Jan Howard raised on the button to 60,000 and got a call from Debbie Pechac in the small blind.
Both checked the 
flop. The turn was the 
. Pechac bet 50,000, and Howard called. The river brought the 
and another bet from Pechac, this time for 100,000. Howard called quickly, tabling 
. Her deuces were good, as Pechac had 
for busted flush and straight draws.
Yen Dang limped in from the small blind, and Debbie Pechac checked her option. The flop came 
, and when Dang checked, Pechac pushed out a bet of 25,000. Dang responded with an all-in push, and Pechac called right away.
Dang: 
Pechac: 
Dang had gotten sneaky with aces, but Pechac had made the "Brunson" work for her as she'd flopped trip tens. (Ten-deuce was the hand with which Doyle Brunson won the WSOP Main Event in both 1976 and 1977, in the first instance suited spades.)
The 
on the turn made life a little less easy for Pechac, giving Dang a flush draw. But the river was the 
and Pechac doubled up.
We've returned to small pots and not too much action during three-handed play. To illustrate, the last orbit...
Debbie Pechac limped from the small blind and Jan Howard checked in the big blind. Both checked the 
flop. The turn brought the 
, and a bet of 50,000 from Pechac earned a fold from Howard.
On the next hand, Yen Dang got a walk.
Then Dang limped from the small blind and Pechac checked. Both checked the 
flop and turn, then Dang bet 25,000 following the river card and Pechac folded.
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
We're seeing Yen Dang gradually whittling away at both of her opponent's stacks as she extends her lead. Dang now has about a one million-chip lead over both Jan Howard and Debbie Pechac who are currently battling for second position.
The latter pair changed positions on the leaderboard just now in a hand when Pechac opened for 62,000 from the small blind and Howard called from the big blind.
The flop came all babies — 
— and when Pechac checked, Howard bet 40,000. Pechac then check-raised to 100,000, and Howard folded.
Debbie Pechac limped from the small blind and Jan Howard checked her option. The flop came 
. Pechac bet 60,000, and Howard called. The turn brought the and another bet from Pechac, this time for 100,000, and Howard called again.
The river brought the and a similar sequence — a 100,000 bet from Pechac, and a rather quick call by Howard. Pechac showed 
for a pair of treys, good enough as Howard had but ace-high with .
After limping in from the small blind, Jan Howard saw Yen Dang reraise all in from the big blind and Howard called for 139,000 total.
Howard had 
and Dang 
, and after the board came 
, Howard had doubled her short stack.
Jan Howard open-pushed her stack of 305,000 from the button with , and Yen Dang called from the small blind with .
The flop came 
. The on the turn was no help to Howard either. The river then brought the 
, and Howard's tournament run has ended in third place.
We're heads up!
Yen Dang begins heads-up play with the chip lead.
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