Heidi May has just dragged a pot and was getting a little bit of teasing from another player. “You going to play tight now.”
There was no response from May as she was far too busy constructing a tower of chips.
Sat to her right and still top of the heap is Valentin Vornicu.
The players below took $2,425 home:
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Player are on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Players are approaching the first break of the day and 86 have been eliminated so far.
Hand-for-hand on the bubble normally sees a brief pause before the carnage resumes, but the payout desk has seen a busy few hours.
There was an open to 3,400 before it got to Melvin Hoelzle who moved all in for just under 30,000. Action folded back to the raiser who went deep in the tank. The stacks were pretty close but it was Hoelzle who was the player at risk.
Several minutes ticked by and, although it was a big decision, the time taken was a little long and another player called the clock. The floor arrived and gave the 30 seconds speech and, as the count reached six, the player called and tabled 
.
Hoelzle turned over 
.
The board ran out 
.
Hoelzle had to wait for the call but he was rewarded in the end with a double-up.
These players have all cashed for $2,320 each:
The board on the turn read 
and there was around 40,000 in the pot.
Milton White moved all in and Melissa Gillett asked for a count. White was all in for his last 34,900.
Gillett gave it couple minutes thought before pushing her cards away and saying, “Nice hand, sir.”
Patrice Forteleoni opened for 3,300 and Phan Nguyen moved all in.
It was back to Forteleoni who asked for a count and found the amount was 7,700.
Forteleoni called with 
and Nguyen had 
to match his stack.
The board ran out 
.
A set of sevens on the turn for Nguyen earned the double-up.
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