Lea Nehme was short stacked and in the big blind as action folded around to the button, who happened to be one of the few men who entered the Ladies Championship. He limped, the small blind folded, and Nehme moved all in for 2,525 more. The big blind thought for a moment before making the call.
Nehme:
Man:
"Really, six-three?" Nehme questioningly. Her opponent just shrugged and then watched the flop come down , giving him two pair. Nehme was clearly unhappy and desperately needed to catch an ace to stay alive. The turn wasn't it, and neither was the .
As we were wandering the tables, we came across the monster stack of Melanie Banfield, who is now holding more than 40,000 in chips. You may have recognized her from her 34th place finish in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Event earlier in the series, but she's accomplished far more than that.
To date, Banfield has cashed more than $278,000 in tournament winnings, including five WSOP cashes with the biggest coming from a runner-up finish in the WSOP Circuit Event at the Emerald Casino in South Africa.
She'll definitely be one of the ones to watch throughout this event!
From what we could piece together, Maria Mayrinck limped from early position only to have a player in middle position move all in for 4,475 more. Action folded back to Mayrinck and she hit the tank. A call constitute 75% of her stack, meaning this was one of those crucial spots in every woman's tournament. Eventually Mayrinck made the call and discovered the bad news.
Mayrinck:
Opponent:
The board ran out an uneventful , leaving Mayrinck with a stack of 1,500.
A player opened for 650 from early position and Stacey Nutini pushed all-in for 4,250. The player on the button over-called and everyone else folded, including the original raiser.
Nutini:
Opponent:
The board was no help to Nutini and she was eliminated.
As we wandered past Kirsty Chick and Wooka Kim's table, we saw Lana O'Brien chatting to Heath "TassieDevil" Chick and Dave "F-Train" Behr. As she recalled to us, she got the last of her money into the middle with before the flop, but ran into an opponent's .
While O'Brien may be on the other side of the rail now, the same cannot be said for France's Celine Bastian, who is sharing space with Chick and Kim. Bastian's now up to more than 25,000 in chips and we should also remind you, last year's winner, Vanessa Hellebuyck, was also French.
Could this be the year that the tricolor rises again?
Less than 10 minutes ago we reported on a hand that saw Brazilian Maria Mayrinck reduced to just 1,500 in chips. Well, that has changed in a hurry. We just passed by Mayrinck's table and she has built her stack all the way up to 9,000.
When asked how she did it, Mayrinck responded: "I've been playing every hand." Obviously it is working.
Just a few minutes ago, we looked up when we heard the familiar sound of a celebratory scream and we saw that Gretchen "The Dragon Lady" Brummer was doing a mini dance in what we assumed was a big pot for her. We walked on over, and saw that her stack size had grown to about 21,000. We asked her what happened, and she gave us a recap of the big hand.
The under the gun player moved all in for 3,200, and action folded all the way around to Brummer in the small blind. She looked down at and decided to flat call. The big blind then moved all in for 5,000 more, and Brummer went deep into the tanks. She said "It felt like she was thinking for 10 minutes, but in reality it was probably only two." She decided to make the call, and saw she was in fairly good shape. The big blind had , but one of those outs was taken, as the under the gun player had . The board bricked out for both, and Brummer scored the double knock out, giving her 21,000 in chips.
Pam Wilson opened for 900 from middle position and action folded around to the player in the small blind, who re-raised to 2,000. The big blind folded and Wilson made the call.
The flop came and Wilson's opponent immediately went all in. Wilson shrugged and called.
Wilson:
Opponent:
The turn and river were no help to Wilson and she was knocked down to just 2,600.
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