We caught up with the action preflop, where Jennifer Tilly and another player had 400 in the middle. The player in the small blind went all in for her last 1,275. Tilly tanked for a while but then re-raised to 3,000 and the third player folded.
Tilly:
Opponent:
"I was hoping you had ace-king," Tilly said.
The board ran out and Tilly was forced to double her opponent up.
Tilly is still healthy, however, with 3,700 in chips.
With about 1,900 in the pot and a board reading , PokerNews hostess Kristy Arnett checked from the small blind and her opponent in the cutoff bet 800. Arnett thought for about a minute before tossing in a call, only to muck when the cutoff revealed .
That loss left Arnett with just a single yellow T1,000 chip, which disappeared a short time later. Unfortunately, Arnett has been eliminated from the Ladies Championship. If you were hoping for more Kristy Arnett, be sure to check out "Hello Ladies!" feature filmed as the start of the event.
We caught up with the action on a flop, where a player in early position led out for 400. Melanie Weisner pushed all-in for her last 1,275 and action folded back around to the original raiser, who called.
Weisner:
Opponent:
Weisner would need to hit one of the two remaining aces in the deck, however, the turn and bricked and she was sent to the rail.
The action folded around to Gloria Balding who raised to 300 before the flop; her opponent in the hijack position called and the others got out of the way before the dealer spread the flop of .
Both players checked, then Balding led out for 650 on the turn of the . Her opponent wanted no part of it and Balding picked up the pot to move her stack up to more than 3,000.
When we did our last run of counts, we saw that Cyndy Violette was down to just 1,300. Well we just went over to her table, and her seat is now empty. She has been eliminated from this event.