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With the recent changes to the celebration rules it has been really nice to see players show their elation. Every once in awhile you will hear a gleeful yell of excitement. Players are clearly enjoying themselves, and aren't afraid to show it
From early position, Marie-Lizette Acoba raised to 450 and found one caller from late position. The blinds folded.
The flop came 
and Acoba c-bet for 675.
"How much do you have behind?" Acoba's opponent asked; she then called.
The turn brought a 
and Acoba wasted little time firing a second barrel - this time for 1,500 even. Her opponent mulled it over a bit but eventually landed on a fold.
Acoba is currently sitting pretty with a healthy stack of 8,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,000
3,300
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3,300 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Due to the smallish starting stack (3,000), we are losing players at a blistering pace. Of the 733 players who started the day, only 350 remain, meaning we have lost half the field in just 3 levels. We expect the eliminations to slow down in a few levels, but for now they are coming fast and furious!
In a recent hand Marie-Lizette Acoba continued her aggression with a 450 bet under the gun. A short stack in middle position moved all in for 1,075. Action folded back around to Marie-Lizette Acoba who made the call.
Acoba: 
Opponent: 
Acoba was behind going to the flop and was going to need some help. She received no such reprieve as the board fell 
. Acoba's opponent was able to hold and lives to fight on for a little while longer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,300
-1,700
|
-1,700 |
Tournament Director extraordinaire Matt Savage had been sitting on a severe short stack for most of the last two levels, down to as low as 600 at one point. We didn't catch the hand, but when we walked back over to his table we saw that Savage had built it up to 1,700. He is still a short stack, but it could be a good start to a comeback for Savage.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700
700
|
700 |
A player in early position raised to 500 and was called by Crystal Quibell from the cutoff position. Everyone else mucked.
The flop came 
and the the early-position player led out for 600. Quibell raised it up to 1,500 and her opponent thought for a bit before announcing he was all in for 2300 more. Quibell called and cards were revealed.
Quibell: 
EP player: 
Quibell would need help and her opponent's flopped two-pair, however, the turn brought a 
, counterfeiting Quibell's opponent and leaving her with two-pair with a queen kicker. An uneventful fell on the river and Quibell's stack grew to 10,025 while eliminating a player in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,025
3,225
|
3,225 |
We recently updated that Matt Savage, WPT tournament director, had doubled up. Well, he lost half his stack, and double up one more time.
With the board reading 
and 1,500 in the pot, Savage check called a river bet of 450 from his opponent.
Savage: 
Opponent:
His opponent scooped the pot and knocked Savage down to 925 chips.
On the very next hand, an UTG player raised to 1,000, and Savage called off his remaining chips.
Savage:
Oponent: 
The board ran out: 
And Savage doubled to just over 2,000.
An early position player raised to about 600 from early position and was flatted by the player on the button. Brett Collson squeezed all-in from the small blind for just over 2,000 total. The original raiser re-raised all in and the button folded.
Collson: 
Opponent: 
Collson was dominated going to the flop and the board failed to improve his hand, sending him to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
We have found one of the first players to break the 20,000 mark, and its Trish Baker. Baker has a wall of 10 count chip stacks, totaling up to 23,000 by our count, good enough for second in chips with the fourth level winding down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,000 |
