JC Tran opened the action with a raise to 60,000 from early position, and two spots over, Eli Heath reraised 145,000. Jonathan Jaffe quickly announced raise, and four-bet it to 235,000 from the button. Tran got out of the way, and Heath thought over for about 30 seconds before announcing all in for 1.045 million. Jaffe instantly folded, and Heath took down the pot to add some much needed chips to his stack.
With Kima Kimura's recent elimination in 100th place, that means four women have made the top 100 in this year's WSOP Main Event.
Of the three who remain, Jackie Glazier of Melbourne, Australia has the most chips at present with about 1.6 million. Glazier has numerous cashes to her credit over the course of her career with almost $1 million in winnings worldwide. She also nearly earned a bracelet last summer, finishing runner-up in a $3,000 no-limit hold'em event for a $458,996 score.
Meanwhile Annette Obrestad of Norway is currently sitting with a little under 1.1 million chips. Obrestad, of course, won the first ever WSOP Europe Main Event back in 2007, earning the title the day before her 19th birthday for a cool £1,000,000 first prize (worth a little over $2 million). The online phenom has accumulated many live scores since to bring her career tourney earnings up over $3.8 million.
Finally Beverly Lange of Texas comes to this year's Main Event seeking her first cash at the World Series of Poker. Lange currently sits with about 575,000.
All followers of the WSOP vividly recall how both Gaelle Baumann and Elisabeth Hille — two of five women who made the top 100 a year ago — nearly made the final table before being eliminated in 10th and 11th, respectively.
Immediately after sending Marvin Rettenmaier to the rail, Carlos Mortensen scored another bustout. Senovio Ramirez pushed all in preflop, and Mortensen was the only caller. Mortensen showed , and Ramirez turned over .
The flop was , giving Ramirez a set, and Mortensen was dead to a queen for a straight. Then the dealer turned the , giving Mortensen his straight, and Ramirez needed the board to pair on the river. He was out of luck, however, as the river was the . Mortensen scored a bustout for the second consecutive hand.
The hand started with Vitaly Lunkin opening to 65,000 from the hijack. Brandon Steven made the call from the button, before Keanu Tabali raised it up to 200,000. Lunkin thought for a minute, before mucking his hand.
Steven made the call, as both players saw the flop come . Tabali threw out a continuation bet of 155,000, which was called a minute later. The fell on the turn, and Tabali checked his option. Steven then bet out 225,000, before being met with an all covering his stack.
It didn’t take Steven long to muck his hand, relinquishing the pot to Tabali.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 60,000 from middle position, and Chris Johnson called from the big blind. The flop came down , and Johnson checked. Timoshenko fired 75,000, and Johnson check-raised to 200,000. Timoshenko folded, and Johnson won the pot.
Annette Obrestad raise to 60,000 in early position, and Michiel Brummelhuis called next to act. JC Tran called on the button, and Eli Heat called from the big blind, making it a four way pot to the flop. Those three community cards were , and it was checked through. The turn was the , and it was checked to Brummelhuis, who fired out 105,000. It folded to Obrestad, who tossed in the call. The river brought the , and Obrestad checked again to Brummelhuis, who tossed out a bet of 260,000.
Obrestad thought it over for about a minute before she kicked her hand in, and Brummelhuis took down the pot to get over 2.5 million.
Grayson Ramage raised to 65,000 from under the gun, Mark McPherson called in middle position, and Raul Paez moved all in for 465,000 in the cutoff. Ramage tanked for a bit, then re-shoved for effectively 715,000. McPherson called, and all three hands were tabled.
Ramage:
McPherson:
Paez:
The flop fell , giving Paez the lead, and he won the main pot when the turn and river bricked , respectively. McPherson hit the rail, Paez tripled to 1.485 million chips, and Ramage was reduced to 2.2 million.
From the hijack seat, Matthew Huey opened with a raise to 65,000. Nicolas Le Floch called in the cutoff seat, Jackie Glazier called from the button, and Timothy Nuter called from the big blind.
The four players saw a flop of , and Nuter led with a bet of 130,000 with 565,000 behind. Huey folded, then Le Floch raised to 360,000. Glazier folded, then Nuter followed suit. Le Floch won the pot and showed the for a flopped wheel.
Somar Al-Darwich opened the button to 65,000 and James Alexander made the call from the small blind before Grayson Ramage three-bet the big blind to 195,000.
Al-Darwich shuffled some chips and then declared he was all in for roughly 1,130,000 to force a quick fold from both Alexander and Ramage.
Al-Darwich tabled his and was pushed the pot to move to roughly 1.4 million as Ramage slips to 2,000,000.