Angela Prada-Moed was just now all in and at risk after open-shoving her stack of 184,000 from the small blind with and getting called by Debbie Pechac in the big blind with .
The flop meant Pechac's fives were still in front, but Prada-Moed had picked up straight outs to go with her two live cards. The dealer then burned a card and dealt the turn... the ! A straight for Prada-Moed, making the river no matter.
Debbie Pechac opened from under the gun for 35,000, and it folded to Angela Prada-Moed in the big blind who called. The flop came , and when Prada-Moed checked, Pechac fired 75,000, enough to force a fold from Prada-Moed.
We've again entered a relatively quiet period, although with both Pechac and Prada-Moed still short the next all-in could happen at any moment.
Debbie Pechac limped in from the small blind, Jan Howard checked from the big blind, and the pair saw the flop come . Pechac checked, and after a brief pause Howard pushed out a bet of 40,000. Pechac promptly set out a column of chips for a bet of 110,000, sitting up with a knee in her chair as she did. After about 15 seconds Howard called.
The turn was the , and Pechac — still half-standing with a knee in her chair — immediately declared she was all in. Howard stared at the board for a while, then let her hand go.
Pechac tossed her cards face up across the table as the dealer pushed her the pot, revealing for a straight.
Level 23 is underway. With the earlier bustouts, supporters of the eliminated players have left along with the players, meaning the crowd here to watch four-handed play has thinned somewhat. They've grown quiet, too, as we're again seeing a sequence of hands falling into one of two categories — raise-and-take (ending preflop), or limped and either checked down or claimed with a single post-flop bet.
The increase in blinds and antes this level may well be forcing someone to get aggressive soon, the most likely candidate being the short stack, Angela Prada-Moed.
Down to 248,000, Angela Prada-Moed checked her cards from under the gun and pushed her stack forward, raising all in. It folded to Yen Dang who checked her cards and immediately announced she was calling.
Prada-Moed had picked up , but she'd run into Dang's . The situation brightened for a moment for Prada-Moed following the monotone flop — — giving her flush outs to go along with the two remaining nines. But the turn was the and river the , and we are down to three.
and getting called by Debbie Pechac in the big blind with 
.
flop meant Pechac's fives were still in front, but Prada-Moed had picked up straight outs to go with her two live cards. The dealer then burned a card and dealt the turn... the 
! A straight for Prada-Moed, making the 
river no matter.
. Pechac checked, and after a brief pause Howard pushed out a bet of 40,000. Pechac promptly set out a column of chips for a bet of 110,000, sitting up with a knee in her chair as she did. After about 15 seconds Howard called.
for a straight.
, but she'd run into Dang's 
. The situation brightened for a moment for Prada-Moed following the monotone flop — 
— giving her flush outs to go along with the two remaining nines. But the turn was the 
and river the 
, and we are down to three.