Less Pushing, More Patience
Since the elimination of Candida Ross-Powers in fifth place, the pace has slowed considerably, with few flops and mostly small pots. Angela Prada-Moed has on a couple of occasions pushed her short stack all in, but hasn't gotten any callers.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,050,000 | 110,000 |
|
765,000 | 10,000 |
|
705,000 | -45,000 |
|
290,000 | -192,000 |
. Pechac checked, and after waiting a few seconds Dang checked behind. The turn was the 
. This time Pechac bet 20,000, and Dang responded with a raise to 45,000. Pechac looked at Dang's raise, then reraised herself to 120,000 total, and Dang let her hand go.
— as the dealer pushed the chips her way.
, while Dang had 
.
, pairing Dang, and after the 
turn Ross-Powers was down to a couple of outs to survive. Neither came, though, as the river was the 
, and suddenly we're down to four players.
and again Pechac bet out, this time 65,000. Dang called once more.
and a 100,000-chip bet from Pechac, and this time Dang gave up her hand.
, and as Pechac had done before, Howard led with a bet of 35,000 which Dang called. Howard then checked the 
turn, and when Dang bet 60,000, Howard called.
. Howard led with a bet of 75,000, and after pausing just a beat Ross-Powers raised the minimum to 150,000. Howard didn't wait very long before pushing all in for 336,000 total, and Ross-Powers called the raise.
and river the 
, and Howard's hand remained best. With that one, Howard pushes up to challenge Dang for the chip lead.
river, we are now down to five.
, and Pechac turned over 
.
, meaning Rocco's jacks had held and the Las Vegas resident survives.