The field is down to 45 players now across five full tables.
2017 World Series of Poker
Melissa Gillett opened, then called a shove from Michael Schmidt, who had slightly more than Gillett.
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. Gillett game out on the right side of that flip to survive.
Gillett finished fourth in the previous $1,500 No Limit Hold'em (Event #12) at this year’s World Series of Poker for $127,180, which was, by far, her biggest recorded tournament cash to date. She is looking to get a little further this time.
Jesse Dunn opened from early position, and it folded to the big stack at the table, Pratyush Buddiga, in the big blind, who asked how much Dunn was playing (200,000) and called.
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, and Buddiga check-called a bet of 18,000. They both checked the
turn card. On the river
, Buddiga checked, and a 32,000-chip bet from Dunn saw Buddiga check-raise all in. Dunn quickly flicked his cards away.
The players below took $4,874 home.
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Fernando Takemura was moved to Melissa Gillett's table, and in the first hand, he went all in immediately from the under-the-gun position. Gillett also moved all in from middle position. All other players folded.
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, and Gillett doubled.
Here is how some of the big stacks are faring going into Level 18: