Marguerite Spagnuolo opened in early position to 40,000 and Eugenia Tehiva moved all in in middle position for 220,000.
All players folded and Spanuolo too, leaving French Tahitian player Tehiva alive.
Susan Bluer raised and Shundan Xiao shoved in the small blind for 160,000. Bluer quickly called for the following showdown:
Shundan Xiao: K♦J♥
Susan Bluer: A♥Q♦
Xiao had the dominated hand and couldn't find any help on the 6♦3♦8♥2♥4♥ runout to be eliminated from the tournament.
According to the table, all the chips went in the middle on a board J♣8♦9♦10♥ between Nam Nguyen, at risk for a stack 230,000 and Aroha Ngata who had her covered:
Nam Nguyen: Q♦J♦
Aroha Ngata: K♠Q♠
Ngata had the nut straight, but Nguyen found a lucky K♣ on the river to also give her the straight and avoid the elimination by chopping the pot.
Mary Dvorkin raised from under the gun to 25,000 and Pat Landis three-bet all in for 64,000. Dvorkin called.
Landis stated hopefully, "At least I have outs".
Pat Landis: A♣7♣
Mary Dvorkin: Q♠10♦
The board came out with a lot of oohs and aahs from the players as 3♣6♠9♣10♣K♦ and Landis's outs came true with the nut flush.
Niveau: 20
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
According to tree table, all the chips went in the middle preflop between Wattana Cruz, at risk for a stack around 500,000 and with K♣K♣ in her hands and her opponent who held A♠A♣ with a similar stack.
Cruz was in terrible shape to stay alive in the tournament but found a board 3♠K♥5♣4♥8♣, giving her a set of kings while her opponent joined the payout desk not long after.
Nancy Birnbaum opened to 25,000 in early position and Samantha Abernathy three-bet shove for 198,000 in the small blind. Birnbaum let it go.
On the next hand, Abernathy opened to 25,000 from the button and only the big blind called.
On the flop 7♣4♠K♠, Abernathy continuation-bet for 20,000 and her opponent folded.
Aroha Ngata opened to 26,000 and Sarah Wasch jammed next to her for a total stack worth 204,000. It folded back to Ngata who tanked for some time before sending the chips for the call:
Sarah Wasch: A♣Q♣
Aroha Ngata: A♠J♠
Wasch was in great shape for the double up, which she did after the dealer showed a board K♠5♦7♠K♣10♥.
Mayuko Morita raised to 25,000 from under the gun and Anna Rudolph three-bet all in for about 70,000 and Morita called.
Anna Rudolph: A♦10♦
Mayuko Morita: K♥K♦
The board came out with J♦K♣10♣7♥6♦ and although Rudolph had a lot of outs they did not manifest and Morita won the pot with a set of kings.
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