Chris Priday, the chip leader at the end of Day 1, recently pulled in a huge pot. According to one of Priday's tablemates, Priday defended her big blind after a min-raise. The flop was , and both players checked. The turn was the , and Priday bet out. Her opponent raised, Priday re-raised, and her opponent four-bet all in. Priday quickly called and showed , while the other player held for top pair. The river was the , and Priday's three sixes was still ahead.
After the hand, Priday is up to 136,000 and is once again in a commanding position on the leader board.
We didn't see the action first hand but an account of the hand was told to us.
A player in early position raised and Lauren Billings called from the small blind with . The big blind also called with . All three players checked the flop that contained a queen and a four. Another four came on the turn and Billings bet, the big blind raised and the other player got out of the way. Billings reraised all in and the big blind called.
Billings couldn't find any help and was eliminated.
A player in late position raised all in with and Kristen Bicknell moved in from the button with . After Bicknell called, the player said: "I didn't think anyone would call."
The board ran out and Bicknell's tens are good for a few more chips.
Claire Renaut raised to 5,000, another player called, and Uyen Phan pushed all in. Renaut called, the other player folded, and the players turned up their hands:
Renaut:
Phan:
The board rolled out , and Renaut won the pot with her aces. Phan was eliminated, and Renaut was up to 248,000.
The action began when a player raised to 9,000 from under the gun. Garilyn Nelson reraised to 20,000 and action folded to the button who moved all in for less. The player under the gun folded and the hands were tabled.
Nelson:
Button:
The board fell and Nelson's kings held up to bust a player and give Nelson an average stack.