Marle Cordeiro opened the button for 60,000. Tonia Williams shoved the small blind for 368,000 and Thi Nguyen in the big blind called whilst Cordeiro got out of the way.
Tonia Williams:
Thi Nguyen:
The board ran out . Williams couldn't connect and was eliminated.
Lara Eisenberg opened to 40,000 in middle position. The action folded to Fatima Nanji on the button and she moved all-in for 270,000 to which Eisenberg called.
Fatima Nanji:
Lara Eisenberg:
The board ran out .
Eisenberg flopped a set of jacks to eliminate Nanji.
Mikiyo Aoki raised to 41,000 from under the gun and JJ Liu called from middle position. Cherish Andrews called in the hijack, Lara Eisenberg in the cutoff, and Fatima Nanji completed with a call from the big blind. They went five-ways to the flop.
The flop came and the action checked to JJ Liu who made a bet of 42,000. Cherish Andrews was next to act and she three-bet to 140,000. It folded back around to Liu who made the call.
The turn card brought the . Liu checked the action to Andrews who bet 175,000 and Liu made the call.
The river was the , Liu checked again and Andrews sized up to 375,000. Liu made the call.
Cherish Andrews:
JJ Liu:
Andrews attempted a steal on the flop and improved to a set of threes on the turn. Unfortunately, it was second best to Liu's flopped set of fours. Liu scooped a big pot to start off the day.