips.
