Just had a blind-vs.-blind hand between Rae Rocco and Monica Hinojosa in which all four betting rounds went similarly.
First Hinojosa open-raised to 9,000 from the small blind and Rocco called from the big blind. Then after the flop, Hinojosa bet 9,500 and Rocco called. The turn brought the and another bet from Hinojosa, this time for 16,000. Rocco called once more.
Finally the river brought the and an all-in push by Hinojosa. Rocco called one more time, committing her last 25,000 chips, and turned over for trip tens. Hinojosa showed , and Rocco claimed the chips.
Two more eliminations — Emilie Lehmann in 25th place, and Kathy Chang in 24th.
Chang's last hand came in a hand versus Yen Dang. After Chang open-raised all in from the small blind for her last 40,000 or so with , Dang called from one seat over with .
The flop was promising for Chang, coming . But the turn was the and river the , and they are now down to three eight-handed tables.
Amber Chatwin opened for 10,000 from the button. Stacey Lynn Nutini then checked her cards in the small blind and declared she was all in for 43,500 total. Candida Ross-Powers then checked her cards in the big blind, and in the process managed to expose one of them. Players across the table noted she had done so, identifying the card as the , and the floor was called.
Exposing one's hand with action pending warrants a one-round penalty, explained the tourney director. "You should give her a warning, not a penalty," said Yen Dang, but the rule offers no such leeway, and Ross-Powers is sitting out the next orbit at Table 441.
In one of the first hands after players returned from the break, Gaelle Baumann opened for 10,000 from the cutoff, Jamie Kerstetter reraised to 20,000 from the button, then Lara Boutros pushed all in for 31,500 total from the big blind. Baumann responded with an all-in shove of her own for about 72,000 total, and after thinking a bit Kerstetter let her hand go.
Boutros showed and Baumann . The dealer then delivered the community cards... a flop, a turn, and a river. "Straight to the jack," said the dealer, and Boutros survived.
For those wondering about that Onnit Labs' Last Sticker Standing competition, it appears that with Natalia Metlach's elimination there remains but one player sporting the sticker — Jan Howard.
We'll leave the official proclaiming of a winner to Onnit, but it looks as though by outlasting the other 50 or so players who wore the Onnit sticker during Event 51, Howard will be due an extra $750 to go along with whatever she manages to win in the event.
Two more eliminations took place just before we reached the dinner break, Oksana Jancevic in 27th and Natalia Metlach in 26th. Both earn $5,155 for their finishes.
In Metlach's last hand, she committed her short stack with and was up against the of Lisa Santy. The flop came , pairing Metlach but giving Santy both straight and flush draws. The on the turn filled the straight draw, then the completed the flush.
The bustouts keep coming… and quick. A short-stacked Judy Smith just went out in 30th, followed by Marcia Paulson who was eliminated in 29th after a hand versus Jamie Kerstetter.
Then came a three-way hand between Myra Thompson (small blind), Candida Ross-Powers (big blind), and Erica Schoenberg (cutoff). The trio together had together made it to the turn with the board showing , and when it checked to Schoenberg she bet and both of her opponents called.
The river then brought the , pairing the board and bringing a third spade, and it checked again to Schoenberg. This time she shoved the rest of her chips — 33,000 total — and both of her opponents called once more.
Ross-Powers then tabled for trip aces, and both Thompson and Schoenberg mucked, the latter going out in 28th. Like the previous eight players eliminated, Schoenberg takes away $4,305.
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flop, Hinojosa bet 9,500 and Rocco called. The turn brought the 
and another bet from Hinojosa, this time for 16,000. Rocco called once more.
and an all-in push by Hinojosa. Rocco called one more time, committing her last 25,000 chips, and turned over 
for trip tens. Hinojosa showed 
, and Rocco claimed the chips.
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. But the turn was the 
and river the 
, and they are now down to three eight-handed tables.
, and the floor was called.
flop, a 
turn, and a 
river. "Straight to the jack," said the dealer, and Boutros survived.
of Lisa Santy. The flop came 
on the turn filled the straight draw, then the 
, and when it checked to Schoenberg she bet and both of her opponents called.
