Players are on a 15-minute break and have 15-minutes left in registration.
Players are on a 15-minute break and have 15-minutes left in registration.
Min Zheng opened to 5,000 in late position and Lu Yiru called to see a flop. The flop came 3♣2♣6♠.
Zheng shoved all in and Yiru called taking them to showdown,
Min Zheng: A♣K♠
Lu Yiru: 4♥4♣
Zheng was hoping for her over cards to hit the board. But, Yiru had a chance to improve with a straight draw strengthening her position. The dealer completed the board with a 9♦ turn and a J♣ river, ending Zheng's tournament run.
Amy Mynderse raised to 7,000 from middle position and was called by Marilyn Kastner on the button for a heads-up pot.
The flop came J♥9♦6♠ and Mynderse moved all in, which was enough to put Kastner all in for her last 14,000. Kastner called and hands were revealed.
Marilyn Kastner: 9♠9♣
Amy Mynderse: A♥A♦
Kastner had flopped a set to leave Mynderse drawing thin, and the 10♦2♠ runout changed nothing to award Kastner the double-up.
Heads-up play was already underway with a pot of around 6,000 when the flop came 5♣2♦9♦. Dina Olano in cutoff fired 13,500. Anne Thompson, who only had 16,900 went into the tank to consider her options. she ultimately shoved all in. Olano snap-called.
Anne Thompson: A♦Q♣
Dina Olano: 5♠5♦
Olano flopped a set but Thompson was hopeful when her outs increased on the K♦ turn. Hoping to complete either a straight or flush draw, the K♣ fell on the river ending Thompson's dreams of running deep.
Methavee Taveekitvatee raised from under the gun to 2,000, and Jennifer Shahade called from the big blind. The flop showed 9♠10♦7♠, and both players checked.
On the turn 3♥, Shahade took the lead and bet 4,000, and received an immediate call from Taveekitvatee.
Both players checked the river 4♠, and Shahade turned over Q♠10♥ for a pair of tens, and Taveekitvatee mucked.
Ami Ohta opened to 2,000 and Alice Sicconi called. Daiva Byrne shoved all in for 8,400. Ohta got out of the way but Sicconi called taking them to showdown.
Daiva Byrne: A♠10♣
Alice Sicconi: 8♣8♥
Byrne needed one of her overcards to hit to stay in the game but the board ran K♦4♦9♠6♠2♥. She left the table as Sicconi scooped the pot.
Heads-up on a board of Q♦7♣5♥6♠ with several thousand already in the middle, Ksenia Shuali was in the big blind and check-called an 8,000 bet from Cherish Andrews, who was in the cutoff.
The 2♠ completed the board and Shuali led out for a hefty 25,000 bet. Andrews tanked a while, but eventually decided to look up Shuali, who tabled 6♦5♣ for two pair.
Andrew sent her cards into the muck and Shuali was sent the pot.
Mei Siu in the hijack and Yan Yan in the cutoff had already built a pot of 6,000 when the flop dropped K♣7♥7♦.
Yan fired 2,500 and Siu called. Both players checked the turn 4♦.
On the river 7♠, Yan shot out another 2,500 and Siu called leading them to showdown.
Yan turned over K♠9♠. Visibly frustrated, Siu showed her 10♠10♦ before mucking her hand.
Anna Antimony raised from under the gun to 2,000, Shiina Okamoto moved all in for her last 1,800 from the hijack, and Sangsang He called from the big blind. The flop came out with K♥A♠2♥, and He and Antimony both checked.
On the turn 3♠ He led for 2,000, and Antimony folded.
Shiina Okamoto: K♠5♥
Sangsang He: K♦3♦
He hit two pair on the turn and was ahead. The river 7♥ did not change the outcome, and Okamoto was not destined to win three times in a row.
Heidi May shoved for her last 14,700 first to act and was called by Tracie Osborn with a covering stack in the cutoff.
Heidi May: A♠K♠
Tracie Osborn: 10♣10♠
The 6♣2♥Q♠ flop and 6♠ turn kept Osborn ahead, but the K♥ river was just what May needed — pairing her king to award her the double-up.