The hijack opened to 1,500 and it was called by the button and Katie Swift in the big blind.
The flop fell 10♦7♥3♦ and it checked to the hijack who continued for 2,300, only called by Swift.
Both checked on the K♣ turn and a 10♣ paired the board on the river. Swift led out for 2,500 and it was enough to get a fold from her opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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28,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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Argentinian Maria Lampropulos opened to 1,300 from the button and the big blind called.
On the flop 8♠7♦9♦, Lampropulos continuation-bet to 1,200 and her opponent called.
On the turn 3♠ and on the river 5♠, both players checked.
Maria Lampropulos: 10♥7♣
Opponent: K♥Q♣
A pair of sevens was enough for Maria Lampropulos to take the pot and grab few more chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
33,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Lali TournIer opened to 1,200 on the button and got called by Lily Kiletto in the big blind.
The dealer showed a flop 6♠9♥3♥ and both checked to see the 3♣ on the turn. This time Kiletto check-raised to 5,500 a bet worth 1,500 from Tournier and the latter didn't take long to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
78,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
13,500
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
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Lisa Roberts opened to 1,500 and the player next to her made a three-bet for 2,600. The button called and it came back to Roberts who sent a four-bet worth 12,000. After some thinking, both her opponent's let it go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 |
Hayley Hanna limped in early position and the blinds defended.
On the flop 3♥8♥8♣, Hanna bet 1,200 and both her opponents folded, heading into dinner break quickly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
14,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
The player in the hijack and the player on the button both limped and the small blind raised to 2,200. The big blind, Bronwyn Hartner and the other two players all called.
The flop came out J♠10♦2♣ and the small blind checked and Hartner went all in for 6,800 the hijack called and the other two players folded.
Bronwyn Hartner: K♣J♦
Hijack player: J♣Q♥
The turn was the 6♣ and the river was the 3♦ and Hartner stayed alive with her pair of jacks with the king kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
All the ladies are now on their way to a 75-minute dinner break. Action will resume at 6:15 p.m. at blinds 400/800 with 800 big blind ante.
With its ever-growing backlog of deserving players and industry professionals waiting for their time to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, some players are calling for changes to the nomination and induction process.
One of those players is Daniel Negreanu, poker's biggest ambassador and himself a member of the Poker Hall of Fame who was inducted in 2014. Negreanu has long called for overhauls to the Poker Hall of Fame nomination process and renewed his calls this week on his daily vlog during the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
"How I would fix the Hall of Fame is this: every single year, two players get in — players, not contributors," Negreanu told his vlog viewers. "Every single year, two players get in. Every third year ... we add an additional third person who is a contributor to the game. That would be the Isai Scheinbergs and the Matt Savages of the world. Every three years, one of them would get in. That way, we don't have to constantly compare apples to oranges."
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
The flop showed 8♠J♠4♦ with four players involved. The blinds checked to the hijack who bet 5,000 and Chenxu Zhang 'Vanessa' called in the cutoff. The small blind check-raised to 17,000 and it folded to Zhang who decided to call all in for 13,900:
Vanessa Zhang: A♠10♠
Small Blind: A♥J♦
The rest of the board revealed 9♥Q♥ to give the straight to Zhang who doubled her stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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35,500 |
