All the chips were in the middle before the flop with David Lee the short stack having been called by Heidi May.
Lee:
May:
The board ran out
Lee had hit his ace on the flop but the river delivered the cruel elimination blow. Lee was happy enough with his run, taking a photo of the final board on his phone and wishing the remaining players good luck.
With a dead small blind, Valentin Vornicu opened from under the gun for 7,500, and Heidi May, to his left, called.
The flop was , and Vornicu continued for 7,500. May called, and they saw the hit the turn. Both players checked. The river was the , and Vornicu checked for a final time. May bet 30,000.
Vornicu looked pretty unhappy to be facing the bet. The start-of-day chip leader counted down his stack, which was around 120,000. Vornicu squirmed a bit more as May sat statue-still, and then he called.
May showed and collected the pot as Vornicu mucked.