Ought of pure curiosity, we decided to do a lap around the room and do a quick head count . . . as to how many players are wearing hats. With approximately 198 players remaining, we counted an assortment of 28 hats. They include mainly baseball caps, but we also spotted a cowboy hat.
Players are now on a 20-minute break so the tournament staff can race off the green T25 chips. When they return, one more level will be played before calling it a night.
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Just before the break we lost Michele Lewis. Her demise came when she was all in preflop holding 
against the 
of her opponent. The board ran out 
and Lewis made her exit late in Level 9.
Action folded to Amanda Musumeci in the hijack and she put in a raise to 1,900. The button was the only player to make the call and it was heads up to the 
flop. Musumeci wasted little time in continuation betting 2,500. The button folded and Musumeci took down the pot. She is up to 28,000.
Gretchen Brummer raised to 2,500 from under-the-gun and action folded around to the player on the button, who called. Both blinds folded.
The flop came 
and Brummer checked to her opponent, who announced she was all in for 12,000.
Brummer tanked for a little while and then called, revealing .
"Do you have queens?" Brummer asked.
"A flush draw," her opponent answered, tabling the 
.
The 
turn and 
river bricked and Brummer's opponent was eliminated.
"Sorry hun," Brummer offered. "I couldn't lay down the aces."
Brummer is up to 45,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
With the action slowing down as we tick ever closer to the end of the nigh (and the bubble), the action has slowed to a crawl, but we did manage to pick up a small pot with Halli Pinson.
The action folded around to an opponent in the hijack position who raised to 1,800 before the flop; Pinson flat-called from the small blind, then checked her option after the dealer spread the flop of 
. The hijack c-bet 1,400, but Pinson quickly check-raised to 4,000 straight.
The hijack laid down her hand and Pinson is now up to 17,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
17,000
8,500
|
8,500 |
We feel bad we didn't find her sooner, but we just ran into Lisa Parsons over on Table 3. Parsons has four cashes at the WSOP totaling $108,432, including two deep runs in the Ladies Championship.
- 33rd in the 2007 WSOP Ladies Championship ($6,202)
- 76th in the 2008 $10,000 Main Event ($77,200)
- 7th in the 2009 WSOP Ladies Championship ($22,880)
- 331st in the 2010 Event #3 $1,000 NLHE ($2,150)
Parsons is looking to make her second Ladies Championship final table, although she faces an uphill battle as she is sitting on a short stack of 8,000.
Erica Schoenberg has been running her table all day, as she has consistently been upping her chip stack throughout the day. We just caught a brief glimpse of what it looks like life has been like for the ladies over at her table. Action folded all the way around to the small blind, who put out a raise of 2,000. Her mistake was, it was Schoenberg's big blind. She was having none of it, as she counted out a raise to 8,000, and slid it into the center. The small blind tanked for a couple minutes before letting her hand go. Schoenberg is up to 40,000 after that hand, and is setting herself up for a great end to the night.
We happened by Table 3 and discovered Lisa Parsons all in for 7,600 and up against Maria Mayrinck.
Parsons: 
Mayrinck: 
It was a classic race situation that saw Mayrinck take the lead on the 
flop. Parsons was on the verge of elimination, but the 
spiked on the turn to assure her the double. The inconsequential 
was put out on the river as Parsons doubled to 15,000. Mayrinck was left with just 5,200.
